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PlaceKatlehong
… other townships — Thokoza and Vosloorus, and is next to the N3 highway in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. These three … Together with Thokoza and…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… was started by a determined group of people who lived in the area and who wanted a Church closer than the one in Graaff-Reinet – over seven hours ride away…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… Street - lies Durban's second National Monument from the colonial times. The Victorian building used to be the Town Hall from 1885 to 1910 and today serves…
ArchiveGoldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness by Ivan Vladislavic, 27 September 2013
… Vladislavic: What work are you showing at the Art Fair? Goldblatt: I've chosen 30 pictures, both old … or published before, including some personal…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so … committee began to require a meeting place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… The building, with its richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal railway system. It was…
PlaceNgcobo
… On 1 November 1859, a day known in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and the Rev John Gordon…
ArchiveNote on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
… THE EXTREMITY OF CONFLICT in a revolutionary struggle can … attempting a serious study of such a struggle. Firstly, the antagonists, for reasons of their…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial …
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… to renounce a top South African award, in protest against the Protection of State Information Bill, which was passed by … came after a protracted but failed…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… The Sculpture shows a soldier in kilt and Scottish regalia. … in most dramatically with its position on a rising site on the triangular ground where St…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to…
Slavery in South Africa
… importation of slaves from Asia to South Africa by the Dutch East India Company and its employees. Some of the slave trade was from India. This aspect of…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… was unjust We fought it to be free to rebuild our country The world condemned apartheid and international … campaigning was an important part of our struggle…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … on Thursday, 9 December 1982, Lesotho was held…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… President of the University of Beijing; Members of faculty and students; … members of this distinguished institution of learning. The occasion is unique not…
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of the new Headmaster who had just returned from…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… Amour of Zanzibar Mr. Prime Minister Secretary General of the CCM Ladies and gentlemen My brothers and sisters It is a rare privilege to have the opportunity…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… 1. Introduction - The Launch of the Manifesto 1.1 It is with great pleasure that I stand before you today during this important phase in the democratisation…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… few kilometres from Ganyesa in Kagisano-Molopo area within the district of Bophirima, now called Dr Ruth Mompati District Municipality, named after her. Born…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… Following the sudden resignation by Prime Minister B.J. Vorster, the National Party caucus elected Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of Defence and leader of…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… things that I was a bit unsure of and this was, first on the question of whether or not the government has a double agenda. Do you think that when Mr Mandela…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… in October. Albertina continues to be an inspiration to the younger generation of today in South Africa, 40 years after her first involvement in the freedom…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… Verwoerd announced his plan to grant independence to the Transkei , a homeland proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid policy of separate development…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… Among the reasons for the South African War (Anglo- Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the Afrikaners attempted to assert their independence as a … Evans.M.M, …
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… July 1986 which has now reached me, and greatly appreciate the trouble you have taken to communicate to us your views on the South African situation. With…
PlaceCiskei
… The Ciskei Bantustan in the Eastern Cape was created as an enclave for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial segregation …
PlaceRondebosch
… were granted land in an area south of Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope . Jan van Riebeeck , the Dutch commander at the Cape, referred to the area as "Het…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… The government imposed a state of emergency in 27 townships in the Vaal Reef area and banned the carrying of all weapons. The regulations introduced by ……
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… gender activist from Burundi, is what life is like at the moment for that beleaguered country’s citizens. “In … exactly what is happening tomorrow. People…