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PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… The South African Archive is made up of records pertaining … to Titles Deeds, Wedding, Birth and Death Certificates. The South African National Archive has…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… is famous for its rooibos tea and oranges. Situated at the foot of the Cedarberg Range where the Dissels River flows into the broad Olifants River. … a…
PlaceEllis Park
… and was first named for Mr J.D. Ellis who initially made the land for the stadium available. The stadium is home to Johannesburg's rugby team, the …
ANC AND 1999 ELECTION NOMINATION LIST
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU has taken a firm stand that the federation will not be drawing up a list of its own people to be given to…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… Although Indians had been among the first slaves that had been brought to the Cape in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was only after …
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… indentured Indians and as 'free' or 'passenger' Indians. The former came as a result of a triangular pact among three governments; and the latter, mainly…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … born I started working again, but now I went to work at the factories because I was a…
EventDay of mourning held for Kinross mine disaster that claimed 177 lives
… Following the Kinross mine disaster killing 177 miners (all migrant … fellow mine workers held memorial services throughout the mining industry to mourn…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African … from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The…
PlaceLibya
… with an ancient history, has more recently been known for the 42-year rule of the mercurial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - and the chaos that has followed his…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… Members of the Hani family, Premier Noxolo Kiviet and members of the provincial executive, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, … Mayor of Chris Hani District…
Note on meeting with Mr. Sam Nujoma -1983
… We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live … can justly claim authority…
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… Celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s life is an opportunity to move away from the cliché-ridden assessments of his multi-faceted … personality…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 ©…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… African Prime Minister since 1966, John Vorster , shocked the nation by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… For the adventurer wanting to explore the many unique and wild treasures this coast has to offer, Mbotyi offers the privileged opportunity to visit the…
PlaceCaledon, Cape Overberg
… Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, located about 113 … Caledon is situated on…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… over virtually all diamond production in South Africa. The company was registered in Kimberley, and was the merger of the De Beers Mining Company and…
PlaceFrankfort
… Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid …
PlaceSouth Sudan
… Egypt attempted to colonize the region of Southern Sudan by establishing the Province of Equatoria in the 1870s. Islamic Mahdist revolutionaries overran the…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… History. This vibrant Town is conveniently located near the Chief Albert Luthuli (M 4) highway and is surrounded by a number of factories that offer…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… to Pietermaritzburg , Natal. There, Gandhi was seated in the first-class compartment, as he had purchased a first-class ticket. A White person who entered…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… From the hypnotic effects of the circular motions of the spiritual dancing of whirling dervishes to the mesmerising qawwali [1] performances of the likes of…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… Last Wednesday David Goldblatt wrote an email to the Chancellor of Orders explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded…
PlaceEthiopia
… Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia , to the East. Sudan to the West,…
ArchiveMemories of Trafalgar High, District Six by Warren Ludski
… Not much of District 6 was left when the apartheid regime forced the residents out onto the grassless Cape Flats and razed their homes. What …
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… stampede that killed twelve people. Among those killed in the stampede were four children, the youngest age five. The stadium was filled to capacity with…
EventSA military integration is disputed
… The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without difficulties. It came to the surface that a dispute ensued between…
PlaceTanzania
… The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… Located on Mzilikazi Street in Mofolo, the Mofolo Arts Centre is a hub of cultural and artistic exploration in Soweto. The centre is one of the few…