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ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
Following on from Part 1, this article seeks to analyse some of the historical and present dynamics bedevilling ESKOM. Over the past twenty years, ESKOM’s…
PlaceMatroosfontein
This Area was established in the Years of Apartheid! It is perfectly positioned; as it is extremely close to the Cape Town International Airport (less than…
EventThe government launches 'Operation Iron Fist' in townships
At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
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…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP),…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political control had undermined the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
The nineteenth century was a period of several events whose socio-political and economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) resuscitated the anti-apartheid struggle in…
The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer
… day and the teachers leave at three like all the other places. So far they have left us alone. We are always waiting …
From Durban Falkirk to Defy: Changing sources of workers’ power in the metal industry by Andries Bezuidenhout and Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Conference on Fifty years since the 1973 Durban strikes Durban…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria Museums
… COLLABORATION OF PLACES WITH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY …
INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFERENCE AGAINST APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Geneva, 2 - 4 September 1974
Statement by Sean MacBride United Nations Commissioner for Namibia Having had the honour and privilege of presiding over the Special NGO Committee on Human…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
At sites such as Thulamela, in the North of the Kruger National Park. Here traces of ancient traders are still being found which proves Man to have been here…
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
… https://www.triphobo.com/places/suurbraak-western-cape-south-africa …
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
The South African mission stations of Buntingville and Old Bunting, founded in the Eastern Cape in the nineteenth Century, were named after Sidney Percival…
PlaceBloemhof, North West
Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa. It was founded in…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… areas became ‘melting ‘of humanity — they were places where people from all over the country and even other …
PlaceGauteng Province
The Area of Gauteng Province is small; stretching from Pretoria in the North to Vereeniging in the South. Gauteng in Sotho means: 'for place of gold'…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… The values he so often gestures at in the people and places in South Africa are projected from him as well. …
PlaceTunisia
… Similarly, the Capital, Tunis, blends ancient Arab market places and mosques and modern-style office buildings into one …
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… this important African organisation for a year. This places a particular responsibility on all of us, because we … failure to find consensus in Bali on some…
Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
… a contribution and if there are those in high and other places who say to me, your way of life, your internal policy …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
Early years and Political involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother who worked as a…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… Government of India in South Africa. The Indian Government places the Agent at the disposal of the proposed Colonisation … a day of universal humiliation and…
PlaceGovan Mbeki Municipality
Govan Mbeki Local Municipality is situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga Province.Mbeki died in Port Elizabeth on 30 August 2001. He…
PlaceSanddrift, Richtersveld
This is a land steeped in legends and mysteries, where dramatic desert landscape and weird rock formations easily trigger the imagination and plays with one’s…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… adds to the lack of human resources in rural areas and places an increased burden on service delivery in urban …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
The Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) was established in April 1973 in with the assistance of the General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF). It was…
ArticleThe Order of the Baobab
This Order is to be awarded to South African citizens for distinguished service. The service awarded is well above and beyond the ordinary call of duty. It is…
ArticleSouth Africa’s World heritage sites
A World Heritage Site is declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). For a place to be included on the World…