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PlaceMitchell's Plain, Cape Flats
… Coloureds and erected to house the middle income group, about 30 years ago! Parts of it quickly deteriorated into … Whites from other race Citizens…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
… play on "Colour-bar". "The Blood Knot" was the much talked about play in South Africa which had a cast of only two … set in a shack at a Port Elizabeth…
PlaceThaba Bosiu, Lesotho
… Mount Qiloane, a conical sandstone pillar that stands about 1km to the east and whose distinctive shape reputedly … plenty of Hotels and guesthouses are…
PlaceuKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
… The oldest painting on a rock shelter wall in the park is about 2400 Years old, while more recent creations date back … and to see these very species feeding…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… I want to see you next week. I want you to write me a poem about Doris.’” In this story, which is about an storyteller teaching a lesson to…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… stronger to accomplish its historic mission of bringing about freedom and democracy as well as a non-racial, … of our movement. Programme Director, we cannot…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… version of events, saying he had in fact been concerned about Khwezi, who he described as being like a daughter to … my reputation.The enquiry which came…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… some distinct bond of comradeship. "I am not at all blind about the pressure of the high cost of living upon our … demonstrate that wakefulness by…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Hertzogian Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy
… whites"-a section of the European population numbering about 130,000 who have sunk so low in social and economic … are divided on colour lines so that the…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… broke down. It was abundantly clear that she knew nothing about the agreement for the industry, about certificates of service, or even the rate of pay to ……
PlaceGroenendal Wilderness Area
… River), with the Groendal Dam in its centre. It lies about 10 km from Uitenhage, which is about 30 minutes drive from Port Elizabeth (37 km) on the … River),…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… a political awareness amongst Africans by educating them about their rights under the prevailing system of government … as a direct reference to the chaos in…
Treasurer General`s PBF Breakfast and Networking, 24 March 2009
… Luthuli ICC on 24 March 2009. The Treasurer General spoke about the Road Ahead and the plans of the ruling party in …
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… employee of the SABC‚ given the challenges that he talked about in his letter‚ he should have approached the board‚ the …
PlaceAggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
… Town at the Southern foot of Aggeneys Mountains, about 60 km West of Pofadder. It has been suggested that the …
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… poignant way, this memorial invites visitors to learn more about the physical and emotional contribution of the miners …
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… roof house was erected as a humble fisherman's cottage in about 1856. It was extended to its present size shortly after …
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… pamphlets and other material related to the strike. About 60 000 miners went on strike. Government suppressed the …
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… concerned with "bread and butter" issues. To read more about FOSATU click here (a paper by Nicole Ulrich at Wits …
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… the South African government. The Information Scandal was about the use of funds to fund government propaganda. The …
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… African National Congress and government were concerned about their welfare ignoring the rest of participants in …
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… have called for grass roots revolts and defiance to bring about their collapse. As a result of these developments, the …
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… with the apartheid government. Click here to read more about international disinvestment during apartheid. …
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… of Bereng's offer of employment and a vehement debate about the policy in December 2004. Following her expulsion … Carstens , S.,( 2004), Bad Blood About…
EventSA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born
… of life in a racially-divided country. She often wrote about apartheid by focusing on oppressed Black characters. …
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… stream of drawings in charcoal, pen-and-ink or crayon. About four years before his death in 2006, it was alleged …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… by farmers so he initiated the "scorched earth" policy. About 30 000 Boer farmhouses and more than 40 towns were …
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… fishing village of Hout Bay was probably established in about 1867 when a German immigrant , Jacob Trautmann, began …
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… began to take a serious interest in astronomy from about 1816. Herschel's father was the famous astronomer …
EventChief Kausobson Kausob is killed
… while farms were burnt and cattle raided by his group of about 300. On this day a commando of 400, consisting of 240 …