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ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… eras of colonialism, Afrikaner nationalism and Apartheid. [10] Afrikaans: A White/colonial or African language? … which read, for example, ‘We do not want…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… charged, in what came to be known as the “Trial of the 22” and acquitted, they were discharged and then …
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of Boomplaats, the British … Bridge, the first time trench warfare…
BiographyShaka Zulu
… grieve. Taking advantage of the absence of his armies, on 22 September 1828, his bodyguard Mbopha, and his …
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… Marketing Council from its beginnings in 2002 2005 Sahara Computers (the company owned by the Gupta family) … to its claim that the Guptas moved R6-billion…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… producing both fiction, political essays, and journalism. 10 Great African Inventions The CAT Scan (South Africa) The … Sirleaf was born in Monrovia,…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… country, they would be imprisoned [vii] . In exile from 28 February 1964 - Soon after arriving in London, Olive began … 2/ 1965; FAL /19/1965 account of a…
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
Eugene Ney Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1944. The progenitor of the Terre'Blanche name was…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… regarding his clandestine activities. On the morning of 28 May 1969 the Imam was summoned by the notorious Security … Imam's detention (under the 180 days…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… executed on 6 November 1964. Sikhundla was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Ndongeni, Mpentse and Jonas were tried … teacher who was a suspected of being an…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… are associated with women. This type of walling first dates to the 15th century. Click on image to enlarge …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… to South Africa after the completion of its first phase. 2005 Voters go to the polls for the first local elections … food agency. 2006 Prince Harry launches…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will be visiting Upington as part of the launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… February, At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at Newtown Market Square, Dr James Sebe Moroka … a national one-day stay at home…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… spoke, which included Malaysian and Portuguese Creole [10] Afrikaans also originated from contact with French and … and stated that the language needed to…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… 80% of the population continues to occupy less than 10% of South Africa’s land. The emphasis on JOBS is motivated … AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION 21)…
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… sent to Robben Island. He cried - he was alive. He served 10 years of his sentence and in 1991 was released. Joe Slovo …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… more difficult to find a family home in Johannesburg. Only 10 000 houses were available for rental by blacks, and these …
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… plaque: Wrensch House The land on which this house stands dates back to the earliest grants of land by Jan van Riebeeck … of G Rossouw who calls it Business…
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… and a well designed front door, whose construction dates back to the mid-18th Century, although the upper storey … of the Groot Constantia Estate, and the…
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
… Magkatho Lewanika Mandela (born 1950, died 6 January 2005 aged 55) Pumla Makaziwe Mandela (born 1954) With Winnie …
PlaceKwaDukuza
… Surveyor General of Natal, Dr William Stanger, on the 10 February 1873. Stanger Village was granted Township status …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… were marred by boycotts from other countries. A record of 10,563 athletes representing 169 nations gathered without a …
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) during or about 28 December 2007 to prosecute the applicant (Jacob Zuma), a … as a whole had rejected. In a…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… that preferential rights to each stand be sold for 5 to 10 years with a monthly rental of 10s; Jan Eloff asks for a … 16 May, First recorded fall of snow in…
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… of Blaauwberg, in terms of the National Monuments Act (Act 28 of 1969). A proposed boundary for the Reserve was also … landholdings having been incorporated…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC 7 – 10 April Delivers a Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary … of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa,…
PlaceEllis Park
… also hosted numerous international football matches. In 2005, 10 years after hosting the memorable Rugby World Cup Final, …
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… and Other Stories by Njabulo Ndebele. In all, seven of its 28 titles were banned. This took a heavy toll on the … ? [v] Kirkwood, “Staffrider: An Informal…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… with 57.5% of the vote, while the DA got 20.77%, the EFF 10.79%, the IFP 3.38% and the FF 2.38%. All other parties got … in the province’s legislature. In…