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2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… Fellow South Africans: We have come to the end of an eventful 2003 and the beginning of the historic year when we will be …
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… in Utrecht , a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African Development Trust (SADT) in 1954…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Located in the heart of Soweto , the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a museum-cum-outdoor exhibition of astounding sculptures and buildings created by…
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… Maxwele’s radical protest through a political performance of throwing human excrement at the statue of Cecil John Rhodes situated on Rugby Road of the campus…
PlaceElgin
… Originally called Koffee Kraal, the village of Elgin is a lush land circled with mountains, in the Overberg region . This broad upland valley, lies about ……
PlaceRichmond
… The Village of Richmond was established in 1844 on a portion of the Farm Driefontein, owned by P J van der Merwe. It was …
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg . The gardens were established … The Johannesburg Botanical Garden…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… William Morris, one of England's foremost Socialists, poet and artist 1834-96, … them-May -took a keen interest in his work, attended all the meetings and…
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… The Rainbow Restaurant opened its doors for trade on Thursday 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
… made this now well-known Heilbron speech. As a result of disturbances in South African politics the Prime Minister found it necessary on this occasion to…
PlaceKruger National Park
… The Kruger National Park was proclaimed on 31 May 1926 under the newly formed National Parks Board of Trustees , which became the controlling body of the…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… Turkey. Dear Comrade Trotsky, I hope that by the time you recieve this letter from me you shall have seen a letter I send to the Communist League of America…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gandhi started writing the following article on…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… all books, articles and primary material referred to in the text and footnotes, as well as a few additional works … this dissertation.It is divided into two…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… With just 20 days left before South Africa hosts the worlds most prestigious tournament the FIFA Soccer World Cup the African National Congress … ANC…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation Clock'. This might be a good point for city … next apply to the prevailing…
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…
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…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… The main building of the SA Army College was designed in a so-called block-house … and when the South African Military School, predecessor of the Army…
Work In Progress
… The context in which the first issue of Work In Progress appeared was one in which … associated with guerilla and sabotage activities of the late 1970s and…
Chapter X - Final word
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Right up to the morning of 1 July, I did not know what to expect. Even before the …
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
… The Steenberg Estate, originally known as the Zwaanswyk, was granted to Catherina Ustings in 1688 and was one of the first farms in the Western Cape. Its…
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…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to …
PlaceGriquatown
… In 1802 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a station among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil. Thesite proved to be…
PlaceMorocco
… Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west,…
PlaceKatlehong
… Katlehong is a township located 35km East of Johannesburg and South of Germiston between two other townships — Thokoza and Vosloorus, and is next to the N3…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… other Karoo Villages. It was started by a determined group of people who lived in the area and who wanted a Church closer than the one in Graaff-Reinet –…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… area) in Pretoria , South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called: Roberts Heights , after Lord … Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights…