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PlaceCurry's Post
Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands Meander that lies between Mooi River and Howick. It has a quaint history that involves…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company, specializing in research and publication on the visual Arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005,…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
Please note that this information was part of our old 'history classroom content' written in 2003, we have updated is slightly to meet the needs of the new…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
The year 1658 marks the beginning of the slave trade at the Cape colony. During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter Joachim von Sandrart (1606 – 1688), the…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
For five decades Goldblatt has travelled South Africa photographing sites weighted with historical narrative: monuments, as well as private, religious and…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
Jomo Kenyatta was born in Kamau, Kenya, on 20 October 1891 and grew up in Ichaweri, southwest of Mount Kenya. Kenyatta ran away from home to become a pupil at…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, faced with the increased pressure of European settlement upon their ancestral lands, rose in…
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
The Village of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a small stone structure, over the Great…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
Contents Town & regional planning in Johannesburg Residential development in Johannesburg <a data-cke-saved-href="#Black residential development in…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History, Michigan State…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
EventCongo administration is handed to the Belgian government
From the beginning of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', Congo had been regarded as King Leopold II's personal fiefdom. Leopold's…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a population of 2 019 023 million people, (21/07/2021). Guinea-Bissau’s Atlantic…
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
For the first time in the history of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), the World Cup was staged in Africa. Five African nations vied…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
The first Transatlantic yacht race between Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) took place on this day. SAS (South African Ships) Tafelberg served as…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from 3,650 in…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained relations and severe problems and conflicts between the White colonists and the new arrivals. Within a…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
1971 11 March, A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson, Halton Cheadle, David…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured workers brought to Natal between 1860 and 1911 to develop the sugar industry in this…
PlaceMacfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
Their ancestors were settled in these Villages after the War of 1850, by the colonial authorities. The starvation and hardship caused by the cattle-killing…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
PlaceMount Fletcher, Eastern Cape
Mount Fletcher is a Town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, 69 km North-North-East of Maclear. Mount Fletcher is…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
This short history of Electrical Supply Commission (ESKOM) aims to provide an overview of the history of the power utility over its first seventy-eight years…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
On 1 September 1969, Muammar Gaddafi seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
In the Mpanza valley in the Umvoti district, a minor chief of the Zondi, Bambatha ka Mancinza Zondi (also spelt Bambada, Bhambada), flatly refused to collect…
EventThe ANC celebrates its centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein
On 8 January 2012, the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated a centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein. The centenary was celebrated in a year-long…