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Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular … people continued to arrive in a steady stream. From 1914, the population of newcomers to the…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified Apartheid as an "anti-poverty program for … Buchuberg Dam,…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
… and became a mounted policeman at Thaba Nchu, on the border of Basutoland. When I was three years old, the family went to live in Thaba 'Nchu. During the…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… Petrus Mashishi, President of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its … class principles of co-operation, democracy, probity and the best…
PlaceHamburg Village
… Hamburg is a small Town, with about 1000 inhabitants, in the Eastern Cape Province. It is located on the coast between the East … It now hangs permanently in…
PlaceThulamela Local Municipality
… This Municipality is dedicated to the Local People and providing a better life for their … economic development and smart administration" Vision "We, the…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… sociologist a cycle of isolation and discrimination as the Apartheid state tightened its grip on everything; a cycle … of energy when, at 54 years of age,…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… The Millennium Development Goals (MDGSs) were perceived as a life line the United Nations and the rest of the world were throwing to … stability of their…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… In an essay entitled “The 16th of December in the context of Nationalistic thinking … “Oranje-Vrystaat”) and the two former British colonies (“Cape Colony”…
PlaceGoegap Nature Reserve, Springbok
… Gemsbok and Hantam Zebra'. Bird lovers may see: "The Cape Eagle; Black Eagle; Booted Eagle; Karoo Eremomela , … and many more. This area is particularly…
EventAllan Boesak's plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… Allan Boesak graduated from the Belville Theological Seminary and worked as a pastor in … Belville South. Boesak rose to prominence when he became the head…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… Alternating from prison to fort to prison to museum, the Old Fort in Johannesburg has served a variety of unique … from their jobs, families, and lives, and…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out … where it would lead. Almost 40 years had passed since the South African striker Steve …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Noticias, 05 August 1983, Maputo
… Our bases are inside South Africa Question : Since the car bomb explosion in Pretoria there has been talk of a change of strategy by the ANC. Has there…
PlaceWitberg Wind Farm
… The Witberg Wind Farm is located between Touws River and Laingsburg in Western Cape. Witberg Wind Farm is a 108MW onshore wind power … South Africa. This…
PlaceCalvinia
… Calvinia was founded on the Farm-'Hoogekraal', in 1845. This property was purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church in order to establish a parish for … the…
PlaceKing Shaka International Airport, La Mercy-Durban
… King Shaka International Airport is named after the founder of the Zulu Kingdom , King Shaka . King Shaka Airport stands on- … Airport was named Africa's…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book …
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Your Excellency, Dr Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, Secretary General of the United Nations, Ministers…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, At a time when in many respects our country is passing…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by Dr. Kamuzu Hastings Banda, failing which, by Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… Jacobsbaai was originally founded as a small Town on the Farmland registered as; '109 Jacobsbaai'. The name is said to have evolved from the Frenchman…
PlaceOuteniqua Pass-N9
… The Outeniqua Pass is a relatively modern Pass, connecting the Coastal Town of George with Oudtshoorn and the Little … two Towns and the Langkloof Valley …
PlaceLangebaan Lagoon
… The Langebaan Lagoon is a large salt water lagoon, regarded … as a wetland of international importance, protected by the West Coast National Park (formerly…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
… Lamu Island is a Port, City, an Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mombasa . Lamu Old Town is the oldest…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… Middelburg is a modern Town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg serves as the Agricultural, Industrial…
The strangulation of activity
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman … Youth Organisation Transvaal Youth Organisation…
PlaceSwakopmund, Namibia
… Nestled between the vast Namib Desert and the wild Atlantic Ocean , Swakopmund offers an overload of … now proudly boasts a small restaurant and bar area…
PlaceCogmans Kloof Road (between Ashton and Montagu)
… Kogmans (or Cogmans) Kloof is a Gorge through the Langeberg between Ashton and Montagu on the R62 to Oudtshoorn . It is named after the Cogmans, a Khoi ……
PlaceDe Vlugt, Garden Route
… De Vlugt is a small Settlement located Halfway through the Prins Albert Pass . It is the only Pass in South Africa, where People live beside the … Meyer,…