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PlaceUmlazi
… History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when … Natal ) and created a number of ‘Native locations’ for the Zulus in the Natal…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Into this sketchy collage which is Lesotho,…
PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… St Margaret's was built in 1905 and is not visible from the road, but what a pleasure it is to walk up the driveway through what must be one of the most…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1961 the South African Government gave…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… grieves me and inspires me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death still a fresh wound in our peoples’ … sense, this one word brings out much…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the pentagonal reinforced type, … …
PlaceMozambique
… is not easy to miss on a map!" But due to its troubles in the past, it was mostly overlooked in the greater scheme of African safaris. The voyage of Vasco da…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The start of a bad time The treason trial was the start of a very bad time. At…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… Madame Speaker Chairperson of the Council of Provinces Honourable Members Mr President … yomthonyama! Sithwalandwe! You have walked along the road of the…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a … terrorist-type organisation, almost presented to the public as demons. Now, since the public…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… Janet Remmington, Brian Willan and Bhekizizwe Peterson are the editors of a new scholarly work on Plaatje’s book, Sol … (Wits University Press), from which…
ArchiveChapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg
… On 11 July 1963 I was sitting in the living-room of the Liliesleaf farm -house reading Robert Junk’s Brighter than a Thousand Suns, the story of the first…
PlaceAkasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria
… Town in the Wonderboom district, 3 km from North of Pretoria North, … now known as Tshwane. It obtained Municipal status on the 1 October 1984. Akasia is…
PlacePhilippi
… The settlement of Springfield was established sometime before … Philippi is one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, in the 1980s, at more-or-less the same time…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… Equatorial Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon . The earliest indigenous population of this country…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… Robben Island is located off the coast Cape Town and was named as such by Dutch explorers who encountered many seals on the island. It was however,…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… Established in 1905, the temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Pretoria. The temple gets its name from Mariammen, the goddess that … Established in 1905, the…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
… Cape Twon - The suddent resignation of SABC acting chief executive Jimi Matthews has been hailed by groups across the country as a move of integrity amidst…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… The Northern Cape is South Africa's largest province and a must-see destination, whether you prefer the ocean, the desert, the bush or quirky towns rich in…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… This Reserve lies East of the Sunday's River and North of Port Elizabeth . In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo Elephant National Park…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… whole life was unconditionally and totally dedicated to the struggle of the people and who devoted all his adult years to the cause which was dear to him…
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line …
PlaceLebowa
… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national …
PlaceLiberia
… Liberia, which means ‘freedom’ formerly known as the Grain Coast, is one of the few African countries including Ethiopia that were not colonised by the…
PlaceComoros
… The Comoros Archipelago African Islands are situated in the Western Indian Ocean . It is 3572.4 km from the 'Mother City", Cape Town, South Africa! The…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… The Natal Indian Organisation (NIO) was founded on May 4 1947 by A. I. Kajee and others who had left the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). The NIC had grown more…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… partner of twelve years, Cecelia Bonthuys had been refused the right to marry on the basis of the common law interpretation of marriage. The couple … E. …
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… The Bantu Dramatic Society was founded in Johannesburg by … promoting black theatrical development. It was housed at the Bantu Men’s Social Centre, a club…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… Until the photographer Ranjith Kally held his first exhibition at the Goodman Gallery in Jo’burg in 2004, I knew hardly anything about the man and his work…