Wikipedia talk:WikiProject South Africa

This is just to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA AGM will be taking place in November 2017 in Cape Town. See below for more details.

• Time: Sunday, 26 November 2017, starts at 14:00 to 17:00
• Location: 6 Spin Street Restaurant (in the Tutu room at the back), ground floor, 6 Spin Street, in the Cape Town city bowl area.

If you would like to attend digitally we will be broadcasting the event over Google Hangouts, to join click on the link here.

The event page can be found on the Wikimedia ZA website here.

The AGM is open to all South African based Wikipedia and other Wikimeddia project editors. Membership is required to vote on resolutions but not required to attend. People are able to sign up as members at the AGM or they can signup before hand at the details on the Wikimedia ZA website.

Everyone is warmly invited to attend the 5th South African online discussion held on Zulip.

• Date: Saturday, 26 September 2020
• Start time: 10:00 AM SAST
• End Time: 12:00 PM SAST
• Location: Online Meeting
  • Platform: Zulip (text chat)
    • Server: Wikimedia ZA (note: registration is necessary)

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

This is just to let everyone know that the Wikimedia ZA AGM will be taking place on 25 September 2021. See below for more details.

• Time: Saturday, 25 September 2021, starts at 10:00 to 16:00. With intermission at 13:00
• Location: held digitally online this link

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Greetings, People. I left a comment at Talk:Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture#Minister of Arts and Culture where I would like a reply concerning the fact that there is more than one article about the "Minister of Arts and Culture" and one of those articles appears to have been abandoned with no mention that a newer ministry exists via merging. Should that article be kept or should a merger take place, considering that the Minister of Sport and Recreation link is now a redirect (no longer its own article; now linking to the merged ministry)? GeographicAccountant (talk) 23:00, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello again! :)

I've fixed this by doing major edits and a merge with the old Minister of Arts and Culture page. So, we can delete the separate Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture article, so that its name can be used for the old one. I've added notes to the top of each, just in case another editor gets to them first. Husskeyy (talk) 18:42, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello WikiProject South Africa Members,

You are warmly invited to participate in Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 on the English Wikipedia.

This campaign focuses on improving content related to Ramadan, its history, traditions, culture, heritage, notable events, and global observances.

You can participate by creating new articles related to Ramadan and its associated topics. Your contributions will help bridge content gaps and improve coverage of Islamic culture and history on English Wikipedia.

There are also International Prizes for eligible participants.

Please visit the project page for full details, timeline, and guidelines: Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026

We look forward to your participation. Warm Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 09:17, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:National Assembly of South Africa#Requested move 24 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. GuesanLoyalist (talk) 08:11, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Greetings. I am asking for a comment on what I wrote at Template talk:Cape Town#Northern Suburbs & Southern Suburbs, as what is written in that template is a little different from what is written in some of the individual articles such as Pinelands, Cape Town and Thornton, Cape Town (basically about which region each neighbourhood is part of). GeographicAccountant (talk) 17:33, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm surprised there is no comment here yet after 3 days. So, I am going to "assume" that the writing in the Thornton, Cape Town article is correct. So, just like I did at Template:City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, I am going to edit Template:Cape Town to show that Thornton and Pinelands are NOT part of the "Northern Suburbs". GeographicAccountant (talk) 16:17, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, I am a fairly novice Wikipedian so please excuse me if I am not following the correct protocol, I am not yet clear on how to engage the community on larger issues that span across multiple articles. However, I have noticed that there are a number of articles that touch on the indigenous peoples of South Africa (Indigenous people of Africa, List of indigenous peoples, Hottentot, Khoekhoe, Khoisan, San peoples, as well as the articles related to their languages and to their religions or culture), but they do not use consistent language and do not present the historical facts in a consistent manner. I also think that the Coloureds and Cape coloureds pages need a bit of attention. I am interested in giving this some thought but it is a big task and I am rather inexperienced so I am wondering if this could become a collective sub-project of WikiProject SA? If so, how does one go about starting it? Thanks, Magalivonblottnitz (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Dear all,

I would like to take the opportunity to inform you all  about the upcoming annual Wikimedia Foundation banner fundraising campaign in South Africa.

The fundraising campaign will have two components.

1. We will send emails to people who have previously donated from South Africa. The emails are scheduled to be sent between the 1st and the 26th of June 2026.  
2. We will run banners for non-logged in users in South Africa on Wikipedia itself. The banners will run from the 2nd to the 30th of June 2026.

Prior to this, we are planning to run some tests, so you might see banners for 3-5 hours a couple of times before the campaign starts. This activity will ensure that our technical infrastructure works.

I will be updating the community collaboration page soon. On there we outline more details around the campaign, share some banner examples, and give you space to engage with the fundraising campaign. I will inform you again here, on the VP, when the page is updated.

Generally, before and during the campaign, you can contact us:

• On the talk page of the fundraising team
• If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a phabricator ticket
• If you see a donor on a talk page, VRT or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate at wikimedia.org

Thank you and regards, JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 10:23, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Just notifying members of this project that there is a Conflict of Interest edit request relevant to this WikiProject at the De Beers article. DrThneed (talk) 22:34, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

The article Lundin's Neck has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced for 16 years. Tagged as Unreferenced for 6 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Fails the relevant notability guidelines. Lacks significant coverage.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 11:30, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

The article Matatiele Stadium has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unreferenced for 15 years. No other language has a sourced article from which to translate. Small, run of the mill stadium that was briefly used by a second-tier team.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 21:32, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Everyone. My name is Tuelo Gabonewe and I would like to have an article published about myself. I have a draft article ready for review and verification written by a respected author and senior university lecturer with verifiable sources and citations. Please advise on the process to be followed for the article to be published? Thanks so much. RreGabonewe (talk) 12:03, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Hey Tuelo!

Please submit your draft article via the wikipedia draft article upload wizard. It will be reviewed and, if relevant enough, moved to the Wikipedia main space.

This is a lengthy process however, so if you want to see your article reviewed quickly, add WikiProject tags to your article, im sure your respected author should know enough about that however! Booksandarticles (talk) 13:24, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, recently some people on the Wikipedia Discord noticed that a large amount of articles were tagged as part of Wikiproject South Africa under Wikipedia Primary School, a task force created to identify and improve articles that may benefit South African primary education. The project, which covered articles both specific to South Africa and general information articles such as Wood, seems largely defunct now, with no major edits to any of its pages since 2017.

To note these articles as part of the project, they were tagged as part of Wikiproject South Africa's PSP task force, which has created several issues. Firstly, it identifies core articles not at all specifically related to South Africa, such as Acid, Trade, and Cooking as part of the project, confusing the article data that the project uses. Secondly, pages such as Alcoholism, Child Abuse, and Domestic Violence specifically being part of Wikiproject South Africa and no other country creates an unintended negative view. I propose that Wikiproject South Africa be removed from these unrelated articles. As the project is defunct it will cause no organizational issues, and a record of which articles were covered by the task force exists at Wikipedia Primary School/Articles list. While I don't think this will be too controversial, I want to consult the members of this WikiProject first. CitrusHemlock 21:22, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Support - In general, I think articles created via a project like this should be untagged at the end of the project, projects should be encouraged to track their articles via the events dashboard. --Thuvack | ^talk 14:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Dear all,

As mentioned earlier, I am happy to share with you the updated community collaboration page for the upcoming banner fundraising campaign. On the page we outline more details around the campaign, share some banner examples, and give you space to engage with the fundraising campaign.

Thank you and regards, JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 11:18, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Please add reliable sources. Thank you for your support. Bearian (talk) 23:48, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

The article Clive Solomons Stadium has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unreferenced for 15 years. Tagged as such for a month. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. A Google News search found only a blank "trade" webpage. I didn't search Grokpedia, so you might find something there.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 14:28, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:San peoples#Requested move 26 April 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Ladtrack (talk) 15:06, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

This is a tiny charity, and the stub lacks reliable information. Please add reliable sources, or send it to WP:AfD for merger or deletion. Bearian (talk) 10:00, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Rhodesian Bush War#Requested move 5 May 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 11:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Second Matabele War#Requested move 5 May 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. msk 19:41, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I have nominated List of Meerkat Manor meerkats for featured list removal. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.) _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:12, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I have posted a biographical creation request on the Reward Board for South African consumer advocate and macro-economic commentator Neil Roets.

A pristine, independent 7-source media dossier spanning multiple distinct journalists and national stables (including Fin24, Moneyweb, IOL, SABC, and TimesLIVE) is fully prepared and attached to the listing, and a full conflict-of-interest disclosure has been made on-wiki.

The offer stands at a US$200 International Amazon Gift Card (region-adjusted) and a Biography Barnstar for successful mainspace publication via the formal Articles for Creation (AfC) process.

If any experienced biography creators or project members are interested in taking this on, please sign up directly on the WP:REWARD page so the bounty can be formally assigned. Thank you for your time and guidance! Debt Expert SA (talk) 04:32, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Dear all,

I would like to take the opportunity to inform you all  about the upcoming annual Wikimedia Foundation banner fundraising campaign in South Africa.

We will run banners for non-logged in users in South Africa on Wikipedia itself. The banners will run from the 2nd to the 30th of September 2026.

A brief note on the timing. We are moving the fundraising campaign in our planning from June to September which means that logged out readers will see fundraising banners twice this year. Going forward the campaign will again only run once each year.

Prior to this, we are planning to run some tests, so you might see banners for 3-5 hours a couple of times before the campaign starts. This activity will ensure that our technical infrastructure works.

I will be updating the community collaboration page soon. On there we outline more details around the campaign, share some banner examples, and give you space to engage with the fundraising campaign. I will inform you again here, on the VP, when the page is updated.

Generally, before and during the campaign, you can contact us:

• On the talk page of the fundraising team
• If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a phabricator ticket
• If you see a donor on a talk page, VRT or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate at wikimedia.org

Thank you and regards, JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 10:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

I have a conflict of interest (disclosed on my user page) and

have posted a {{request edit}} on the talk page of

Loreto Convent School, Pretoria, proposing a substantial expansion

of the current stub. The school is an 1878 Catholic institution in the

Pretoria CBD and one of the oldest schools in the city in continuous

operation. The expansion draws on independent secondary sources

including the peer-reviewed Pretorius (2019) Fundamina article,

contemporary TIME magazine reporting on the 1976 SACBC decision,

and The Southern Cross. The full proposed text is at

User:FatimaRawjee/sandbox/Loreto.

Would welcome review by any editor with interest in South African

educational or religious history.

~~~~ FatimaRawjee (talk) 18:35, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Dear all,

As mentioned previously, the WMF is running its annual banner fundraising campaign for non logged in users in South Africa from 16th of June to the 14th of July 2026. Please note, this has moved backwards by two weeks due to internal scheduling conflicts. You can find more information around the campaign, see example banners, and leave any questions or suggestions you might have, on the community collaboration page.

Generally, before and during the campaign, you can contact us:

• On the talk page of the fundraising team
• If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a phabricator ticket
• If you see a donor on a talk page, VRT or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate at wikimedia.org

Thank you and regards, TGorski (WMF) (talk) 13:47, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey WikiProject South Africa, the Developing Countries WikiContest is back for a third year, and sign-ups are now open! The contest will run from 1 July to 30 September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia.

Thanks to everyone who answered the call for coordinators, and please welcome the new faces on the coordinator team: the 2024 Gold Belt Buckle winner Generalissima (talk · contribs); and the record-holder for most India-related submissions in 2024, Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs)! Following feedback from last year, adjustments have been made to the scoring rules; discussion can be found on the contest talk page.

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or contact one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), Generalissima (talk · contribs), Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.) —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 16:03, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

I wanted to ask, does the current government of South Africa retain documents and records from the former Bantustan governments? If so, is it possible to submit a FoI request? One of my sources stated that a necessary piece of information was kept secret at the time of said source's publication, but i'd assume documents from that era would be accessible via FoI since Transkei (the place in question) ceased to exist in 1994. Can this be done? Please let me know. Thanks! _⛿ WeaponizingArchitecture | yell at me 14:07, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Try gov.za for the an application instructions. Also try the National Archives site. Please bear in mind that there was massive government documentation destruction between 1990 and 1994. Good luck. Conlinp (talk) 10:50, 22 June 2026 (UTC)