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A History of the Bulhoek Massacre
In 1912 Enoch Mgjimia, a lay preacher and independent evangelist, broke away from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and joined the Church of…
A history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
The New Constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the…
A History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
1895 The Kinetescope (invented by Thomas Edison) was a box in which people could see a moving image. The first Kinetescopes in South…
A History of the Springbok Legion
The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post…
A History of Umteteli Wabantu - 1920-1956
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was…
A Holding Operation: Surviving the State of Emergency, June 1986
A Holding Operation: Surviving the State of Emergency, June 1986 - February 1988
A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
Anyone who travels over the vast expanse of South Africa is immediately struck by the great variations in its landscape and the differing…
A list of Books and Speeches pertaining to Robert Sobukwe
A list of archive items pertaining to Robert Sobukwe: Books: Time for Azania by Robert Sobukwe, 1976 (pdf) Speeches: Robert…
A list of South African Shipwrecks
Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July…
A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994
ALiz AbrahamsMagdelene Malotane Adams Rachel (Ray) Alexander-SimonsRuth AlexanderPhyllis AltmanRuth Elizabeth ArndtJacqueline…
A Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
Including Qondiswa James, Mbali Williams, Mihla Hanise, Anya Isabel, Kas and Hunter Hosted by Didintle Ntsie Filmed 5 September 2020…
A Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
Guest Contributors: Anietie Ewang - Human Rights Watch Researcher, Nigeria afọpẹ́fólúwa òjó - Artist & Berlin based #EndSARS…
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to receive this message…