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PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
The Arboretum was laid out in 1885 by Joseph Storr Lister, Conservator of Forests of the Western Conservancy of the Cape Colony, thus marking the beginnings of…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) is located in the uMzinyathi District in kwaZulu-Natal. The Farm was previously owned…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
Flower season along the West Coast takes place Annually between August and September. As the season changes, nature begins to bloom and flowers of all colours…
PlacePiet Retief now officially known as eMkhondo
Piet Retief was one of the leaders of the Boers during the Great Trek in the 1830's. The Boers were mostly descendants of early Dutch settlers. They undertook…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the Atlantic coast and False Bay on the…
PlaceKruger National Park
The Kruger National Park was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees, which became the controlling body of the park,…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you may wonder why they are so titled. They…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
David Goldblatt sold his family's menswear business in South Africa to become a photographer in 1962. But the pictures he made of the nation under apartheid…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
The main building of the SA Army College was designed in a so-called block-house style and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods, had become increasingly concerned about the future of South Africa – more and more he left the day-to-day…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Founded in 1869 by American Board Missionaries, Inanda Seminary was the…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
The Lowveld Massacre We would like to thank the leadership of the Province, the Region as well as the Branches for allowing us to address a lecture on the 25…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the…
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
This gathering is truly a solemn event, convened to mark the international Day of Solidarity with South African and Namibian Political Prisoners.We wish to…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) resuscitated the anti-apartheid struggle in…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
The Boer Republics, and the Basotho kingdom (a case study) Moshoeshoe moves to Thaba Bosiu The 1820s and 1830s were a time of great upheaval. There were many…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
Augrabies is a small Town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, situated on the South bank of the Orange River about 100 kilometres downstream from…
ArticleKey sites
Cafes A number of notable restaurants arose in the Grey Street area. These included Simon’s Cafe, Goodwill Lounge, owned and run by Pompie Naidoo who brought…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1804 Attainment of freedom of worship 23 By 1804, the number of the Vryezwarten…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas is also referred to as C, C1…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
Contents and Contributors Preface A.W. Oliphant and lvan Vladislavic, First Editorial 1978; Staffrider by Meshack Mabogoane; Remembering Staffrider by Mike…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
A packed courtroom clapped after Judge Billy Mothle ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Security Branch out of a window in John…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
Mayor Omar Latiff; Councillors; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the Freedom of the City of …
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
The archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement arrived at Rhodes House Library in Oxford in 1996 and it is planned that the cataloguing process will be complete…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress Alliance, functioning with a closely co-ordinated leadership, was working on the preparations for the…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The African National Congress, the S.A. Indian…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
My thanks to Professor Goerling for inviting me to present this paper to the conference on Torture and the Future. Torture has recently been often in the news…