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PlaceDinorben Farm, Eastern Cape
Dinorben is a farm and is located in Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 1942…
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
Formerly called: 'Young Men's Christian Association'. This is a welfare movement with branches all over the World, that began in London in 1844. YMCA Cape Town…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
Glossary of Ndebele building terms APOKORWAN - Eaves overhang AMAKAPA - Roof AMAKAPA IBALELO - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations initiated by Coloureds existed, most of which dealt with the question of the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist industrial unions, white dominated racially…
PlaceChad
Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa[i]. Chad is estimated to be one of the areas for where the human species originated[ii]. The area which is now…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
Contents Introduction PART I) PLANNING APARTHEID Dutch Reformed roots in South Africa How are colonial histories of planning transnational? Apartheid as…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
Apollo Milton Obote (some say Milton Apollo Obote) was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971…
PlaceHawston
Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily between the sea and the mountain. It is thought that long ago the Quena …
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War, was said to have…
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…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
Joint statement by Chief Albert J. Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was issued by…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
Doornkop/Doornsluiten farm was located in Utrecht, a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984…
PlaceMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
Company's Garden is a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town. This Garden features: a Rose Garden; Japanese Garden; Fish Pond…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson South African history can legitimately be described as the…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, destroying all settler resistance…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm Vogelstruisfontein, and was followed soon…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1804 Attainment of freedom of worship 23 By 1804, the number of the Vryezwarten…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase By 1957 any relative lull in the mass…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaA change so unexpected and a development never known before were due to the discovery in 1886 of the greatest…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a million men and women…
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
Doing Oral History
Edited by Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
IntroductionThe 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa. Events that…
Excavations: Shirts, Placards, Posters and the Remnants of Spectacular Protest in the LRS’s Collections by Lebogang Mokwena
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South Africa has a long and rich scholarly tradition on the labour…