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ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
From voyages of trade and discovery to colonisation: This section of the grade 10 curriculum was developed in 2009. While much of the content is still…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites within the continent…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
RP: Good morning. This morning we are interviewing Dr Vanitha Chetty, and we bid you welcome. VC: Thank you. RP: She is the daughter…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress Alliance, functioning with a closely co-ordinated leadership, was working on the preparations for the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
This topic follows on from the previous one. Having looked at a period when it was not clear that Europe would dominate the world, this topic now explores how…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
As important as the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Gandhiji which is observed on January 30, 1988, is the eightieth anniversary of his first…
XIII - The Courts
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa In any society where courts exist they tend to play a significant role in the system…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
Introduction Reflecting on her past years of imprisonment in 2012, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela stated “I think you can stand imprisonment of 27…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
Building A National Democratic Society Chapter I: Introduction South Africa has entered its Second Decade of Freedom with the strengthening of democracy…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
During the 1990s, behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were…
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Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
War photographers are either sleazy and glamorous, or noble and glamorous. At least this is what you will think if you believe the various literary or big…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
“The truth is revealed in people’s eyes. Words have so little value. You need to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.”[1] -The Shadow of Imana:…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
The Prime Minister's Koffiefontein speech is very well-known and in a certain sense also an interesting speech. Adv. Vorster took this opportunity to reply to…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
I now turn to examine select aspects of SASO's organisation and its activities related to student and popular mobilisation and collective action. However,…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN – WESTVILLE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT "VOICES OF RESISTANCE” INTERVIEWEE SUNNY SINGH INTERVIEWER C DE VOS DATE 28…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
1806 Sir John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
From Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, we are sitting with Albert John Lutuli, winner of the 1960 Nobel…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Chapter Two For many the 1940's have been…
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, saboteur, for the prosecution Direct Examination by Percy Yutar: Yutar: Bruno, are you a sabateur? Mtolo: Yes, I was. …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
Chairperson and Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Professor S Jayakumar, Members of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies…
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The State of Emergency was over. Lilian and I came out of gaol together on the morning of 31 August and climbed…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Justice Arthur Chaskalson President of Constitutional Court interview with Rupert Taylor 2 February 2000, The Constitutional Court, Forum II, floor 2 …
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
I was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and university I…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
The deadlock was not about principle, but about political power: the power to determine the final constitutional dispensation. It also served to fuel the…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On that day in August 1956, I was already fifty-one. I often wonder just how it took me so long to find the road…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
Professor H. W. van der Merwe former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road,…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
- Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 Victory is the sum total of the resolution of a whole succession of problems, a whole succession of factors. So …
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The main street in a small country town in the Orange Free State, some 360 miles from Johannesburg; a few shops, a…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
‘I am prepared to lay down my life for freedom’, Gumede, 1928. Introduction As the first President-General to represent the ANC officially in Moscow, Gumede’s…