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PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… Port Elizabeth is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an Xhosa name, the language of the local…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… The 6th September 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of National Party Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on the floor of the House of Assembly…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - What is industrialisation? by Emilia Potenza
… From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza During the course of the last century, industrialisation has affected the lives of …
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… Xuxuwa the Railroad Siding, Eastern Cape, is 9 km West of Fort … of Brakfontein. It takes its name from a Tributary of the Kat River. Its estimate terrain…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … students on black campuses were politically active in the 1970s. We have included two…
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The State of Emergency was over. Lilian and I came out of gaol together on the morning of 31 August and climbed…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… KwaZulu-Natal In Summary : A student activist aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the Natal Women’s Organization (NOW) and former…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, which means thorn fountain, was … of…
PlacePretoria National Zoological Gardens.
… Situated at 323 Boom Street, the zoo is the largest in South Africa and rated as one of the top zoos in the world and is run by the National Research …
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an extract from the prison diary that he kept whilst in detention,…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… POM I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago when the violence broke out in the Transvaal was the absolute necessity for Mr…
PlaceOrange River
… It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho ( where it is known as the Senqu ) it flows westward for 2200 km, where it finally reaches the Atlantic Ocean at…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… Johannesburg - The ANC headquarters in the Joburg CBD, Chief Albert Luthuli House, could be up for grabs soon after the Johannesburg High Court ordered the…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… The name of the Observatory refers to W.J. Hussey and a good friend of … were University students in engineering in Michigan, in the late 1880's. They were…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… that it should be present during and participate in the act of creation. I believe that ours is privileged to … years ago, many in this room would not have…
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…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… departs from tradition in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum for calm, rational…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… departs from tradition in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum for calm, rational…
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… Vasco da Gama's Voyage of "Discovery" The reason for putting "discovery" in inverted commas is because the land was not, as so many explorers argue,…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… The first farmers For a period of time that is almost impossible to imagine, all the inhabitants of Southern Africa were Stone Age hunter-gatherers. Then…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… Bourgeoisie as a Class", Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935 To the Editor of "Umsebenzi" In your issue of 2 February, there appeared an article under the heading, …
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen across the…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
PlacePaarl
… (prior to 1910) The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate … in 1839. Like Stellenbosch its…
4. Conclusion
… The decisions made by the Party executive at the end of 1938 proved to be a lifesaver for the Party. Although Johannesburg and Cape Town officials …
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
… this dissertation and with whose genesis I have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our story. 1 It provides us with a kind of ……
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… in 1982, but has been a popular venue for outings since the 1800's. The Garden has been voted the best place to get back to nature in Gauteng for 9 years ……
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… The death of Sam Nzima, the man who took the photograph that came to symbolise all that was wrong with … how much photographs matter to us now and how they…
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… Johannesburg, Constitutional Court, 24 March 1998 Taylor: The first question is a very general one indeed, it is who in your view was the conflict between in…
ANC Press Statement presented by Oliver Tambo, 16 August 1985, Lusaka
… Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant reaffirmation by P.W. …