Sinking of the SS Mendi
Sinking of the SS Mendi The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South Africa’s worst tragedies of the First World War (1914 – 1919).…
0 Comments
February 21, 2025
Bra Hugh Passes On
On this day, 23 January 2018, a South African jazz and Afro-fusion music icon, Hugh Masekela, passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, surrounded by his family.…
January 23, 2025
1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)
The Berlin Conference and the Carve-up of Africa: Part 2
Ruth Nhere In South Africa In South Africa, the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1880s was to establish the region as a vital base of imperialist interests. “The…
December 19, 2024