Dr Walter Rubusana, ca. 1914 in London (photo source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter)

One of the founding members of the African National Congress (ANC) Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1885. He was one of the most prominent Africans of his time.

“Be quiet and calm, my countrymen. What is happening now is what you came to do…you are going to die, but that is what you came to do…so let us die like brothers”. These are the poignant words that Reverend Isaac Wauchope Dyobha reportedly spoke to calm the panicked troops on board the SS Mendi when it started to sink.

The severe flooding which occurred in many parts of the country recently has caused real panic among communities in low-lying areas. The rising levels of dams and rivers, particularly the Vaal River, triggered evacuation orders for people living in danger zones.

August 2020 marked an end of an era since Volksblad ended their print format. The office building that housed the Volksblad for more than a 100 years was recently sold and the Media24 team is in the process of moving to new premises.

Research visit by PhD candidate Precious Chiwara (Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town)

Precious Chiwara visited the Florisbad Quaternary Research Station for three weeks in September and October, to conduct a comparative analysis of ~ 120 000 year-old stone tools excavated at the Florisbad archaeological site. The visit formed part of her research project entitled “Early human social transmission during MIS 5: A perspective from the Kalahari Basin”.