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PlaceGaries
To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to the reputation of the Town (for those who stay here, particularly during the spring…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) signed an…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… Brick by brick: an informal guide to the history of South Africa, Claremont: New Africa Books|South African History Online, Charlotte (nee …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
Mahatma Gandhi , a champion of passive resistance and non-violent campaigns left the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal (now known as the Gauteng Province). After being…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
Former Cote d'Ivoire President, Laurent Koudou Gbagbo, was extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an arrest warrant issued by the…
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
Also known as the Bloemfontein Fort. On 3 February 1848 the British declared the Orange River Sovereignty, covering a broad area of land over the Gariep River…
Statement of the ANC National Disciplinary committee in the case of Mbulelo Goniwe, 14 December 2006
The ANC National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) held a disciplinary hearing at Chief Albert Luthuli House in Johannesburg today (14 December 2006) into charges…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black…
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails
South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails. The Council was…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein in 1904. Named after General Hendrick Abraham Alberts,…
PlaceHaarlem
Sixteen kilometers East of 'Avontuur' and 29 kilometers from Uniondale, a village was established by the Berlin Mission Society and was named Anhalt-Schmidt,…
PlaceElim
The charming little village known as Elim, is dominated by white-washed fishermen’s cottages and fig trees. This town is one of the few surviving South African…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining village of Florida. The structure was…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
On 2 September 2014, Advocate Pansy Tlakula announced her resignation as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She submitted her letter of…
Event90-Days Act comences
The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this day. It is dubbed the 90-Day Act as it provides for any person to…
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
Congress Resister was published by the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi. It was not…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
The Durban Declaration was a statement signed by over 5 000 people in the scientific community stating that HIV caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and…
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
Black ViewPoint - The New Black by Bennie A. Khoapa
… that if a person is not an 'integrationist' in South Africa, he is therefore a 'separatist', and that because an …
The fight against passes continues
… time we would send thousands of women from all over South Africa, black and white, to tell Strijdom the same thing. So …
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… Printer Government Gazette Staatskoerant REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA REPUBLIEK VAN SUID AFRIKA Vol. 661 28 July Julie 2020 … (SAFLII). (2017). President of the…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
Johannesburg - The ANC headquarters in the Joburg CBD, Chief Albert Luthuli House, could be up for grabs soon after the Johannesburg High Court ordered the…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
Every time I land at Durban Airport, I am haunted by the memory of Fatima Meer – my dearest friend, sister and adviser whom I worshipped and treasured like my…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's advice is criticised
The Sunday newspaper Sunday Independent reported that the special mixture prescribed by SA Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to fight HIV/AIDS, could…
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
Schmidtsdrift is a Town, in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape Province. (Situated 80 km West of Kimberley). It was originally a Fjord,…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
Hellenic Football Club, is a South African Association Football Club based these days, in Cape Town. They are nicknamed: "The Greek Gods". Established in 1958…
ArchiveKu Tlangeriwa ka makume mbirhi ntlhanu (25) Wa Malembe Ya Ntshuxeko eAfrika-Dzonga
Afrika-Dzonga, Afrika-Dzongamawaku, Ndzithonamihlotiemarhameniya mina, Ndzivuvumelaemakhorhweniyambiluya mina, LokondzianakanyanxanisekolowuAfrika…
PlaceAlgoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
Old name for Algoa Bay was Angra da Roca named in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there. He planted a wooden cross on a small…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.1 1992
Contents and Contributors comment-AW Oliphant, Fragments of a dream by Zachoriah Rapola, The House of Raydon by Patrick Sekhula, Independence by EM…