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Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… Importantly, these changes also exerted new pressures on the regime to fall in line with the emerging international …
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… good frontal firing possibilities. Revolving artillery on the embankments of the forts would have been able to ward …
PlaceEllis Park
… sporting achievement after years of isolation. On 24 June 1995 the South African national rugby team, the …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… could be as high as 20000. Click to read our feature on the Ango-Boer War 2 …
PlaceRosemount
… are the frequent sightings of the Southern Right whale on the Coast between July and September, and the Sardine Run …
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… appearances and to do smaller performances. Makeba died on 9 November 2008 while performing in a concert organized …
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… in order to challenge colonial domination and oppression on this premise. After the alienation of the land of the …
Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
… without colour bar in which all races can meet on equal terms. That was the ideal of the C.P. Unfortunately …
EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
… prepared to overcome obstacles. Huguenot descendants went on to establish themselves in positions of leadership in …
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… like the African National Congress (ANC). A blanket ban on some organizations, including the ANC and South African …
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… area between East London and the Amatola mountains, stop on route to take in some of the province's history and …
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… the Planetarium and watch these shows taking you straight on a journey to the sky! (link provided in FURTHER READING ) …
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… South Africa that exists today. Dulcie September was born on August 30, 1935 in Althlone, a small suburb of Cape Town , South Africa. [1] Because Althlone…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… between White and Black" and abominate him accordingly. On the other hand there are those liberal apologists, like … over the country so that he continually…
PlacePanorama Route, Mpumalanga
… you can go visit the Lowveld Botanical Garden . It moves on to White River where you can go play Golf and visit a … too.) Planning A Panorama Route Drive-…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… left opposition in South Africa. We need a lot of articles on the conditions in South Africa to appear in the Militant. … movement in 1916,and since that…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… better organising powers. Moreover, we are able to carry on our trade only because of the goodwill of the poor whites, … was indulged in soon after, the war,…
PlaceFunda Community College
… with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban Foundation and IBM. …
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… van der Merwe, known as Boerneef. Eighth-generation farmer on the land, Carl van der Merwe, known as Carl Boplaas, was …
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… award, the Mondi newspaper award in 2001, putting my name on the map in our profession. I will always be grateful to …
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… training course with a voluntary international examination on the 4th day. No pre-requisites for attending the training …
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… known by his stage name AKA was born in Cape Town on 28 January 1988.[1] He started out his hip hop career as …
PlaceOrange River
… This Dam, near Colesberg , is the main storage structure on the Orange River. From there the water is supplied in two …
PlaceUtrecht
… they approached the Lydenburg Republic trying to exploit on the differences, which were there between them and the …
ArticleHow to undertake research?
… Keep notes and track sources as you go. Always reflect on what you’ve learned. "A people without the knowledge of …
PlaceMalawi
… country in south eastern Africa in the Great Rift Valley on the western shore of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), the most …
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… gradually settling down to the orthodox Cl view. A point on which I still differ from that view is the extent of the …
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… as acting president-general. At the annual ANC conference on 30 April 1930, Pixley Seme succeeded Gumede as president …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… 1968. Fouche, Leo. Mapungubwe: Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo . Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1937. …
PlaceElukhanyweni
… the expressed intent of establishing a permanent village on this site. The first settlers began building homes at …