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PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
Mthatha Airport serves the charming Town of Mthatha (affectionately known as Madiba Country) in the Eastern Cape Province. It is the Hometown of many great…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
The decision to make December 16 a holiday named Dingaan's Day was in celebration for what Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome…
PlacePilgrims Rest
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
ArchiveDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
… would become a global football icon acclaimed by nations across the world. Described as the Maserati of world …
ArchiveAmos 'Amla' Monageng interview by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty, The University of Pretoria, 2 May 2016
… doing Grade 11 and Grade 12, under the banner of ANC Youth League. And from Youth League when I came to University of Pretoria, yes the Youth League and…
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
It is the second-largest Municipality of seven in the District, accounting for 19% of the Geographical Area, and is an an Administrative Area. The Municipality…
PlaceO.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg International Airport to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2006. Oliver…
PlaceBuffalo River, East London
Visitors flying into the city will cross the Buffalo River on their trip into the city from the East London Airport. Home to the Buffalo Harbour and Port of…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
The Road was originally named after Nicolaas de Waal, the first administrator of the Cape Province. He initiated the Road's construction. De Waal Drive is set…
ArticleSocialism
Socialism is a political and economic ideology aiming to create a society where all members distribute resources and wealth equally. It is based on the belief…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… and imprisonment. As a leader of the ANC Women's League and the Federation of SA Women she was brought to … in Court. She was a Vice-President of the ANC…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS, Congress of South African Students COSATU, Congress of South African Trade Unions COSAW,…
ArticleAmbassador Lindiwe Mabuza and her connection with Scotland: An Appreciation by Brian Filling
Born in South Africa in 1938, she spent much of her life in exile from apartheid South Africa at college in Lesotho, teaching in Swaziland, as a student and…
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
… protected in 1979 and was registered with UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 2) - Convenor: Janet Cherry
Webinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 2) Convenor: Janet Cherry Has the South African development trajectory over the past…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… has this year taken up a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. We will use this position to …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988
… force. Furthermore, the issue of the recognition by the nations of the world of the illegitimacy of the apartheid … of peoples and to their development…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… Barney and I were students and members of the ANC Youth League at Lovedale Institution during the latter years of my … surely be something of note that…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… and area organiser of the UDF-affiliated KwaMakutha Youth League. However, Victor was not at home at the time of … monitor Mary de Haas alleged that members…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… new members who enrolled into the International Socialist League, a leftwing splinter group from the White South … Congress (ANC) and later the International…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, which became known as the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) was founded. It is the…
PlaceTokai, Cape Town
The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the urgent need for housing for South African…
EventClements Kadalie dies
Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… an initial detachment of 93 soldiers for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The …
PlaceSeshego, a Township
Seshego is a Township in the Polokwane Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality of the Limpopo Province It lies directly North West of…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
… continent, amongst developing countries, and amongst the nations of our planet. Since we met in our 1997 Congress in …
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… to the negotiating table for the realisation of the United Nations Security Council resolution 435 and the withdrawal of …
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… of national liberation and the right to independence of nations in Africa and the rest of the world. Our national …
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… who came from West Africa, on the sea from other slaving nations. The first ship load of slaves arrived 28 March 1658 …