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”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… African townships to be located far from city centres and places of work - that created a continuous financial crisis …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… get on a train in Johannesburg and travel late at night to places like Zeerust, arriving there at midnight (Mompati …
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… travelling between towns across the Sahara needed places to rest and stock up with food for the journey across …
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
… to all; and • an environment in which homes are secure and places of work are productive.” Further on, the document says …
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…
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…
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…
Glossary: Local History
Account A record or description of past events. Archaeology The study of pre-historic people and their culture. Banished …
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…
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…
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 …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… a single education department for all. The government places more emphasis on technical education. It encourages …
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 …
PlaceReneen, Northern Cape
Reneen is a populated place and is located in Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 271 metres. It has 60 odd…
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 …
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…
PlaceSonderwaterkraal
Sonderwaterkraal is a populated place and is located in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal…
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceOld Durban Brook Street Cemetery
The historical Cemetery has been encompassed by West Street Cemetery, lying in its far Western corner, closest to Berea Station. What makes it so interesting,…
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. …
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…
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. …
PlaceSteynsrus, Free State Province
The Town was established in 1910. Directly translated from Afrikaans; it would mean Steyn's Rest! The beautiful sand stone Church was well placed at the end…
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…
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 …