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Notes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
Preface I am hereby sharing some letters Ismail Mohamed wrote to me in 1980/81/87. But first I give a snapshot of his life, achievement…
Remembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
“We were all kind of rebels,” drummer Louis Tebogo Moholo-Moholo recalls, “so, like birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s…
Staffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
Magazine
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
It is 20 years since the first Truth and Reconciliation hearing took place... The TRC was a unique political compromise forged during…
ArchiveFirst Mafika Gwala Lecture: The Arts of Resistance - Mafika Gwala and South African Poetry by Ari Sitas
At first I thought that a reading and a republishing of my Traditions of Poetry in Natal2 which attempted to situate Mafika Pascal Gwala’s…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
The Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the…
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned…
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
Main catalogue Books 1. ASVAT, Farouk, 1952- EXILES within : an anthology of poetry / 7 South African poets. - Johannesburg : Writers…
Umsebenzi Volume 3 Number 1 First Quarter 1987
Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences No.64 1985
Suggestions for an Economic Policy for the Future
Students Representative Council: Press release
This press release is a statement of rejection, by the Black youth of Azania, of the concept of Bantu homelands
Rob Haswell Says His Career is Far from Secure
Report of Sub-Committee on problems of the Congress Movement
Report of a meeting of a sub-committee of the ANC National Executive Committee. Meeting held to propose new machinery, examine finances,…
Report of Sub-Committee on problems of the Congress Movement
Report outlines the problems facing the Congress Movement and outlines some proposed remedies
Release Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Trial
A2 red and black litho on white; photos, news clips from 1964 Treason Trial; text: Release Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Tria; in…
Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed
Green, yellow, cream, black and white poster. Artwork of a woman with fist raised with handcuff on. 9th August - S.A. Women's Day.
Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed
Black and white poster. Notice of 9th August - South African Women's Day. Artwork of a woman with raised fist with broken handcuffs.
Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, Act No 64 of 1956
The Act was to prohibit the granting of interdicts or other dilatory orders of court having the effect of staying or suspending the removal…
Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, Act No 67 of 1952
The Act was to repeal the laws relating to carrying passes by natives; to provide for the issue of reference books to natives; to amend the…
Minutes of the meetings between a South African delegation and the Secretary-General of the United Nations: Cape Town, 23 and 24 August 1983 Version 2
Minutes of a meeting between delegations from South Africa, Namibia and United Nations for discussions concerning Namibia and the region…
Minutes of the meetings between a South African delegation and the Secretary-General of the United Nations: Cape Town, 23 and 24 August 1983 Version 1
Minutes of a meeting between delegations from South Africa, Namibia and United Nations for discussions concerning Namibia and the region…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg 1972
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg on 16 to 19 October 1972 discussing: Regional reports, minutes of…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg 1984
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg from 15 to 18 March 1984, discussing: Minutes of previous conference,…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown 1976
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 16 to 18 March 1976, discussing: National and regional reports,…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown 1981
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 13 to 16 March 1981, discussing: Headquarter's, regional, treasurer's…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1994
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 29 to 31 July 1994, discussing: Reports from headquarters, regions,…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1979
Minutes of of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town from 13 to 15 March 1979, discussing: Headquarter's report, treasurer's…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1960
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 31 Oct to 3 Nov 1960. Discussed were minutes of previous national…
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1958
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, October 14 to 17 1958. Discussed were formation of steering/press…
ImagesPaul Grendon images
These are a selection of some of Paul Grendon's artistic work
Distribution of United Democratic Front media
Its a distribution of United Democratic Front media to different organisations in areas near Pretoria regarding the United Democratic Front…
Distribution of United Democratic Front media
Its a distribution of United Democratic Front media to different organisations around Rand East regarding the United Democratic Front media…
Distribution of United Democratic Front media
Its a distribution of United Democratic Front media to different organisations around Transvaal East regarding the United Democratic Front…
Apartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
Thesis submitted to fulfil the requirements for the Degree Philosophiae Doctor in the Faculty of Humanitie (Department of History) at the…
ANC lines up a new constitution for South Africa
South Africa declares that the elimanation of apartheid and the creation of a truly just and democratic South Africa requires a…
A Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1963
A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1963 and includes chapters on: Policies and attitudes; New non-White organizations and their…
National Forum
Publication and manifesto of the National Forum adopted in June 1983
Reminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
When I got arrested it was through Winnie. I got arrested in Winnie’s car, and when I got to the island I talked to him about Winnie, very…
ArticleThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I grew up. Unusually, it…
ArticleThe Responsibilities of Restitution Research: The Case of Ridgeview Quarry (Cato Manor) by Glen L. Thompson, 27 October 1999
Official or Original DocumentsUDF Rally Orient Hall Durban in Opposition to Mr. P. W. Botha's Meeting with Indian Leaders in Durban City Hall, 14 November 1983 (Indicated as 1985 in header page)
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
This project has been beset throughout by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition than initially…
ArticleThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
It is with great difficulty that I find myself writing about a friend so recently deceased and who was so much part of my life for over…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
South African History Online Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas 23 August 2008 Fatima Meer's career at Natal…
Arts and Culture ReviewAri Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran
Sumangala Damodaran, author of The Radical Impulse, speaks candidly with her friend Ari Sitas (with whom she has collaborated on a number…
'Hulle gaat die strop om onse nek sit': Dr Abdullah Abdurahman's Perspective on the Making of Union Voiced Through Piet Uithalder's 'Straatpraatjes' Column by Mohamed Adhikari
Theses and DissertationsThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
Freedom’s Blind Spots: Figurations of Race and Caste in the PostColony by Ari Sitas, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
We have come together to pay homage to Comrade Michael Harmel, an outstanding South African revolutionary whose whole life was…