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PlaceBenoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality
Benoni is situated on the East Rand, in the South African Province of Gauteng. The Area forms part of the Greater Johannesburg Region. Since 2000 has been part…
PlaceKathu
Its formation began only in the late 1960's and early 1970's, as a result of iron ore mining in the Kalahari Desert, which hosts one of the five largest open…
EventIan Roberts was born on this day
The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of…
EventNelson Mandela says “thank you” to the world
At the Mandela Day 2 concert at the Wembley Stadium in London, England, Nelson Mandela delivers a speech in which he thanks the world for their wide support…
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
On this day, Riaan Cruywagen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was educated at Stellenbosch University and where he obtained a BA degree. He began his…
EventIan Roberts is born
The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of…
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
BBC News reported that hundreds of demonstrators have protested at a game ranch in South Africa over the ill-treatment of fourteen baby elephants from Botswana…
Why protect worker’s rights?
The exploitation of workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap labour: workers had to contend with the migrant…
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
A beautiful Victorian building tucked into an avenue of majestic Jacaranda trees is the home of Hamilton School. This school in the heart of Pretoria has a…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Media Freedom and Diversity 1. The Commission reaffirmed the Stellenbosch resolutions on media transformation and, while fully appreciative of our internal…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
It is obvious that when the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and prepare for all the challenges the organisation would face in terms of…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
1862 The first documented football matches in South Africa are played in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (between White civil servants and soldiers). 1879 …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
Former SA president and long serving political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was voted the Greatest South African in a TV show that had the country nominate their…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
The land on which this house is situated originally formed part of the farm Coornhoop, which was granted to Thielman Hendricks in 1661. The subdivided piece of…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal…
ArticleSouth African Film
Feature Films are the long format, fictional (non-factual) films you see in cinemas. They are called long format because they are longer than most other forms…
PlacePort Owen Marina, Velddrif
Port Owen Marina is situated in Velddrif on the Cape West Coast. There are a few resorts that offer comfortable self-catering accommodation in cosy well…
EventSA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born
South African author and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature, Nadine Gordimer, was born in Springs, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng).One of South…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as possible’ [i] , while at the same time ensuring that those…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the military government of Brigadier Joshua Gqozo…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
Matthews joins a long list of staffers who are not prepared to stomach nonsense and take the public broadcaster on a wrong path. The broadcaster's chief…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State. He matriculated from the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Jongenskool in Paarl in 1956, obtained a BA in…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
PlaceBotrivier, near Hermanus
The small, picturesque village of Botrivier lies in the foothills of the Houw Hoek Mountains, en route to Hermanus. The Bot River, after which the hamlet is…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
Zander Tyler, stage name Jack Parow was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual decline and struggling to avert state repression. Congress-inspired traditions were also re…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.3 Jul-Aug 1979
Content and Contributors Stories Heavy News by Funda Ntuli, Seth 'n Sam by Peter Wilhelm, Three Days in the Land of a Dying Illusion by Mtutuzeli Matshoba…