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EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… at the Beijing Women’s Conference about the importance of including lesbian rights in discussions about the empowerment and upliftment of women. She was the…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a … Settlement at the Cape. Jan van Riebeeck, an employee of the Dutch East…
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… the Apartheid University? Interrogating the transformation of the South African Higher Education landscape. Sub-themes to be considered as focus of papers,…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British maintained a favourable command of several strategic points in the Transvaal area. Western ……
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. … the Nederduits-Gerefomeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church)…
PlacePiquetberg
… It is now known as Piketberg. (prior to 1910) The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… birthday celebrations have kicked off with a new round of honours for this anti-apartheid icon, including a photo exhibit and the release of a book on the…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… brought the Reformed religion to the Cape and the practice of this religion played an important part in the lives of the pioneer community. From the…
PlaceGanyesa
… The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo Municipality. This is a rural Village…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the grounds of ill health. Surprisingly, he was available to fill the … which…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… lower south coast region, following the murder of IFP politician Sqoloza Xolo, who was blamed for the murder of G'caba by the African National Congress. Mr…
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… 360 miles from Johannesburg; a few shops, a bank, a couple of filling stations and a hotel line the street. There are … small town anywhere in South Africa…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of basic education made this bold recommendation in a … class and ethnic barriers by recognising…
PlaceAnnisfontein, a Spring and Outspan in Richtersveld- Northern Cape
… with Geographical History dating back Millions of Years! A Spring may be the result of Karst Topography where surface water has infiltrated the Earth's…
PlaceMaitland
… The 1891 census indicated that Maitland had a population of 2,035. By 1904, this number had risen to 5,071. Maitland is situated in the middle of a number…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… The African National Congress(ANC) under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… by Emilia Potenza Between 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million … and a half million. This population…
EventPius Langa is born
… Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck…
EventThe SABS is established
… The South African Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is … SABS, About , from…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… Maxeke , teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of 65. In 1905 she…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… Dear Student Movements of 1976, (Dear ex-student behind the movement, who made … middle class student organizing protest at The University of Pretoria…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… "The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they … What I Like, 1978. "Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… Question: In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent … field. How would you briefly define culture and the task of…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… Question : In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent … field. How would you briefly define culture and the task of…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in advance…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February … The four writers have each examined a…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… The main building of the SA Army College was designed in a so-called … and when the South African Military School, predecessor of the Army College, was…
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… It is a matter of the greatest joy to me that I have, at last, arrived in … This is therefore an historic day for us. It foretells of the moment when black…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… shall have seen a letter I send to the Communist League of America Opposition. Quite a lot has happened in the communist party of South Africa, private…
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… In a trend-setting protest against the Apartheid policies of the Government, players of the two South African teams walked out after just one ball … Pollock…