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Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise … people of southern Africa,…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… progress," Goldblatt jokes. "Before, crime was restricted to the coloured neighbourhoods, because the police protected the whites. Nowadays everybody gets a…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… But one thing that was consistent is that Khwezi wore a kanga at the time. The garment – one that exists with … spoke at the election results ceremony, one…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… Last week fighter aircraft flying in formation to look like the figure "100" swooped down The Mall and over … First World War. This was the first time…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of the working class and an outstanding fighter for the rights of women. A stalwart of…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
… The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… that year. However, the history of the DP goes back to 1959 when a number of liberal members of the United Party (UP) broke … The cause of the split was the…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… its doors on December 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools and man-made Lake, as well as Hotels and self-catering Chalets. Home to the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… NG Kerk Pretoria Oos is next to Loftus Versfeld Stadium and is located in City of Tshwane … the southern tip of Africa on 6 April 1652. He had to find a half…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… Church Square used to house the Dutch Reformed Church building in Pretoria, with … (1855). The congregation was moved to Bosman Street where a new church…
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… South Africa . Virtually on the Border with Namibia , in a Region known simply as: 'Little Namaqualand' ! "There is … in the vicinity of the present-day…
PlaceMadagascar
… Madagascar is referred to as: 'the big red island'. Madagascar is the largest … Mozambique, Réunion, and South Africa. Madagascar has a population of more…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
… Dr Gordon was Personnel Officer during 1974 at a mine near Windhoek, and the book presents a sociological study of the black migrant labour force on the ……
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). … attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have started Darlington Farm in…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… have invaded Zululand and driven away our cattle. You are to go against the column at Rorke's Drift and drive it back … Isandlwana (Isandhlwana). Ignoring…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for the … facing the Black masses of South Africa and serve as a guide to action…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… Van Reenen’s pass, negotiating its dangerous terrain, a traveller is likely to miss a most superbly constructed church. Just a few hundred meters …
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… Africa , we explore the History of oldest known Caves to man, the Mpumalanga Sudwala Caves. Home to stone age … Years ago spanning until the late Stone Age…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
… born in Pomeroy in rural KwaZulu Natal in 1909, and went to Gordon Memorial Mission School. At the school, Linda was … through church music and choir…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… Alexander’s inspiration is spurred by his many years as a pastor to the exiled and destitute in the inner-city of Pretoria. It … of the difficulties and…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… Merchantman, the 'Amersfoort', anchored at the Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival in Table Bay, … Trade. Two years later, in April…
PlacePilanesberg Game Reserve
… Pilanesberg National Park offers the perfect opportunity to leave the City lights behind, and discover another World. Celebrate the Public Holidays , or…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… learning both Arabic and French although French would come to be her enemy tongue in the beginning of her writing career (De la Baume). She proved to be a…
ArchivePromotion of Bantu Self-governing Act, Act No 46 of 1959
… The Act was to provide for the gradual development of self-governing … of the Union and the said national units in regard to matters affecting the interests…
PlaceChad
… fifth largest country in Africa [i] . Chad is estimated to be one of the areas for where the human species originated [ii] . The area which is now known as…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… Diaz and his crew, on 3 February 1488. Here they found a spring with which, to replenish their water supplies! Diaz had been appointed to search for a…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… Griqualand West was proclaimed as a separate Crown Colony . The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters,…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby … from the Dutch term for chalk. In 1795 the…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… Present-day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during … the indigenous cultures were gradually being destroyed. A rebellion…
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Eshowe, a Town in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Area is set on a Hill, is situated around a 250 hectare indigenous Coastal … of high quality sugar and makes an…