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South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Visit to South Africa Catherine Hurley Catherine Hurley is from Pembroke, Massachusetts. She is a senior at Bridgewater …
PlaceMiddledrift, Eastern Cape
… and Middledrift. It takes 1 hours, 52 minutes to travel from East London to Middledrift. It takes 1 hours, 52 minutes to travel from East London to…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… to maintain its racial policy and exclude all other races from representing South Africa in international sports. SAFA … Southern Africa (FASA) and removing…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… Thomozile Jezangani kaNdwandwe. Groomed to become king from a young age, Zwelithini was enrolled at Bhekuzulu … President under apartheid). Associated Press…
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
… 20 km North of the Town of Potchefstroom a short distance from the R501 Carletonville Road and 30 km from the N14 Ventersdorp / Krugersdorp Road on the … The…
Celebrating 20 years of ASAI!
… afternoon celebrating 20 years of ASAI: making art history from below. Date: Friday, 28th November 2025 Venue: KZNSA … Ka-Mkame & Russel Hlongwane will play…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… regional migration, followed by internal migration of men from the countryside to the mines. Rural-urban migration … by the massive movement of men, women,…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… the middle of its surrounding Towns, approximately 100 km from all. Surrounded by Graaff-Reinet , Cradock, Steynsburg , … it is no secret as to where the…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… part. At the time of Apartheid South Africa, was banned from International competitions, including the Olympics . It … landscape. Explore the History of the…
PlaceSiyathemba Township, Balfour
… that transverse the municipal area are the N3, which runs from Johannesburg to Durban, and the R23 from Pretoria to Volksrust. The Johannesburg—KwaZulu-Natal…
PlaceShakaland, Northern Natal
… living monument, to Zulu culture . It is here that people from all over the World come to experience the lifestyle, … throwing and more. Daily starting times…
EventLadybrand Four story told at the TRC
… at a farm in Ladybrand, Free State which is 18kms away from Maseru and came to be known as the Ladybrand Four. … Ladybrand Security Branch police unit,…
PlaceSlanghoek Cellar, Western Cape
… sea level, surrounded by the majestic Slanghoek Mountains from which the cellar derives its name. Slanghoek Cellar is a mere 20 km from Worcester and 90 km…
PlaceTsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
… towns dotted along the West Coast are only an hour or two from Cape Town, they seem to be untouched relics of … and October, the Tsaarsbank Beach is an…
PlaceBarrydale, Cape Overberg
… is also easily accessible. One can approach Barrydale from the Garden Route along the Tradouw Pass , from Montagu or from Oudtshoorn across the relentless…
EventAttempts of sabotage are made in Secunda
… supposedly by the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ), against the oil-from-coal plants based in Secunda failed to successfully hit … responsibility and claimed that the…
PlaceMcGregor, Western Cape
… lies at the foot of the Riviersonderend Mountains, 20 km from Robertson, on a good tarred road. A dirt road does … poster apparently, claimed that the Main…
PlaceSedgefield
… that separates the temperate region of the Garden Route from its drier inland counterpart, the Little Karoo . Many … in these massive projects . Thomas…
PlaceThesen Island
… It was to this island that much of the timber harvested from the Knysna Forest came and it was shipped off again to … 1869, Arndt Leonard Thesen, a prominent…
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
… Cape Town is a particularly cosmopolitan city, with people from all walks of life brushing shoulders every day. There … in Cape Town can offer you deeper…
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
… independent socialist; CCAWUSA. It is hypothesized that from time to time there is seismic epoch-like moments similar to the 1973 Durban strikes, that…
PlaceKnysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
… they named the Area around the Lagoon: " the Outeniquas ". From out at sea the Portuguese noticed large columns of smoke emanating from the Forests that…
PlaceRiemvasmaak
… were the straps left lying on the rocks. The name stems from this Afrikaans phrase! The village has a 75,000-hectare … the entire community of 1 500 people…
PlaceCarletonville
… by displaced 'Kwena people' who had fled southwards, away from Mzilikazi . This cavern, was occupied between 1827 and … locates causality for this strife…
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… to house their oxen and wagons. The name ‘Arniston’ comes from one of the numerous ship wrecks on the area’s jagged … the ship, already laden with wounded…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
… player, producer and composer. Yet he chose to step away from mainstream success for ten years, leading the Amandla … There was music in the family, lessons…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
… of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mombasa . Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved … carved wooden doors as the gateways to…
PlaceRenosterfontein, Limpopo
… (Polokwane) is approximately 174 km / 108 mi away from Renosterfontein (as the crow flies). The distance from Rhenosterfontein to South Africa's capital,…
PlaceKamieskroon
… in 1924, to rebuild it at Kamieskroon. Kamies might derive from the Nama word ‘kam’, meaning two - referring to the twin … 330m peak crowned with a huge,…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… government and calling for South Africa's withdrawal from the ILO, by 163 votes to nil, with 29 abstentions. The … Work for all. References: Anon, (n.d.), …