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… During the month of May we celebrate Africa Month as a way to commemorate the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) in 1963.. As a way …
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… Last Wednesday David Goldblatt wrote an email to the Chancellor of Orders explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of … exists which, if there is a demonstrable readiness on the part of the Pretoria regime to…
PlaceUmlazi
… History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 … Natal ) and created a number of ‘Native locations’ for the Zulus in the Natal region…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Date of birth : 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst the descendants of original colonists…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… The Akkedisberg Pass translates from Afrikaans into Lizard … Pass. It's an easy drive along this tarred coastal pass on the R 326 links the small Farming…
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… The Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation. The site where the first church was built…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made … . These had virtually ceased to exist on the outbreak of war in October…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… I am Albertina Sisulu. Metetiwe. Born in the Transkei, in the district of Tsomo on twenty-first October 1918. Educated in a lower …
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the Cape. Thelma Gutsche was born to Dr and Mrs J Gutsche in Somerset West in the Cape Province in…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… Located 60 km North-West of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… In the prologue to The Go-Between, L.P. Hartley claimed that the “past is a … for historians to reflect upon and reappraise the events of that time. But it…
PlaceAlgeria
… Situated north of the Sahara desert . Algeria shares a common border with … , Niger , Mali , and Morocco . Algeria has access to the Mediterranean Sea as…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… The Administrative capital of South Africa , Pretoria, or the ' Jacaranda City' is best known for its annual display of … father, Andries Pretorius, a…
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…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The American ……
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… Congress branches to ensure 100 per cent attendance at the forthcoming A.N.C. National Conference, due to begin at Durban on December 16, President Lutuli…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to … 1879. Its economic base was largely agrarian, but despite the fertile nature of…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… Bantu Steven Biko , leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and pioneer of the Black Consciousness philosophy, died in police custody at ……
PlaceAnnisfontein, a Spring and Outspan in Richtersveld- Northern Cape
… A Spring and Outspan in the Richtersveld with Geographical History dating back Millions of Years! A Spring may be the result of Karst Topography where…
PlaceTsolo
… (prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign …
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… After the escape of Tim, Stephen and Alex we who remained behind bore the consequences. The prison was rebuilt and we politicals … That’s two or three…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settlement at the Cape. Jan van …
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) is located in the uMzinyathi District in kwaZulu-Natal. The Farm was … Inkosi Sigweje…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a … terrorist-type organisation, almost presented to the public as demons. Now, since the public…
PlacePretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
… for Girls was started by Lord Milner in 1902 as part of his efforts to anglicise the Transvaal under British Occupation. And so it was that a group of 106…
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…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34 km south-west of Mossel … It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… On January 18, the world lost an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer …
EventMbeki unveils Women’s Monument at Union Buildings
… President Thabo Mbeki unveiled the Women's Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the ……