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Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph We shall not rest until we have won for our children their fundamental right to freedom, justice and security. I…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
In sharp contrast to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's first wife was a demure country girl who kept well away from politics. Like him…
PlaceKhayelitsha Township
Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape. The name is of Xhosa origin and means ‘new home’…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
Development of Langa locationIn the course of the Inter War Years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were expanded to create a more formal structure for…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
Comrades and compatriots,It is an honour and a privilege to participate in this Freedom Charter Forum organised by the ANC Youth League.I wish to commend the…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban, South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a Master…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act, in May 1969, are acquitted. Three are…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the…
EventShashi Naidoo, the South African television host, presenter, model and actress is born
Shashi Naidoo was born in Port Elisabeth[i] on 4 November 1980. She is South African actress, television personality and model.[ii] Shashi co-hosted the…
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
Masiphumelele means “We will succeed” in Xhosa. This spirit of endurance was needed by the people for decades - and these words are still an expression of…
PlaceGreat Fish River, Eastern Cape
The Great Fish River, distinguishable from the Namibian Fish River by the word ‘great’, that runs through the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, flows for…
PlaceAtlantis
Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Development Policies. These policies were…
PlaceSecunda
Built in the 1970s/80's for Sasol's second and third CTL plants, its name means: "second" in Latin, referring to its status as the second refinery after…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
t was in 1996 that a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water supply to the destitute. The person behind the challenge was…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
The land upon which this church was erected was granted by Governor Sir Lowrie Cole on 30 August 1832. The original neo-Gothic structure was opened on 16…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the …
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
St Wendolins was situated about 14 km from Central Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Mariannhill and individual African Plot Holders…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
1943 23 February, Abu Baker Asvat is born in Vrededorp, Gauteng. 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg Indian High School and moves to Pakistan to…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), had just been given the freedom of the White section of the Town,…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present premises…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Alice) and Fort Beaufort! Dimbaza is a…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
From: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis Introduction Background to the project This book had its origins in…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… apartheid ‘reforms’ inside South Africa escalated in the 1980s, O.R. broadcast regularly on Radio Freedom. He called …
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this myth that MK is their highly trained,…
PlaceThe Company Gardens, Cape Town.
When the Dutch first settled in the Cape in 1652, Governor van Riebeeck's brief included the construction of a fort and the setting out of gardens where…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the establishment and growth of trade unionism which continued even after formation…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
The first white inhabitantsBetween 1820 and 1826, Afrikaner trekboer (migratory farmer) J.N. Brits trekked from the Cape Colony, crossed the Orange River and…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
The 11th of February 1990 will be remembered as one of the most significant days in the history of the world. It was the day that dramatic change took place –…
PlaceNamibia
Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib Desert. The Orange River marks…