Politics & Society
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ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
"Without doubt it is a far more costly thing to kill the (indigenous population) than to Christianise them." (Warneck 1888) European…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
"Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock'…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
Art in the state of siegeThe Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period leading up to his…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
People banned under ApartheidNameAct/Section/Issued up to: (delivery date)Date on which notice expires:Other: (address, occupation etc.)Aba…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born in 1944 in Pietermaritzburg and grew up in Kimberley. She studied in Britain between 1963…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
Africa is the world’s second largest continent, both by size and number, after Asia. Its landmass holds 54 countries and nine territories…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
South Africa has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in 1953 at a Coloured People's Convention in Cape Town. The…
ArticleAllison Drew Collection
Prof. Allison Drew is a noted historian and writer on socialism and nationalism in the South African context. This is a collection of books…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
1936 Hermanus Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July).[i] 1954 Matriculated from John Bisseker High…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge…
ArticleOrganisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle
Black Consciousness Movement South African Students Movement The South African Student Organisation (SASO) The Black People's Convention…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
Awards 1960s 1964 Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London. 1965 Elected Honorary…
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ArticleWomens Rights
It was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal citizens. South…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former…
ArticleExhibition: Celebrating 40 Years of Women's Day, Durban 1980
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
During September 2019 protests against Gender Based Violence (GBV) peaked after Uyinene Mrwetyana, a student at the University of Cape Town…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their…
ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
The 1970s period was a watershed for youth politics in South Africa. The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was gathering support…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
Popular violence in the decade between 1984 and 1993 is well documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the…
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ArticleThe Youth Struggle
From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist character of colonialism,…