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ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle between invading Italian forces and a strong…
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
Jeff Butler (1992) The Englishman was earmarked as Bafana Bafana's first coach, but a discrepancy with his coaching qualifications led him being turfed. …
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This letter written in Gujarati by Mohamed…
Full speech - Mamphela Ramphele: Rekindling the South African dream
… all thriving democracies, is absent in our homes, schools, places of worship, work places and communities. Citizens must be given the …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Brickfields Housing Development, at the Newtown Cultural Precinct, Johannesburg, on 12 August 2005.
Honourable Minister of Housing, Lindiwe Sisulu, Honourable Premier of Gauteng, Mbhazima Shilowa, Your Worship, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg,…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… today is striving to make positive change, and in many places these efforts are beginning to bear fruits... (That) …
PlaceOdendaalsrus, Free State
Having been established in 1912, this is the oldest gold mining Town in the District. The Town was a group of Farms with one central Church. However, when gold…
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
… Park and on many a junior school’s list of educational places to visit, cares for injured and orphaned wild animals …
PlaceMapungubwe Collection at the University of Pretoria
After the Mapungubwe gold was declared a national heritage collection in October 1997, the University of Pretoria (UP) became its official custodian as it…
PlaceDutywa, Eastern Cape
The Town was founded in 1858 as a Military Fort after a dispute between a Natal Colony raiding party and local people. It is named after the Dutywa River, a…
EventThe Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) was the underground military wing of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after the…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this precarious position between White and Black South Africans. This…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… Executive met the Blouberg community, of roads so poor in places that they reduce the life of taxis and ambulances by …
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… colonialism and apartheid which created Bantustans as places of oppression, poverty and unemployment, means that we …
Robben Island
Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato Manor 1730 They are replaced by the Ntuli clan - it is unclear what…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) St Lucia, 4 July 1998
Prime Minister Anthony; Distinguished Heads of Government; Ladies and Gentlemen; May I first thank you most sincerely for this opportunity - too long…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign for No Violence Against Women and Children. It takes place every year from 25 November …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… Movement (BCM). Justice Minister, Jimmy Kruger places bans on all movements affiliated with the Black …
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1600 CE)At its height, the Mali Empire stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the…
PlaceAnton Smit's Sculpture Park, Bronkhorstspruit
… Smit’s work has been shown and lauded internationally in places as diverse as Rome and Milan, Italy (1991), the … Smit’s work has been shown and lauded…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
The African National Congress (ANC) in exile developed strategies to influence public opinion within South Africa with the view to rebuilding its clandestine…
PlaceBuffalo River, East London
Visitors flying into the city will cross the Buffalo River on their trip into the city from the East London Airport. Home to the Buffalo Harbour and Port of…
PlaceHondeklipbaai, Namaqualand
… https://thegrowcery.co.za/places-of-interest/hondeklipbaai/ …
PlaceStorms River Mouth Rest Camp
Where the booming breakers of the Indian Ocean relentlessly pound rocky shores, where temperate high forest and fynbos roll down to the sea in an unspoilt…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
The South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 in response to a request from the British Imperial Government for an African labour force…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… developed, similar networks were developing in other places around the world. The history of the internet In …
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
The discovery of the Witwatersrand Goldfields provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that was able to house the first Volksraad…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
In 1835, Captain Allan Gardiner retired from the navy and went to Natal to begin Missionary work amongst the Zulus. Although the Zulus as a whole were…