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… been commissioned by the Cape Government, powers of construction were transferred to the British South Africa … Salisbury in Rhodesia. On 16 October 1899 a local force of 270 men under Police Inspector Snow withdrew from Fourteen … can still be seen crossing the Vaal river.   The village of Fourteen Streams, is a junction of the C.G.R. line to …

… by Shaka and his Zulu armies in the Mfecane wars. Most of them fled westwards and settled amongst the Xhosa. After some years of oppression by the Gcaleka Xhosa (who called the Fengu … invited by Sir Benjamin d’Urban to settle on the banks of the Great Fish River in the region that later became known …

… and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are … The most vulnerable children are girls between the ages of 12 and 16, who are often kidnapped in broad daylight. They … caught on film and sold as pornographic material. Some of the girls who are trafficked are even exchanged by gangs …

… on Robben Island as they protested to Dutch rule of their countries. When the British took control of South Africa, a leper colony was started on the island. … A ship that was laden with gold coins to pay the employees of the Dutch East India Company  (DEIC) sunk off the coast of …

… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Photograph of Oscar Mpetha behind bars. Artwork of fists raised at top of poster. Artwork of a fist breaking handcuffs at bottom of …

… Orange, black and white calendar for 1987. List of principles and policies of two organisations. List of unions affiliated to CUSA/AZACTU. List of Offices. Artwork …

… so much youth, so much enthusiasm, and so much love of our country. To impose your world on us, you killed, … in March 1960 was wrong. It was a mistake. Your embrace of a non-racial democracy goes further and says that we were … our non racist ideas for South Africa. All the killing of anti - apartheid activists would not have happened. That …

… 'Before dawn on 5 December, 1956, the security branch of the police entered the homes of 140 people and arrested 156 individuals, White, Black and Coloured, on a charge of high treason. The next month after that protest of the …

… to fill the vacuum in Black politics caused by the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist … the precursor to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).   Most of the founders of Inkatha had been ANC office-bearers or activists. The most …

… the South African War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of agriculture, was born in the district of Amersfoort, Eastern Transvaal. He was the second child of …

… the National Democratic Movement and the Fourth Force of 'Ontevrede Afrikaners' (Dissatisfied Afrikaners) resulted in the formation of the Democratic Party in Johannesburg. The organisation was … The Democratic Alliance still advocates the same policies of non-racialism, and retains the constitution drawn up by …

… was born in Mbulwana, Ladysmith, Natal. Molefe was one of the first black Presbyterian ministers to graduate at Fort … in New York, Molefe accepted an appointment as minister of religion in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1939. As result of his tireless efforts to improve the quality of schooling …

… The document is an important one in the history of South Africa for it tells a story that needs to be told. What is commendably new (about the manner of telling the story) is that the method is that of a community of griots among whose number is, surprisingly, …

… the majority, set out to kill, rape and loot properties of the Tutsis. The genocide followed the day after the death of the Rwandan president, Juvénal Habyarimana. Habyarimana … dominated party Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). By the end of the genocide, it is estimated that between half a million …

… On 7 March 1960, a photograph of a 13 year-old Native boy in a torn vest was published in the front page of the London Labour paper, the Daily Herald, with the … per month. The Daily Herald reported: "This is the sort of thing that could happen only in South Africa." In …

… Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape … was submitted to the Lords Seventeen, the governing body of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in Amsterdam. Tas and … against the corruption and extravagant lifestyle of Van der Stel and the fact that abuse of power by officials …

… Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew … executing tasks entrusted to him by the leadership of the party. He was a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto we …

… In July 1825, King Shaka , son of Senzangakhona and Nandi, who was the king of the Zulus from 1816, established a royal settlement as a halfway station between the Zulus and the settlers of Port Natal [Durban]. The huge settlement was known as …

… regarding his involvement in the Information Scandal of 1978, if his accusers could prove that either he, or a member of his Cabinet, was aware of activities relating to the Information Scandal. This … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, …

… White background. Artwork of yellow wheat growing out of a haystack of rifles. Artwork of half the world in blue with Africa and …

… today is not safe tomorrow. Civilian life today is a life of fear, a life of uncertainty, and not knowing exactly what is happening … it, but what is happening in Burundi should be a question of morality for the whole continent of Africa,” she told …

… to be honoured to have my name used for the name of the street. SD: Gogo this has taken two years to be done? … because this is such a big street here at Ohlange! A lot of events happened in this street during and after the apartheid regime. SD: If you don’t mind sharing some of the moments in the past which happened in this street that …

… big is a family and who belongs to it? A family consists of a mother, father and children. A man can have more than … live. The territory to which a person belongs may be that of his father's people or that of his mother's people: whatever territory his family is …

… has documented the everyday, insidious manifestations of apartheid and its aftermath, rather than violent clashes … publications as Life and Look, and he embraced the ethos of the concerned social documentarian. His exhibition last … Museum included silver gelatin and color C-prints, most of it recent work. The current Jewish Museum show consists …

… brothers on 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood of prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually resulted in the discovery of the Main gold reef in 1886. The first payable gold on the … brothers on 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood of prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually resulted …

… the Doric order, was erected in 1891 under the direction of GW Smith, a prominent Port Elizabeth architect, and was built by the firm of Small & Morgan. It was opened on 1 December 1892 by the … in the Eastern Cape and is the only surviving example of a Victorian Theatre in Africa. The Opera House is the …

… began in November 1875 and was completed at the end of 1877. It began its operations early in 1878. For many of us, the first thought that jumps to mind when they hear … The Endless Summer.  Today Bruce's Beauties is only one of the famous surfing spots in St Francis Bay, as Seals is …

… The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its independence, Angola … ruling party the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) allowed SWAPO to set bases in the country …

… elevated plateau with several hot springs. Khoikhoi name, of Anis, means 'smoke' from the steam seen, at the hot … mornings. In 1870, the Basters, who had migrated out of the Cape Colony in 1868. They were granted permission to settle at Rehoboth by the participants of the 'Peace Conference of Okahanja' on 23 September 1870. …

… patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College of Music and The Michaelis School of Fine Arts  and Jazzart Dance Theatre, will be working with some 700 learners in the Western Cape town of Clanwilliam to resurrect the Clanwilliam Arts Project/ …