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Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
What is Gender-Based-Violence and who does it affect? Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) is any violent act or action directed at a person on the basis of their…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in the ANC’s Quatro prison camp. Martin …
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Ministers and Ambassadors, Distinguished Secretary General of…
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
During the early 1960s, civil society was disempowered and social movements were repressed. Although the capacity for social movements to impose change…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
The ‘Cape Malay’ community is rich in culture and religious traditions that have played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. …
Post-Election Political Violence
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994,…
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
Madame Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Honourable Deputy President, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members, Fellow South Africans: Thank…
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference 1973: Neo-apartheid and the sleeping the giant. Mbuso Nkosi …
PlaceOprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, Meyerton, Johannesburg
Founded in 2007 by the American Media Executive, Oprah Winfrey. This is a boarding School for girls, grades 8-12. Admission Criteria for her school is that the…
PlacePinelands
Pinelands is just 10 km from the city centre. It originally was an unsuccessful attempt at a pine tree plantation called: 'Uitvlugt'. Rows of pine trees were…
PlaceBronberg Conservancy, Pretoria
The Bronberg Conservancy is located on the South East side of Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is marked by its outstanding landscapes…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
Anna Sophia Swanepoel (Told in 1950) I was born on 2nd April 1893, on Tapfontein Farm, Edenvale district, Orange Free State. My father was a small farmer. My…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
Established a few Decades ago, Jacobsbaai is a tranquil getaway between Vredenburg and Saldanha Bay. Home to a small community. Jacobsbaai was originally…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract: To this day, the only book-length study of the mass…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
The actual wreck lies off The Isle of Wight, in the English Channel. In Britain the story of the SS Mendi is almost unknown. In South Africa she is famous; as…
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
South Africa is a country famous for its diverse cultures. Cape Town is a particularly cosmopolitan city, with people from all walks of life brushing shoulders…
PlaceTankwa Karoo National Park
It is recommend that you travel through the Park, with a vehicle with high ground clearance and good tyres. As all roads in the Park are gravel/dirt roads. No…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
Question: Mr. Tambo, you have just completed a tour of some African countries; what was the aim of this tour and what are its results? TAMBO: Our delegation…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
Indentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa By Brij Maharaj 15 Nov 2023 Dr Brij Maharaj is an academic…
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. At least 15 000 Blacks were used as combatants by the…
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas7 to James Ramsay…
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity to generate hydroelectric energy for Zambia and Zimbabwe. Kariba was designed and…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
Mr. President, The Honourable Heads of State Your Excellencies Honourable Ministers Allow me to express my great appreciation to you for affording me the …
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
President of the General Assembly, Mr. Julian Hunte, Secretary-General of the UN, Mr. Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: May I…
PlacePaarden Eiland
Construction of the Marine Drive was started by the Cape Town Municipality, in 1916. This was very different to the Marine Drive of today……….flooding by the…
PlaceNewcastle
Deeply involved in the Anglo-Boer War, Newcastle today is the largest town in northern KwaZulu Natal and shares its name with a further 27 sister Newcastle's…