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EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic's office
The office of a member of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African Constellation of States, Professor Jan…
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
This 4 110 megawatt Station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest Power Stations in the World and the first to have been…
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
… to sing and play the piano at a young age. At the age of 14 after seeing a film of a ‘young man with a horn’, he began …
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… Jan. 1814 Caledon's successor was Sir John Cradock (1811-14). He renamed the sub-magistracy after his father-in-law, …
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of…
“Don’t Support Apartheid Sport”: Appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli and Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962
… all-White sporting events Recently in Durban, nearly 20,000 non-Whites - mainly Indians, paying almost R4,000 … is going to take in the future. New Age ,…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke
… (2831 deaths were recorded in December 1901). Officially 14 154 deaths were recorded but as the records of the camps …
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gopinath Pandey, a headmaster of the village…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… effort to find a solution to the conflict in Burundi. 2005 14 June, Jacob Zuma is dismissed as the Deputy President of … that he would not take…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… It is such an alliance capable of using parliamentary and extra-parliamentary methods that can ultimately defeat the Nationalist Party. "During the year 14…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… It's a very strange school holiday. Usually there are extra buses at this time of year for all the mothers to take … 6, while the workers were away. From…
PlaceElandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Discover Elandsfontein and their rich fossil heritage on a guided Quad Bike Fossil Safari or 4WD Nature Drive. The dunes on Elandsfontein are the final…
PlaceRobberg Nature Reserve
Robberg Nature Reserve, situated 8 km south of Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, is not only a nature reserve, but also a National Monument. Rocks from this…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… served as the leader of the PFP for 12 years. He died on 14 May 2010 at his home in Johannesburg after battling with a …
EventThe founding member of United Democratic Front and struggle activist Johnny Issel dies
… Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town . Issel was born on 14 August 1946 in the wine growing area in Worcester and …
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… of Great Britain in their historic meeting of August 14, 1941, and subsequently subscribed to by the other Allied … the subsequent consideration of the whole…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… townships. You just have to accept what they are doing. 14 But you know what old people are like. They want to … killed, six people injured by bullets and…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… in the previously advantaged areas of South Africa. In 2004 the Act was amended to allow registered nurses and …
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… – from whom and what was I ‘aloof’? Shortly before our 2004 General Election, the 9 April 2004 edition of the UK newspaper, The Guardian, published an …
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
The Town of Lydenburg, in Mpumalanga Province, was founded in 1850 by the company of Voortrekker leader Andries Potgieter who had abandoned their first…
PlaceElands Bay, Western Cape Province
Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bobbejaan Mountain lies this hotspot for surfers around the world. Elands Bay is 95 km northwest of Piketberg and…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… the Pioneer Corps. [i] The history of pioneer corps dates back to 1854 when the Army Works Corps was formed in …
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… and assault of four young men, one of them the murdered 14 year-old Stompie Moeketsi Seipei, Mrs Mandela dismissed … will be held at the Orlando Stadium in…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… in negotiations? In your inaugural address on 20 September 1989, you made an important statement which must … the Government, on the one hand, and the ANC…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… watchdog over both individual an communal liberties, By 2004, however, the masked had slipped and the Jacobin … character of the ANC had begun to reveal…
PlaceGhwarrie Poort
… in the south and Willowmore in the north. The Poort is 14 kms long and falls 286 meters starting from a summit …
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… of the general election, including the stay-at-home, April 14-16, 1958. From leaflet issued by the Protest Week …
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… succeeded Gumede as president general, by a vote of 39 to 14. This ended Gumede's role as prominent figure in South …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… interviewed Jantshika Nongila, the son of Shaka’s spy. [14] The following extract comes from original documents … him as a threat to their colonial influence…