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A telephone survey done by Research Surveys, discloses that about two-thirds of respondents said SA education is in a crisis an
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
BiographyVicky Sampson
Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville group. When…
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
Alan Robert Lipman was born on 6 June, 1925 in Johannesburg into a wealthy Jewish family. After he served in the South African Air Force during World War II,…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
Twenty-five years ago, on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein
… while mobile armed commandos kept the “troublesome” San hunter groups in check. Van der Stel named the area Groot …
BiographyWilliam Luscombe Searelle
William Luscombe Searelle was born Isaac Israel and later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of …
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the Dean of…
John Wiley, the leader of the South African Party (SAP), announces that his party is to disband. SAP representatives will retai
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… Wars date back to 1779 when Xhosa people, Boers, Khoikhoi, San and the British clashed intermittently for nearly a … Dutch occupation of the region, the…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from December…
ArchiveThe Port Elizabeth bus drivers and their overtime ban
ArchiveWhat can we do? The African point of view
ArchiveAnyway, No White Man Here Would Think Like This
ArchiveReality Vol.22 No. 1 and No. 2 Jan-Mar 1990
ArchiveSam Tambani - A Political Activist, Trade Unionist and Community Leader
ArchiveA tribute to I.T.A. Wallace- Johnson: a true son of Africa
ArchiveIs this a private fight or can anyone join in?
ArchiveThe Patriotic Front: Can it prevent a Constituent Assembly compromise?
ArchiveCan the Congress of Democrats win mass support?: A criticism
ArchiveDie gereformeerde kerk van Suid-Afrika en die sending
ArchiveDie uitdaging van die nasionale ontwaking by die Bantoe
ArchiveRas en realiteit - Die volwasse verwerking van rasse-realiteite
ArchiveWe work for the community say women from Phoenix
P. K. van der Bijl, Rhodesian parliamentarian and minister, is born.
EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
Thembekile “Thembi” Mandela, the eldest son of Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase was killed in a car accident while his father was serving life sentence on Robben…
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
South African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge beat the record…
About Agnes, smashed windows and chickens Chris van Wyk
Namibia gains independence with Sam Nujoma as first president.
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
On 19 November 1970 the head of the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) General H. Van Den Bergh,, briefly appeared on Rhodesian (now known as Zimbabwe) Television…