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PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
Former Home of past Presidents featuring exhibits on their lives, plus art exhibits & performances. It is now a Military Museum, which can be visited between…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
Doornkop/Doornsluiten farm was located in Utrecht, a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984…
PlaceMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on 1 December 1879. Its economic base was largely agrarian, but…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
Company's Garden is a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town. This Garden features: a Rose Garden; Japanese Garden; Fish Pond…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
The student protest that broke out on 16 June 1976 was organised and directed by the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC). Recent accounts of the…
The Road to Durban: Workers’ struggles, student movements, and the resurgence of resistance politics in Namibia and South Africa by Heike Becker
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference My proposed paper looks into connections between radical politics in…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
You are invited to the 2017 TB Davie Memorial Lecture, where Professor Mahmood Mamdani will speak on “Decolonising the Post-Colonial University”. The lecture…
PlaceSenegal
Senegal is bounded to the north and northeast by the Sénégal River, which separates it from Mauritania; to the east by Mali; to the south by Guinea and Guinea…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
Introduction: The Mandela family commemorated birthdays whenever possible, and wedding anniversaries almost without exception, in prison during official…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
The South African Police Service (SAPS) that we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase By 1957 any relative lull in the mass…
Doing Oral History
Edited by Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator…
PlaceDinorben Farm, Eastern Cape
Dinorben is a farm and is located in Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 1942…
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
Formerly called: 'Young Men's Christian Association'. This is a welfare movement with branches all over the World, that began in London in 1844. YMCA Cape Town…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… government. “He had been elected mayor of Alex in the mid-1980s but this move was interpreted by Alexandrans as siding …
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
F. D. Tothill Even now, almost half a century after it collapsed, any conclusions about the working of Fusion and its chances of long-term success if…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
1799 2 March, British government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 …
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko Museums of Cape Town Some years ago, a small body of artists clubbed together…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
The Comrades Marathon Museum, which is one of only three dedicated road-running Museums in the World, first opened its doors to the public in 1988 in the grand…
The Afrikaner Bond
The Origins of the Afrikaner Bond The Afrikaner Bond, an Afrikaner political organisation that was effectively the first political party in South Africa, was…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
It is with deep sadness and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
The Cape Dutch Homestead known as Stellenberg has played many roles during its long and interesting History – Farm dwelling, manor House, Country Retreat,…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was infested with…
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…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg. It officially opened its doors on December 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools…