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EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC),…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… to 1949, Xuma recruited a new generation of Black South Africans into the struggle for racial equality, including … in an era when higher education was…
*Free Entrance: Emancipation Day and World Aids Day
Join Iziko Museums of South Africa in commemorating Emancipation and World Aids Day.On Sunday, 1 December 2024, Iziko Museums of South Africa will be…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
The Durban Declaration was a statement signed by over 5 000 people in the scientific community stating that HIV caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… pattern was found based on the degree to which South Africans recognised the importance of the past for the … of such beliefs, it is encouraging that many…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
In 1964 a young South African student and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of…
EventDjibouti and Cote d' Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… statements, [8] campaigns of Indian Resistance, plights of Africans on mines, potato farms, [9] and the oppression … [7] Ruth First. “Time For Unity.”…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… in the way in which police behave towards South Africans. In this article, we draw on survey data to profile …
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
Music is not a zero sum game with only one ‘best’. But if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s struggle for a national…
PlaceDelgoa Bay Now Known as Maputo Bay, Mozambique
Delgoa Bay is a Bay on the South East coast of Mozambique, East Africa, near the South African border. Discovered by António do Campo, a member of Vasco da…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… or "white power", propounded that all black South Africans belonged to a perpetual rural proletariat, which …
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into influence over organs of the state. The…
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
South Africa enjoyed a clean sweep of the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards in 2004. The awards were held on 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster…
EventIsidingo will air it's last episode
… producing storylines which resonated with ordinary South Africans. It should come as no surprise then that Isidingo …
ArchiveJohnny Clegg: South Africa’s universal man of uncommon passion by David Coplan, 25 July 2019
Universal Man: Jonathan Clegg “Sikeyi” (1953-2019). “Sikeyi” is a Zulu dance praise name: “The peg through a yoke that secures oxen in position, from Afrikaans…
ArchiveApartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easley
Apartheid’s Sporting Afterlifeby Clark Easley · Eleven Named PeopleThe challenge facing South African sport is no longer formal segregation but inherited…
PlaceGoukamma Nature Reserve, Sedgefield
In the heart of the scenic Garden Route on the Cape south coast, near the mouth of the Goukamma River, lies a secret hide-away: the Goukamma Nature Reserve…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… to. Like every other oppressed group (including the Africans) we must not naively assume that mere awareness of … groups is intimately bound up with the…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… of Walter Sisulu as one of the most influential South Africans of the twentieth century, Allister Sparks wrote that … in They Shaped Our Century: The most…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups …
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's advice is criticised
The Sunday newspaper Sunday Independent reported that the special mixture prescribed by SA Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to fight HIV/AIDS, could…
PlaceDwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
Along the Western shores of South Africa there are many myriad fishing Villages which lie sleepily on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. While Paternoster is…
EventPrime Circle released their album ‘Hello Crazy World- 10th Anniversary Special’
On 1 September 2013, Prime Circle released their album ‘Hello Crazy World- 10th Anniversary Special’ in celebration of the first album they released ‘Hello…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… They came to be called 'Native Locations' and Black South Africans were systematically dispossessed of their land … These groups were called nations, and all…
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
Schmidtsdrift is a Town, in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape Province. (Situated 80 km West of Kimberley). It was originally a Fjord,…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
… "The Greek Gods". Established in 1958 by Greek South Africans . Hellenic competed in the lower amateur leagues, of …
EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The…