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Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… went on for a very long time. The king controlled the land, controlled the lives of the people, the king provided the people with land, the king controlled…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Naransamy "Naran" Naidoo (Roy), was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 March 1935…
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… responsible for youth matters at the highest office in the land, in the Presidency. The youth function now resides in …
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… settlers were intent on colonisation, the seizure of the land of the indigenous population, and their subjugation and …
New Generation Sculpture
… work stems from and concerns her environment. Be it the land of the mind or that of the external material world, all …
PlaceSenekal
Senekal was established on 7 June 1877 on the farm De Puk in the district of Winburg. It is the panoramic Eastern Free State on the main route between…
PlaceZuurberg Mountain Village (also spelt:"Suurberg")
Lying in the North Western corner, of the Sundays River Valley, Zuurberg lies at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Historic Zuurberg Pass, almost…
PlaceUmzinto, South Coast
Umzinto is located on the Umdoni Coast, in KwaZulu Natal. The Umdoni Local Municipality is located in Kwazulu-Natal within the Ugu District Municipality. …
PlaceRondevlei Nature Reserve
Rondevlei Nature Reserve lies in Grassy Park, which makes it sound like a rather large grassy area when in fact the nature reserve is anything but. Rather, it…
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
It is 20 years since the first Truth and Reconciliation hearing took place... The TRC was a unique political compromise forged during the years of…
PlaceHuguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek
The story of the Huguenot Memorial Museum is quite fascinating, and lends the Building and its contents a certain charm and intrigue. In the 1700’s, the…
PlaceGolden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State
Rejuvenation is on offer at Golden Gate Highlands National Park! Spend time in the majestic Maluti Mountains- hiking, horse riding, exploring caves and much…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
PlaceOprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, Meyerton, Johannesburg
Founded in 2007 by the American Media Executive, Oprah Winfrey. This is a boarding School for girls, grades 8-12. Admission Criteria for her school is that the…
BiographyAli Bacher
If Ali Bacher's commitment to cricket had ended after his playing days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the…
Chapter 10
… In his argument he linked up the labour problem with the land problem and with education. He clearly saw that to deprive the African of land and to withhold…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… The new ordinance was to restrict the acquisition of land for business and agricultural purposes throughout the … so alienate the affection of the Coloured…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… families, who were supposedly doing well on their plots of land in the reserves. Even before the formation of the …
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… and later phases of the black people's struggle in this land. Through the South African Indian Congress, our …
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… They oppress in order to keep them as slaves in the land of their birth. "Now friends, this is a very important …
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
In the first quarter of this year South Africa’s normally staid and insignificant mask industry exploded. Like its peers across the globe it had orders…
PlaceTrafalgar High School
In the time of Education and its opposition to the Apartheid system, (when many students and teachers were jailed or banned). The School was nominated to the…
BiographyNongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations…
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… in the countryside with those previously denied use of the land. The lesson that security in the rural areas is …
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… policies, amongst other areas in the economy, health and land. Academics are also engaged in joint projects with …
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… and excluded from the economy as owners of capital, land and wealth. They were therefore not quite a nation but a … attitude of a future Namibian government…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… openly, that my Indian friends were not accepted in this land of apartheid. Initially, however, I didn't meet any … little on blacks. When I talked about…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… in the Eastern Cape organised peaceful resistance over land and the culling of cattle, more and more force was used … Mission arrived to tell us that we were…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
… the mobilisation of the rural masses against the Land Act, for the land to belong to those who work it, the just demand to end … shades of colour, join…