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SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
Contents Discovering Seme - Tim Couzens The Early Years - Richard Rive The Mount Hermon School File Product of Moody School How Congress Began - …
PlaceCacadu District Municipality
Cacadu (Formerly Lady Frere) is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town was renamed to Cacadu…
PlaceDelareyville, North West
This Historical Town in the vast North West Province has a rich History that is deeply rooted in South African Culture. It was founded in 1913, after the…
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
The history of Umhlanga Rocks is really interesting. Umhlanga Rocks was initially home to San hunter-gatherers and was later occupied by Nguni-speaking people…
PlaceKnysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
The Knysna Lagoon opens between two massive cliffs, known as The Heads, these stand tall, acting as rugged watchmen over the pristine loveliness of the lagoon…
PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
The Thousand Hills experience is to KwaZulu-Natal what the Garden Route is to the Cape. It is an area of great peace and tranquillity, affirmed by the fact…
PlaceHogsback, Eastern Cape
'Hogsback is a magical World of Mountains and Forests.' It is situated high up on the Amatole Mountains of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and is…
PlaceRiemvasmaak
Riemvasmaak (pronounced ‘rim fus maack’) means ‘tighten the strap’ or ‘tied with straps'. Riemvasmaak is a rural community and settlement situated within the…
PlaceCarletonville
There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up too all noise of this industry the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve lies just outside,…
PlaceRobertson, Route 62
In about 1853 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Swellendam resolved to establish a new congregation to serve the spiritual needs of residents in its Southern…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
THE FOLLOWING NOTICE is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE…
ArchiveFederation
the following notice is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
Roodepoort is actually a City of its own, although it has now merged with the Suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, there is barely a discernible line over…
PlaceMpumalanga
Mpumalanga means ‘Place of the Rising Sun’ and is the name given to the new Province in Eastern Transvaal in 1993. It includes part of the old Transvaal and…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative Abstract This paper addresses the falsity of the cultural discourse…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in accordance with the provisions of the Union of…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
1861 Sefako Mapogo Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
Rumours had it that the Insurrections Ensemble was working on a piece loosely based on Aime Cesaire’s version of the Tempest for 2015. It has been hard to say…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat, a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act. He was jailed for thirty…
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President David…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
Urging Congress branches to ensure 100 per cent attendance at the forthcoming A.N.C. National Conference, due to begin at Durban on December 16, President…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
'States of Emergence' is Johannesburg gallerist Warren Siebrits' coming of age. A former curator at the influential Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
Apollo Milton Obote (some say Milton Apollo Obote) was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971…
Address by President Mandela at the opening of the 36th Annual World Boxing Council Convention Johannesburg, 26 October 1998
President Jose Sulaiman, Distinguished delegates to the 36th Annual World Boxing Council convention, I welcome you all to our beloved country. Perhaps the…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
Joint statement by Chief Albert J. Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was issued by…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
Doornkop/Doornsluiten farm was located in Utrecht, a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African…
PlaceParadise Valley, Kwa Zulu Natal
The Paradise Valley Nature Reserve, 100 Hectares of coastal and remnant grassland, boasts one of the two National Monuments to be found in Pinetown – The…