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Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
… is no exaggeration to suggest that the legitimacy not only of President Jacob Zuma and the ANC, but also the notion of the liberation struggle itself is in…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… forcibly moved 3.5 million Black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history. There were several political and … First,…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … O.F.S. Volksraad in May 1887. They were, like the authors of…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… The Eersteling gold mine, the site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South … short-lived – and the same can be said for the string of…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South West and East Africa, General Smuts … and to render brilliant services to the…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… alma mater and employer for over 40 years, the University of Cape Town (UCT). Part of this endeavour involved exploring the history of student/community…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… the 'Daisy Town', was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the Gold Commissioner David Walson, after … his cousin Fred discovered gold in the…
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 … all matters affecting the well-being or…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… 4.1 The Role of the media The media played a significant role in highlighting the activities of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal in the…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… Potenza Life in Southern Africa changed greatly because of the discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886). As with the Industrial … Revolution in Britain,…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… between Hout Bay Harbour and The Sentinel Peak and many of the residents are employed in the fishing or other … categorized as Coloured during the apartheid…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… The result of the General Election has brought about no real change. If … White South Africa has once again rejected the hand of friendship that has been…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… The Farm Dwarsvlei is situated 15 kilometres North of Krugersdorp, on the road to Hekpoort, past Sterkfontein of Archaeological fame. It is still Owned and…
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
… M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938 The Spark Organ of the Workers Party of South Africa … letter. You will remember that there has been a great deal…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … Supper is a painful story in Christian circles…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a…
PlaceSea Point
… years prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which … Sea Point was later so named in 1776 when…
PlaceCabo Verde
… archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West coast of Guinea-Bissau. The first permanent settlers of the island chain were Portuguese explorers who…
14. Suicide among indentured
… By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa … faced them, and apparently the most serious and persistent of all,…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being … . These had virtually ceased to exist on the outbreak of war in October 1899…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… government in 2021 and is an Xhosa name, the language of the local people. Gqeberha was the original name for the … and Walmer Township in the area. The name…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Plaque was unveiled at Windybrow. 2017, saw the reopening of Windybrow as an Arts Centre under the auspices of the Market Theatre Foundation. In the last two…
We are a Force - Speech at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College by O. R. Tambo, Mazimbu, Tanzania, May 1984
… Comrade Chezi, Representative of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, Comrade Director and members of the …
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
… Let me take this opportunity to thank the President of the World Bank Jim Wolfensohn and the World Bank for … and elaborate strategies that will harness the…
ANC statement on more lies inside the Cape Town story, 14 May 2011
… and unlawful conduct displayed by the DA since the start of this election campaign as well as the many revelations, … so-called the Cape Town Story`, bear…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… the status quo. How apt therefore that the current saga of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan fits so well into this … Africa is being treated to an unedifying…
PlaceDelmas
… Delmas became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing tiger known as … but Delmas, the small farming town remains just east of…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… maritime achievement, if one considered the small size of his Carvel, a replica of which is housed in the museum at Mossel Bay . Of the original 170 men only…
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
… Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford of Stuttaford’s fame. The first Pinelands Homes were thatched…
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
… unarmed group headed to the Police Station with the intent of protesting against having to carry around pass books . The police did not know what to do with…