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PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… This museum is also known as the Natal Settlers Museum. The property originally extended from the Bay to St Andrew's Street, and belonged to a man named: ……
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
… In 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma, who then established a Farm …
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… renowned for its thunderstorms and is ironically the Economic powerhouse of Africa!" 'Joburg' as it is called by locals, was founded in the heydays of one of…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… The colonization of Congo was precipitated by the persistently violent and cunning efforts of King Leopold II as well as the European explorer, Henry Morton…
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 December 1965. The British Army approached Pretoria at Wierda Bridge (Six Mile Spruit) on 4 June 1900, the Royal…
PlaceDjibouti
… Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, is a country of dry shrublands, volcanic … formations and Gulf of Aden beaches. It's home to one of the saltiest bodies of…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. It replaced an earlier structure built between 1876 and 1878 when the original…
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… This book recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria’s communist movement. Meticulously researched – and the only English-language book on the Parti…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti apartheid demonstrators including the African National Congress…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed resolutions … Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly re-affirmed…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… SECRET & PERSONAL 10 DOWNING STREET THE PRIME MINISTER 31 October, 1985. Dear Mr President, Thank you for the message which you sent me on 28 October. Now…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… Question: What has the ANC`s attitude been to violence? TAMBO: For decades we did not think violence had a role to play in the ANC`s struggle: not until the…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… to decide at once to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it behind. The new day which is already at…
ArchiveCommittee report: Education charter campaign
… Report of the Education Charter Campaign, a joint campaign of the Azanian Students Organisation, the Congress of South African Students and the National…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… The bridge was designed by the Department of Public Works of the ZAR, under the guidance of Sytze Wierda. It was built by …
PlaceMaphikela House
… In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what would eventually become the ruling party of the country. The house was…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Museum. The modest building of dung…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men and women at the scene of their…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) is honoured to launch … Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with a lecture by the internationally renowned writer…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his name to Harwood after an English … foreign and too Jewish for a stage…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you may wonder why they …
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a ……
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… This was situated almost opposite the Rustenburg Estate, and was used as a camping ground by Batavian forces during the first British invasion of the Cape…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… your letters, for which thanks very much. I take it that the second book was confiscated by the authonties, as I sent them in a single package. I hope you…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. The interior was penetrated by Arab slave traders in the 1830's, soon followed by…
Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela by staff writer, December 8 2013
… COMPANIES and business organisations on Friday reacted to the death on Thursday night of former president Nelson … highlights: ”¢ Mandela dedicated his life…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on which this double storey house stands…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… The Museum of Military History offers adults a fascinating … vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with the visual spectacle of its displays,…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… A year after Ghana gained Independence from Britain under the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah the All African People Conference was held in the capital city…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA…