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PlaceNelson Mandela University, in Gqeberha
… Situated in Struandale, approximately 25 km away from the Main Campus, this became known as the Algoa Campus. The Port … incorporated Residences, Sports…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
… The people of Thulamela were skilled goldsmiths and their main currency was gold . This they traded, along with ivory, … Phalaborwa, meaning: 'better than…
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
… and community life of the village. Adjacent to the main town square are the original church, parsonage, and … biking trails and visiting historical buildings…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… what had happened was this. Some time in the earlier 1970s, unable to pay his rent, Cole was forced to leave his … to work in the US, and it was only towards…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… so skillfully that in every decisive campaign by far the main burden of fighting, on the European side, was borne by … common language, territory and culture…
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa's longest wage strike
South Africa's longest and biggest strike was organised by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), led by Cyril Ramaphosa. At the time it was the second…
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
… to and from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Its main object was to fly mail to connect with mail-boats. …
PlaceBetty's Bay
… the old whaling station are the foundations of some of the main buildings. There are also old blubber tanks, the rail … Rolling dunes stretching out on…
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
… Back in the mid-1970s, when the writer was still feeling his way along the …
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… source 3. Promote gender equality and empower women The main aim of the Millennium Development Goal is to abolish … a increase of maternal deaths, by means…
Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin
… What are the narratives of the strike? What are the main themes in this literature? How does the literature …
PlaceLabia Theatre, Cape Town
The Labia Theatre is 65 years and older, originally an Italian Embassy, ballroom. It was first opened by Princess Labia in May 1949, as a theatre for the…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… the re-emergence of mass popular action during the early 1970s which culminated in the Soweto uprising of 1976-77. … this period and served as a broad…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… path of their development. Hirson is aware that by the mid-1970s there began to be some questioning of a solely 'race' … politics and would only become…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… meeting, although the "matters discussed were in the main exploratory in nature". 13 December, Oliver Tambo , … grateful for the troops Cuba sends to Angola…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… the past using objects and other excavated evidence as the main source of information. In this way, we can learn about … and resistance. During the war years…
PlaceHumansdorp
… items grace the charming Humansdorp, Museum. At the top of Main Street sits the impressive Cultural Centre, a fully …
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
… to entice you to visit the town than its position on the main route from Upington to Springbok , just 60 kilometres …
PlaceSutherland, Northern Cape
… orientate yourself (in fact, there is only one long tarred main road, and a few dusty side branches that seem to melt … with five restaurants and three…
PlacePongola Game Reserve, Zululand
… canoe adventures, birding and tiger fishing are among the main activities. The Area is home to many typical plains game … canoe adventures, birding and tiger…
PlaceMbaula Village, Phalaborwa
Located in the Limpopo Province outside of Phalaborwa. This Area of Mbaula stretches over an area of 3.032 squared kilometers. There is a Population of 2 700…
PlaceMbunza Living Museum, Kavango-Namibia
… income. As with all Living Museums in Namibia the main focus of the Mbunza Living Museum is to provide visitors …
PlaceHeuningvlei, West Coast District Municipality
The area that the West Coast District Municipality (WCDM) serves stretches from the border of Cape Town Metropole to the border of the Northern Cape. The…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… mines; and nearly the same number left each year. The main reasons that Africans wanted to work for cash wages were … society, unlike in European society,…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… between South Africa and the rest of the world. For the main trading nations ie the Europe and the United States, … Rand all had come to seek their fortune…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… experiences very high levels of crime during the 1960s and 1970s. The last group of townships to be established was …
Article50 Facts on Africa
… arrest and imprisonment by the Kenyan government in the 1970s. Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) One of Nigeria’s great …
Zulu Community
… capital, pending completion of buildings at Ulundi. The 1970s also saw the revival of Inkatha, later the Inkatha …
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… to your own abhorrence of the system of apartheid," The main objective of his visit to the African continent was to …
PlaceWonderboom National Airport, Tshwane
Wonderboom Airport, is located north of Pretoria, South Africa. The airport handles general aviation flights and passenger services. The Wonderboom Airport was…