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EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II, Mukasa beter known as King Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884…
EventWomen’s Memorial is unveiled in Bloemfontein
The Women's Memorial was unveiled in Bloemfontein, on the same day as the celebration of Dingaan's Day upon which the Voortrekker victory over the Zulu at…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
Twenty-five years ago, on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
For the last few weeks millions of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century the probing…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - White Students and Black Students
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu All true Christians in South Africa will have just cause for gratitude over the…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe were uninhabited before these islands were discovered in about 1470, by Portuguese navigators. In the late 15th Century the Portuguese…
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
During the 2006 rape trial in which President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of rape, there wasn’t much in common in Zuma or Khwezi’s testimonies. But one thing that…
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 Buckingham Palace to mark the centenary of the…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
It is with deep sadness and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of…
The Democratic Party (DP)
The Democratic Party (DP) was formed on 8 April 1989, when the former Progressive Federal Party, Independent Party and National Democratic Movement merged…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg. It officially opened its doors on December 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools…
PlaceCape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
Cape St Francis (Afrikaans: Kaap St Francis) is a village on a headland on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa, in the Kouga Local Municipality. The quiet…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
NG Kerk Pretoria Oos is next to Loftus Versfeld Stadium and is located in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. The Dutch Reformed…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
Church Square used to house the Dutch Reformed Church building in Pretoria, with the open space around it used as ‘outspan’ during the quarterly communions…
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Virtually on the Border with Namibia, in a Region known simply as: 'Little…
PlaceMadagascar
Madagascar is referred to as: 'the big red island'. Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 450 km (280 mi) east of the…
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 mine:…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War, was said to have…
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 clarification of the real issues facing the Black masses of South Africa…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
On 8 October 1962, Solomon Linda, the singer and composer of Mbube, which became the pop hit as 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', died without receiving royalties for…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
About Legacy Alexander’s inspiration is spurred by his many years as a pastor to the exiled and destitute in the inner-city of Pretoria. It was during this…
PlacePilanesberg Game Reserve
The reserve features the "Big Five" animals that is so popular with tourists: lions, hippos, rhino, elephants and buffalo.Among Southern Africa’s fascinating…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
Life Fatima Zohra Imalayen was born in 1936 in the town of Cherchell, Algeria (Chronology Assia Djebar 1996). She grew up learning both Arabic and French…
ArchivePromotion of Bantu Self-governing Act, Act No 46 of 1959
The Act was to provide for the gradual development of self-governing Bantu national units and for direct consultation between the Government of the Union and…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
The alternative name in 1850, for Mossel Bay. It was the first place that Europeans landed, that was Bartholomew Diaz and his crew, on 3 February 1488. Here…
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
The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby deposits of limestone. Its name…
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 scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
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 Forest. Eshowe actually means Ekowe, the place…
David Goldblatt by Jean Dykstra, 11 September 2011
In a videotaped interview with David Goldblatt that is included in his current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, the South African photographer ponders how it…