Africa

Emily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016

Emily Hobhouse, Beloved Traitor, by Elsabe Brits, published by Tafelberg, 2016, 336 pages, illustrated.  A few wee...

The Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016

Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that t...

From Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016

Review of The Reb and the Rebel Jewish Narratives in South Africa 1892-1913. Edited by Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire...

A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016

In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The piece wa...

Restoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016

In 1996 Michael Scurr penned the following article on the restoration of the Old Cape Archives (today the Centre for the...

District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016

This Saturday, former District Six residents and their descendants will campaign for the area to become a National Herit...

Education, the State, and Class Inequality: The case for Free Higher Education in South Africa by Enver Motala, Salim Vally, and Rasigan Maharajh

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Zulu Warriors real Fights 3 We are still Warriors

Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was born 140 years ago in what is today South Africa’s Free State province. When he was ...

Beaufort West, Cape Town

A Town 573 km from Cape Town, established in 1818 on the Farm; 'Hooyvlakte'. Named by Lord Charles Somerset, Governor of...

Nguni Stick Fighting

Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popula...

Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016

Behind the imposing grey granite walls of the National Mutual Building of Australasia, on Church Square, lie over 150 00...

South Africa's Minorities edited Peter Randall

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'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016

Sol T Plaatje’s ground-breaking work Native Life in South Africa was published 100 years ago in 1916. Janet Remmin...

In conclusion

“the hardship of the workers made me determined never to give up” When we first went to Hondeklipbaai and D...