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PlaceMontagu, Route 62
Montagu, founded in 1851 on the farm: 'Uitvlucht' and named after Colonial Secretary John Montagu, is a Western Cape small town gem. Nestled amid the Langeberg…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (commonly called Bapedi) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. Sekhukhune, like Moshoeshoe King…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… be found in all directions from the town, showing how the places were revered by ancient hunter-gatherers, known as …
PlaceNhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe
… a Shembe temple. The stones are used to mark the sacred places where they pray. Every October, more than 30 000 …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South West Africa). However, there were a number…
PlaceWhite River, Mpumalanga
… http://www.mpumalanga.com/places-to-go/lowveld-legogote/white-river …
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
PlaceWest Coast National Park, Saldanha Bay
The West Coast National Park is situated just inland of Saldanha Bay and its secluded Harbour. The exquisite Langebaan Lagoon is, undoubtedly, the jewel of…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… a single education department for all. The government places more emphasis on technical education. It encourages …
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
… from Durban and boasting a number of important religious places of interest such as shrines, temples, churches and …
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… and Braamfontein to see this in action. These are the places where culture, style and youthful energy meet …
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… lacked for the last 30 years. That the criminals in high places responsible for these deeds might one day, soon, be …
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 Document…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… land question firmly at the center of public discourse and places cogent emphasis on the land question and traces it as …
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… The Amphitheatre, I had been told, is the holiest of places for the Boers ? only their President or Prime Minister … that every member of the ANC should…
Glossary: Local History
Account A record or description of past events. Archaeology The study of pre-historic people and their culture. Banished …
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
1868 Enoch Mgijima is born at Bulhoek, Eastern Cape, the son of Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima. 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgijima, who had already gained quite a…
Archive2000 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 4 February 2000
… of the dignity of all our people. Accordingly, this places high on our agenda the task of ensuring that all of us …
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… scandal, celebrity gossip, sensational crime, sex in high places and tabloidism at the expense of serious news in a … we fight to lift outright censorship or…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Noticias, 05 August 1983, Maputo
… that. Any of such bases are inside South Africa, in secret places where we go to and from, where we come from, and to where we return, secret places from…
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…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… the "pure white gold" which would journey to near and far places to satisfy thirsty souls. In 1994, our two countries …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 91th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2003
… areas, and assist them to break free of the paradigm that places them in a position of social outcasts. Current … contains the critical challenges that our…
PlaceMarakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
… You are not allowed to get out of your vehicle, except at places indicated to you on the map, by the receptionist! No … are not allowed to get out of their…
PlaceStikland Cemetery
In a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
Distinguished Mayors of Greater Johannesburg; Members of the National and Provincial legislatures; Dear Friends and Comrades; Ladies and Gentlemen. …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
Hinduism
Hinduism What do Hindus believe? Hindus believe in one god that appears in different forms. Source: www.theholidayspot.com Hindus believe in one God, or…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
Background and policy of apartheidBefore we can look at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understand what apartheid was and how it…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement, most of the inhabitants of…