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PlaceLoeriesfontein, Northern Cape
Loeriesfontein is situated in the Northern Cape. This little Town is situated in the Hantam Municipality, 120 kilometres from Brandvlei. Other nearby towns…
PlaceWeenan
Weenen stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa! Located on the serene Banks of the Bushman River in KwaZulu-Natal, it remains as the…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, Stoffel van der Merwe (52), who left the cabinet at the…
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
On 21 March 1960, 69 Africans were killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws in the township of…
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
The South African government led by National Party (NP) held a referendum in which white voters decided whether South Africa should remain a member of the…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
On 5 October 1960 a referendum of White voters was held to decide whether South Africa should become a republic. The result showed that 52% were in favour of a…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
AbstractThrough the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative Abstract This paper addresses the falsity of the cultural discourse…
List of deaths in detention
Detaining and imprisoning those who went against the Apartheid state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell resistance. As detention was…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
1. Introduction ↵The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors and clues of the past that lead up to one particular moment, event or…
PlacePondoland
The territory known as Pondoland or, more correctly Mpondoland, incorporated the divisions of Bizana, Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, Tabankulu, and Umsikaba…
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage in protest the death of Dr Neil Aggett, who allegedly committed suicide while in police detention, was supported by…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1970 Trusteeship of West Street Masjid extended 102 Prior to 1970, the…
PlaceJoe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape
Joe Gqabi District Municipality was previously known as: 'uKhahlamba District Municipality'. It is a Category C Municipality located in the Eastern Cape. It…
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
"Suurbraak lies in what could easily be termed a little piece of heaven, and because it is not a commercial centre is left largely alone." This Village was…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
Before presenting the history and impact of resistance photography we must consider the historical moment in which resistance photography in South Africa came…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His middle…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
Chairperson, Minister Sydney Mufumadi, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr Anna Tibajuka, Chairperson…
14. Suicide among indentured
By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. Among the many problems that faced them, and apparently…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - Table 3 Interviews
Interviews(in alphabetical order of surnames)List of interviews in alphabetical order of surnamesNo.IntervieweeDate(s)1Muff Andersson29 December 20192Desi…
PlaceGoodwood
One of the Northern Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town, 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was originally…
PlaceFreedom Park
The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
Under orders from Commandant-General Louis Botha, Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burned Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini, looted cattle and grain,…
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
Under orders from Commandant-General Louis Botha, Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burned Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini, looted cattle and grain,…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is inextricably intertwined with the struggle of workers against…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
1904 6 January, The settler Frau Sonnenberg tells German soldiers stationed at the Waterberg, including the Sergeant in charge, Sergeant Rademacher, that…