The first documented case of diamond discovery in South Africa was near Hopetown in the Cape Colony in 1867. A little while later, there were claims of diamonds discovered at Tati, then at Hartley Hills and other areas occupied by the Shona…
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is one of only nine central banks around the world with private shareholders. The South African Reserve Bank was established in 1921 as a result of unusual financial and monetary conditions stemming from World War I.…
The number of first-year African Americans enrolled in Medical Schools in the US is up – 21 percentto be exact.
Of the 22,000 students who started medical school last fall, those who identified as Black or African American jumped 21% from…
Elaine Thompson-Herah strikes second gold of Tokyo 2020 in 200m final with Christine Mboma of Namibia claiming silver.
Athing Mu takes 800m gold
Selemon Barega won gold in 10,000m finals
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) women's 100m hurdles final winner
Weightlifting-Ecuador's Barrera wins gold in women's…
Mureza Auto, a black owned car manufacturing company in Africa, is preparing to roll out its first 100 vehicles to the market next week. The company is based in South Africa and plans to manufacture in Botswana and Zimbabwe as well. …
Former Zambian President and Freedom Fighter Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. Kaunda was being treated at a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka at the time of his death.
Kenneth David Kaunda, born April 28, 1924 in Lubwa, near Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia…
During the Atlantic slave trade about a quarter of the crew of each slave ship died on the voyage. The Life expectancy of a European who went to the West Indies was only five to ten years. Some Europeans tried to set…
In 1998, Zimbabweans began to invade farms that were farmed by the descendants of white colonialists. Many of these Zimbabweans remembered a time after 1930 when white settlers forcibly stole land that belonged to black people. In 2000, the Zimbabwe government passed…
Like many politicians before and after him, when Woodrow Wilson was desperate to win the vote during the 1912 election, he looked to black voters. Wilson said, I want to assure them (Negroes) that when I become President of the United States…
The Kuba kingdom did not become significant until about 1625. It is part of now present-day Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kuba Kingdom was a conglomerate of several smaller Bushongo-speaking principalities as well as the Kete, Coofa, Mbeengi, and the Kasai Twa…