SS Mendi
Full text: South Africa’s 2017 budget speech
South Africa's finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, presented what many believe to be a tough budget. At the same time he calls on all South...
South African historical novel commemorates SS Mendi centenary
South African writer Fred Khumalo uses the historical context of the sinking of the SS Mendi as background for his latest novel, Dancing the...
State of the Nation Address 2017: full speech
In his State of the Nation Address, President Jacob Zuma declared 2017 the year of Oliver Reginald Tambo, who would have been 100 had...
Honouring South Africans who fought in World War I
It has been a century since South African and other soldiers lost their lives in World War I. The refurbishment of the Delville Wood...
SS Mendi tragedy on stage at the Soweto Theatre
On 21 February 1917, the SS Mendi troopship carrying more than 800 black South African men sank off the Isle of Wight in the British Channel. The bravery of the men as they stared death in the face is portrayed on staged at the Soweto Theatre.
SS Mendi tragedy on stage at the Soweto Theatre
On 21 February 1917, the SS Mendi troopship carrying more than 800 black South African men sank off the Isle of Wight in the British Channel. The bravery of the men as they stared death in the face is portrayed on staged at the Soweto Theatre.
