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Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… Charlotte Born : 29 June 1952, Magog, KwaZulu-Natal In Summary : A student activist aligned to the Black … mid 1980s to the eve of the first democratic…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… massacre and farm-workers' strikes are more urgent? In fact, there are direct links between the Natives' Land Act … five Africans – still lived on white…
PlaceTiffindell Ski Resort, Eastern Cape
… Ski Resort - South Africa's only ski resort situated in Barkley East, Eastern Cape, South Africa's only snow ski resort! Tiffindell Ski Resort began in 1993…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use of … trade served to have such effects as…
Address by President Jacob Zuma during the commissioning of the OR Tambo school of Leadership, 26 March 2010, Kaweweta, Uganda
… Ladies and Gentlemen, Today is a very important day in the history of our two countries. More than 20 years ago, … arrived in Kaweweta in 1989. During the…
ArchiveA History of Botsotso by Allan Horwitz
… One leg in another leg out tight me up strongly sewn visible mending … poetry performance group. The Jesters had come together in 1994 and consisted in its…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… I made notes in November 2002 for use in future speeches on Palestine and Israel, nearly 9 years later they are equally valid: We in SA know about racial…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Education Chris Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) … Eddy…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed … Working Committee (NWC) until…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… and the NP wanted to build on the agreements arrived at in CODESA and to consolidate their bilateral agreements … to call for an election date that was not…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney doesn't snore) the popular … , Vryburg is a large(ish) Town that finds…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… Stanger was founded in 1872 and was named after the first Surveyor-General of the … Town situated along the East Coast of South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal some…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for freedom. It is…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… pamphlets, explode in a number of cities. 19 August, The Chinese community is granted official white’ status for the … The General Assembly adopted…
ArticleXhosa
… beliefs: The Xhosa are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation. The Xhosa … recognized by the South African…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… Introduction In the previous section, we have learnt about the origins of … attention to the racial character of that discourse. In this chapter, we will pay…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… POM When we were talking to one of the people yesterday in one of the townships, we talked to one 15 year old boy and … they want a free country or that…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved … representation in the provincial government of the Kivus 1994 Rwanda's Hutu extremist…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Political leader, Walter Ulyate Sisulu was born in the Engcobo area in the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu worked as a miner, … on the eve of South Africa's…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
… Women''s Movement, Leaders of various women formations in the country, Honoured veterans and stalwarts of the … our newly elected democratic Parliament and…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… of all this is the thesis which succeeded to gain currency in some circles at home and abroad that during the years I … after the formation of our first…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in … a war. At first, Hertzog and Smuts agreed…
PlaceDiep River
… Johann Georg Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his … and rumour has it that Depeche Mode rehearsed here…
PlaceObservatory
… from the Royal Observatory, which was established there in 1821. It's an arty district locally known as ' Obs '. The … easy-going bars, live music and lots…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… workers to take their proper place and to play a full part in the national liberatory movement. This will be seen … discussions and resolutions of the Second…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Apartheid South Africa, historically White and … of President Nelson Ronnihlahla Mandela. In the…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… In 1977, a group of "cultural workers"from the townships fled into exile in Gaborone, Botswana; including Molefe Pheto, from Mhloti … Ansell; other members…
PlaceCiskei
… The Ciskei Bantustan in the Eastern Cape was created as an enclave for the South … first declared the capital of Ciskei, were mostly employed in nearby …
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… Jeffreys Bay that makes me want to visit the Town. Located in the Eastern Cape , It is bordered by Western Cape Province … of another.) of the Eastern Cape…
ArticleSocialism
… Engels, developed the idea of socialism and wrote about it in detail. The core tenets of socialism are that it advocates … a more equal and just society. The…