Timelines

The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - was a period of profound political, social, and demographic...

On Thursday evening, 13 January 1949, violence erupted in the Indian business area in Durban. On the first day there was...

Background and policy of apartheidBefore we can look at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understan...

This feature celebrates Samora Machel and examines the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death and acknowledges t...

The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and EnvironsThe Sterkfontein Valley landscape is in bot...

BackgroundHeritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encourage...

In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist indust...

South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of dem...

IntroductionThe 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political...

Poqo was formed as an armed wing to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the 1960's and was known for its aggressive...

Mads Nørgaard, born in Denmark in 1987, is a photographer educated and living in South Africa. Mads has integrated himse...

General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. ...

People banned under ApartheidNameAct/Section/Issued up to: (delivery date)Date on which notice expires:Other: (address, ...

BRICS is an acronym that refers to the grouping of five major emerging economies in the world: Brazil, Russia, India, Ch...

Constructing Heritage and Heritage ResourcesHeritage – our past, and where we come from – means different things to diff...