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ArticleSeeing and Being Seen by Patricia Hayes
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History,…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on…
ArticleZolani Michael “Msamaria” Mcetywa: the unassuming activist by Thamsanqa D Malinga
ArticleObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on…
ArticleEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
Born in 1942, Edward Charles Webster dedicated his life to understanding and advocating for the rights of South African workers. His…
ArticleDeath of Nat Nakasa: Jumped or Pushed? by Roseinnes Phahle
ArticleZuleikha Mayat - South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
Mrs Zuleikha Mayat was a remarkable pioneer, writer, public speaker, civic worker, human rights champion and philanthropist.
ArticleRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
Born on 21 March 1936, Roseinnes Phahle grew up in Alexandra Township. From 1950 to 1952 he boarded at St Peter’s School (now St. Martin’s)…
A Native of Nowhere:The Life of South African Journalist Nat Nakasa, 1937-1965 by Ryan Lenora Brown
ArticleHoosen Coovadia
ArticleJerry Coovadia: the South African doctor who led the fight against HIV in children by Professor Glenda Gray
Hoosen Mohamed (Jerry) Coovadia - Citation
ArticleAziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond by Professor Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
ArticleSt James Church Massacre
A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday 25th…
Projecting radicalism
Noni Jabavu was one of South Africa’s most trailblazing writers. Her commitment to elite ambivalence makes it difficult to hail her as a…
ArticleMukami Kimathi and the Scramble to Own Mau Mau Memory
The struggle for control of Mau Mau memory and memorialisation resurfaces with the burial of Mukami Kimathi.
ArticleBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her…
ArticleCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party was held…
ArticleThe 1973 Durban Strikes: Building Popular Democratic Power in South Africa
By the end of January 1973, workers in around 100 factories and other workplaces went on strike, including more than 6,000 workers at the…
Josie Mpama - 1903–1979
This study discusses the life and political struggles of Josie Mpama (1903–1979), a leader in the resistance against colonial oppression…
Articles by Professor Brij Maharaj
Articles are written by Professor Brij Maharaj Please click on a Link to access the article you choose to read.
The Integrated Community Apartheid Could Not Destroy: The Warwick Avenue Triangle in Durban
This paper focuses on the Warwick Avenue Triangle (WAT), an inner city community, and attempts to explain how one of the oldest mixed…
Urban struggles apartheid local and civic and the transformation of the state: the case of community organizations in Durban
The pressure for change at the local level from civic, community, ratepayers and residents' associations has significantly informed…
Restructuring the Apartheid City - Cato Manor - A Prime Urban Reconstruction Opportunity
Cato Manor, in the city of Durban, was identified for urban reconstruction and development, with promising prospects for economic…
The Erosion of Residential Segregation in South Africa: The 'Greying' of Albert Park in Durban
In South Africa, the Group Areas Act, which emphasised racial residential segregation, was one of the key instruments used to enforce the…
The Group Areas Act and Community Destruction in South Africa - The Struggle for Cato Manor in Durban
In South Africa, attention has been drawn to the destruction of Sophiatown in Johannesburg (Lodge 1983) and the razing of District Six in…
Race, Ethnicity and Conflict in the Indian Diaspora
The Indian diaspora can be regarded as an international phenomenon, with a presence in more than 100 countries globally. The different…
Hamba Khaya - Go Home to Mumbai - Tracing the New Indian Diaspora
Indians in the indentured diaspora were always vulnerable, in both colonial and postcolonial times. This essay analyses some of the…
The Historical Development of the Apartheid Local State in South Africa: The Case of Durban
In Durban, there was a strong historical alliance between the Council and the white working class. The Council was particularly sympathetic…
ArticleApartheid, Urban Segregation, and the Local State: Durban and the Group Areas Act in South Africa
There has been some speculation about the origins of the Group Areas Act (GAA), one of the key instruments used to enforce the ideology of…
The Local State and Residential Segregation: Durban and the Prelude to the Group Areas Act
Conventionally, residential segregation in South Africa is associated with the ascent to power of the National Party, and the Group Areas…
ArticleSharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa
Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The Pass Laws became…
Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of independence. Jonathan…
The sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined…
Cosatu scores its first soccer team
ArticleNeville Alexander and South Africa’s New Left, c. 1957–1964 by Allison Drew
ArticleThe exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
Dugmore Boetie was part of a wave of South African writers who fled Apartheid. His exile and future literary notoriety, however, took a…
ArticleThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
Of all the projects that the administrations of presidents Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and now Cyril Ramaphosa have undertaken over almost 30…
ArticleJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only…
ArticleBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
Ellen Kate was the name given to her by her biological mother and father. While important people in her life, they separated while she was…
Eugene de Kock
This article was written by Jaime Ibarra-Perez and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
"South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South…
Trade Union Organizer in Durban: M B Yengwa, 1943-1944 by Baruch Hirson
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
THIS month forty years ago, South Africa learned an important truth which shaped our future – that people without power can challenge those…
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