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PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… Southern Hemisphere! Until the 17th Century the history of Jewry had been played out in the relatively confined geographical Area of the Middle East, North…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… anti-apartheid campaigning was an important part of our struggle. The violence of the apartheid regime was as nothing in comparison with the … of people…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Private enterprise is one of the million illegitimate children of historical processes which are determined (and at the sme …
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… A site of knowledge: Driekopseiland South Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where South Africa’s … (human and animal shapes)…
Address by President Mandela at the Seoul University Seoul, 6 July 1995
… President of the Seoul National University; Distinguished staff and … It is barely three hours since we landed in the Republic of Korea, and already, we can…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … the Natal Indian Congress, the Anti-S.A.I.C. committees of the…
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… 1950, by Allison Drew The All-African Convention came into being as an answer by the Native People to the Government's … a united front against the slave…
Address at the World Food Summit, 10 June 2002
… Honourable Chairperson, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, Your…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… Branches as may be formed and established in other parts of Africa. In it alone is vested authority to establish … regulate and determine all matters…
PlacePosthuys
… Posthuys is considered of the earliest buildings along the False Bay Coastline and … entering False Bay. Posthuys features early photographs of the…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This was the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years of slave trade…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… The following article will discuss the major points of the question and refer to supporting evidence for these … answering source-based paragraphs. Andries…
ArchiveHugh Masekela - what I'm thinking about ... a crisis for African culture (The Guardian)12 March 2013
… It is said that 11 of the world's 20 fastest growing economies are in Africa, … in heritage restoration, and I'm working with a group of people to create a…
ArchiveHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
… successes and experienced challenges within the 25 years of Freedom and Democracy. As I write this letter my heart is filled with joy, because of the…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… pioneer in the visual arts who fiercely defied any form of categorisation. As an artist, teacher, mentor, curator, … Thabo Mbeki called him a loyal fighter…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… timeline provides some historical background to the role of English in the Namibian public by tracing it within the … us with insights into the production…
PlaceKaaiman's River, Garden Route
… is a River in the Western Cape , South Africa. The mouth of the River lies near the Wilderness. Further upriver, the … whose wagons had to wait sometimes for…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
… Black South African men refuse low wage jobs in a time of mass joblessness? This paper takes up this question by examining the work histories and decisions…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… The Soweto riots of 1976, in which school children protested against being taught in Afrikaans and were subsequently gunned down, … for 'constructive…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… to carve out a living in the big city. She was the cousin of African National Congress (ANC) stalwart Walter Sisulu and met Mandela in Sisulu's home in…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… its formation. We mark this occasion in the historic city of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, a place of resistance and struggle, and home to heroes of our…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… to make visible what had been invisible; to find ways of articulating through the medium of photography, a reality obscured by government propaganda. ……
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
… The Town of Lydenburg, in Mpumalanga Province, was founded in 1850 by the company of Voortrekker leader Andries Potgieter who had abandoned … Today, the…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… Contents Early settlement patterns of exclusion Towards racial segregation Segregated city … early settlement were established at the Cape, patterns of…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT government in 1924. The NP was the governing … arguing that such a…
PlaceStrandfontein
… coastal village situated on the West Coast at the mouth of the Olifants River . Strandfontein’s high cliffs provide … a nature reserve area. Later in 1976,…
PlaceCahora Bassa Dam, Mozambique
… on the Zambezi River, is located in the Western part of Mozambique. The Cahora Bassa hydroelectric Dam was the last megaproject constructed in Africa during…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
… two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes … much talked about play in South…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… authorities were indispensable in the application of the provisions in the 1913 Natives Land Act in areas of rural South Africa designated as "Scheduled…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's arrives in the area north of the Vaal. 1837 Mzilikazi defeated by the Voortrekkers and … (ZAR) is established. 1853 16…