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Shri Mariammen temple celebrates 135 years of faith
The Shri Marieammen temple in Mount Edgecombe turns 135 years old in 2025.
Human trafficking gang arrested for enslaving 100 women in 'human egg farm'
A shocking human-egg harvesting gang has been uncovered in Georgia, where over 100 women were held as slaves.
Cartoons For Change plans World Economic Forum Protest in Davos
Cartoons For Change is a "disorganisation" inviting editorial cartoonists, artists and illustrators to join the fight against child labour and slavery.
Dear Santa: Help me end child labour and slavery in 2025
In a heartfelt letter to Santa, a journalist pleads for action against child labour and slavery, urging a commitment to #ZeroChildLabour and #ZeroSlavery by 2025.
Site of painful history reclaimed: Symbolic renaming of Church Square to Freedom Square
A group of around 50 people gathered at Church Square in the Cape Town CBD, a site where hundreds of enslaved people were sold, for a symbolic renaming and reclamation of the site to ‘Freedom Square’, on Sunday.
'Karou Charou’ to launch new political party, 1860NIC Congress
‘The number 1860 is synonymous with Moodley’s minority Indian community. His forefathers landed on the shores of Durban, South Africa on November 16, 1860 as slaves from India, promised a better life in South Africa. ’
Black Americans receive texts saying they will be picking cotton in the nearest plantain days after Trump victory
With the country’s known history of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery where black people were made to pick cotton and were brutalised, these texts brought up trauma among the black population.
A four-century long journey home across the Atlantic
Ghana, once the last sight of home for countless Africans forced into slavery, became the birthplace of the African independence movement and Pan-Africanism in the 20th century.
On this day in history, September 18
Some of the more interesting things that happened on this day.
Savera’s sailing indenture history
Hotel Savera celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and is this week’s Then and Now focus.
An Uncomfortable Paradise: Simon’s Town’s forgotten history of enslaved people
‘While Simon’s Town’s ties to the British Royal Navy is well-documented, there is another narrative. This narrative has, sadly, been neglected. It is the story of enslaved people who once called the coastal town home. ’
Exhibition explores slave-rooted history of calendar surnames
An exhibition currently on show at the Education Museum in Wynberg aims to bring to the fore an often forgotten and neglected part of our identity by exploring Identities and narratives of slave descendants with surnames of calendar months.
Preaching ethics, morality new struggle for religious leaders
OPINION: Given the challenges our country is faced with, religious formations must be visible, writes Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu.
On this day, March 25
Bloody violence breaks out in KZN; a school for blacks is the first learning facility in Natal; ‘we failed to protect Rwanda’, says US president; how Richard the Lionheart dies; and clueless pilots fly passengers the wrong way, but only notice when they land.
SA 7th in kidnappings worldwide, with most victims being women and children
One person was kidnapped for ransom, another during a car hijacking, others while criminals carried out a robbery, and others while they walked down the street
Activist’s open letter to Church of England leader pleading to end child labour
In an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England’s most senior cleric, child labour activist Fernando Morales-de la Cruz pleads with him to end support of child labour and slave labour practices.
Activist’s open letter to Pope Francis calling for end to child labour
This letter was sent to Pope Francis by child labour activist and advocate Fernando Morales-de la Cruz from Davos, where Morales-de la Cruz is attending the World Economic Forum (WEF).
On this day in history, December 14
Real people, real stories – more than just dates and boring facts
Benin Voodoo festival rebrands to make it ‘more appealing to tourists’
Voodoo, known locally as Vodoun, is a religion that worships gods and natural spirits along with respect for revered ancestors.