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ArticleIsie Maisels - A personal tribute by Sydney Kentridge QC
Israel Aaron Maisels QC retired from the Johannesburg Bar, at the age of 87, after as remarkable a career as any advocate has enjoyed at…
They Killed Dulcie – Podcast series by The Daily Maverick
Sound Africa · They Killed Dulcie
Article'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
There was no single moment when I began to sense the long shadow that Cecil John Rhodes has cast over my life, or over the university where…
ArticleForeword: Helen Joseph’s – If This Be Treason – by Benjamin Trisk
I was unaware of Helen Joseph’s memoir of the Treason Trial (1956 – 1961) until I came across a letter to I.A. Maisels QC (Isie), who was…
ArticleMaisels and his ‘most famous client’ by Helen Maisels Trisk
It was to my late father, IA (Isie) Maisels QC that Mandela turned to when he was released from detention in February 1990. Mandela wanted…
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1928, May 12
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1927, October 15
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1927, September 15
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1927, August 15
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1927, July 15
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1927, June 15
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Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1926, November 15
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1926, December 15
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1927, January 12
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Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1926, April 18
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
Introduction The 1960s are often described as a unique period of activism, in which students were to find themselves at the cutting…
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The first anniversary of the Soweto shooting, 16 June 1977, was to be commemorated at St…
Bolt: Magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.2 1970
CONTENTS Isotopes. For women in Trouble, Douglas Livingstone. The Problem of Censorship, C.J.D. Harvey. Marcuse: The Power of Negative…
Newspaper clippingsThe Workers Herald, 1926, March 27
ArticleAcross the Kala Pani: Untold Stories of Indentutred Women of Christian Origin in South Africa by Rowanne Sarojini Marie
ArticleThe coming of Indentured Labourers from India to South Africa with Specific Reference to Mr Dhani Jiawon by R. Pursotham
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
Today, the African National Congress celebrates 108 years since its formation. We mark this occasion in the historic city of Kimberley…
ArticleUtopia as a perspective by Miki Kurisu
ArticleFemale Consciousness and Feminism in Africa by Allison Drew
ArticlePhotographs as Sources in African History by Robert Gordon and Jonatan Kurzwelly
A People's Heroine -Rajes Pillay
Rajes was born in Pietermaritzburg and grew up in Kimberly. There she attended an Anglican school that catered for students of Indian,…
ArticleThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
In an essay entitled “The 16th of December in the context of Nationalistic thinking in colonial- and apartheid-South Africa” Wolfram…
LectureFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
FROM eNCOME OVER „BLOEDRIVIER“ TO eNCOME AND BEYOND Ben Khumalo-Seegelken, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany …
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
Made to the South Africa Parliament on 3 February 1960: The tendency in Africa for nations to become independent, and at the same time…
ArticleRace or Class? Community and Conflict amongst Indian Municipal Employees in Durban, 1914 - 1949 by Goolam Vahed
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
Prelims Preface Chapter 1: The chow-chow pickle jar. Chapter 2: Stepping out. Chapter 3: Indian Delights. Chapter 4: Fahmida…
United Women’s Congress Constitution
Constitution of the Women's Congress
Women's Organisations in the Western Cape
African Women's Voices
Historical Dictionaries Of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest by John Laband
ArticleThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
The United Nations referred to apartheid as “a crime against humanity” (United Nations, edited 2018). In 1956, Trevor Huddleston, an…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
We are currently in the continent of Africa. The country located furthest south is called South Africa. It is the year 1948. A law…
ArticleResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
Everyone knows about apartheid. They know that it was a system of racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on…
ArticleRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
“The truth is revealed in people’s eyes. Words have so little value. You need to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.”[1] -The…
ArticleChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a stern, resilient, and unapologetic reformist-feminist. With her feminist approach, she is poised to break…
ArticleAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
Life Fatima Zohra Imalayen was born in 1936 in the town of Cherchell, Algeria (Chronology Assia Djebar 1996). She grew up learning both…
ArticleBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
Dambisa Moyo is a well renowned global economist. Born in Zambia she was exposed to the harsh economic realities that Africa faces early in…
ArticleBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
Nawal el-Saadawi has been creative her entire life. As a young girl, she imagined becoming a singer or a dancer. Her dreams of becoming an…
ArticleThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
Micere Githae Mugo is an internationally known world speaker recognized for her literary works, essays and writings which she has used as a…
ArticleBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and…