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Academic rigour, journalistic flair by Siona O'Connell (The Conversation), 5 June 2025
Archive
Jun 19, 2025

Academic rigour, journalistic flair by Siona O'Connell (The Conversation), 5 June 2025

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Prieska
Place
Jun 18, 2025

Prieska

Prieska is a very small town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of ...

Polokwane
Place
Jun 16, 2025

Polokwane

Polokwane is the capital city of Limpopo. Where the youth uprising occures in Soweto in 1976. 

Arthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon
Place
Jun 14, 2025

Arthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon

This picture is his plaque to remember- Arthur's Seat is a rocky hollowed out landmark in a rock face. Where Arthur Newt...

Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
Place
Jun 13, 2025

Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve

Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...

Blinkwater
Place
Jun 11, 2025

Blinkwater

Blinkwater, a small but charming area in the Eastern Cape. UNDP’s work proves that investing in development makes things...

Revisiting Grey Street: Phyllis Naidoo as Historian - Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape
Archive
Jun 04, 2025

Revisiting Grey Street: Phyllis Naidoo as Historian - Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape

Phyllis Naidoo, honorary doctorate, acceptance speech at the then University of Durban-Westville (now University of KwaZ...

Cape Town's Art Museum of Illusions-Kloof Street, Cape Town
Place
Jun 02, 2025

Cape Town's Art Museum of Illusions-Kloof Street, Cape Town

At the Museum of Illusions Cape Town, visitors are encouraged to touch, play, explore, and take photos. Whether you’re d...

Archive
May 13, 2025

Omar Badsha – Political Activist and Cultural Worker

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Reggie Williams
Biography
Apr 30, 2025

Reggie Williams

Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of r...

Gqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
Place
Apr 29, 2025

Gqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay

Port Elizabeth is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an ...

Afrikaans community, 1883-1899
Article
Apr 26, 2025

Afrikaans community, 1883-1899

 As the demand for African land and labour spiralled, conflict was heightened as white Afrikaans farmers tightened ...

Centurion, Gauteng
Place
Apr 10, 2025

Centurion, Gauteng

The suburb of Lyttelton was one of the original suburbs that made up the old Verwoerdburg. Lyttelton was granted City Co...

Transvaal Province
Place
Apr 09, 2025

Transvaal Province

The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed ...

Hilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
Place
Apr 04, 2025

Hilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School

The land was part of 'Ongegund', a farm belonging to a Johanna Grobbelaar, which had been purchased by her late husband ...

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