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PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km inland from Amanzimtoti and 35 km South of Durban. Established in 1853, Adams College…
PlaceRooi-Els, Western Cape
Rooi Els perches like a child's puzzle piece on the edge of Route 44, the first little seaside village after leaving Gordon's Bay, before the landmark Hangklip…
ArchiveBen Turok, rebel, revolutionary, thinker, truth-teller — one of the last of The Struggle greats by Marianne Thamm
Interview with Ben Turok by Carilee Osborne
A Tribute to Prof Ben Turok – Staff of Institute for African Alternatives
Ben Turok biography
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
Professor Ben Turok, now 92 years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for 20 years. Turok is the sole surviving…
PlaceKoingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
Koingnaas is a Town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970, Koingnaas was once a flourishing…
PlaceBotlierskop, Private Game Reserve
Set on the foothills of the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains near Mossel Bay and George in a Malaria Free area in South Africa's Garden Route, Botlierskop…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fiercely defied any form of categorisation…
ArchiveA Call for Unity in the Arts - interview with Omar Badsha, Student Voice, 7 February 1994
ArchiveApartheid in Practise (The Economist Newspaper), 13 April 1957
ArchiveThe Development of Job - Related Education and Training in Soweto 1940 - 1990 by Erwin Kelm, November 2000
EventNigerian women occupy ChevronTexaco oil terminal
On this day, approximately 600 Itsekiri women began a peaceful occupation of ChevronTexaco's Escravos oil terminal in the Niger Delta, demanding jobs for their…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car accident in Johannesburg. According to…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
EventMahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first Black Springboks captain
Rugby player, Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys High School, where…
EventSharlto Copley is born
Sharlto Copley was born in Pretoria on 27 November 1973. While still in high school, Copley began producing amateur theatre and film. He met his business…
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black…
EventFather Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep
Father Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital after being admitted with pneumonia…
EventPhilip Rabinowitz, Polish born South African centenarian, sets a new world record by running the 100m in 28.7 seconds.
Philip Rabinowitz, Polish born South African centenarian, sets a new world record by running the 100m in 28.7 seconds. Owing to a power failure the time is not…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
John Muafangejo was born in Etunda lo Ghandi in the area of Ovamboland, in Southern Angola. He studied art at the College of Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to…
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
South Africa enjoyed a clean sweep of the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards in 2004. The awards were held on 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster…
EventCanaan Banana is found guilty of sexual offences
Former Zimbabwean president and minister of the Methodist church, Canaan Banana, was found guilty by the Harare High Court on eleven charges of sodomy,…
EventSA signs investment incentive agreement with the USA
The signing of the investment incentive agreement between South Africa and the US in 1993 ensured that the two countries would develop cordial relations. Since…
EventAmichand Rajbansi threatens non-cooperation with the James Commission
National People's Party leader, Amichand Rajbansi, threatens that he would not co-operate with the James Commission, which was appointed by President P.W…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky…
EventSAA flight 295 crashes
The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from…
EventAttempts of sabotage are made in Secunda
Two strategic acts of sabotage, supposedly by the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ), against the oil-from-coal plants based in Secunda failed to successfully hit their…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
The Soweto riots of 1976, in which school children protested against being taught in Afrikaans and were subsequently gunned down, detained, and exiled, led the…