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Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… to census figures unhelpful.) Thus just over a million Africans were reported as Christians in 1911 constituting … they still accounted for less than a…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… within a four-month period. The ANC argued that all South Africans over the age of 18, including those in the TBVC … 19 parties convene for Codesa II on May…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… Both the Jesuits and Dominicans were active in converting Africans to Catholicism. They even managed to convert one of … legacy to the country when they…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Paper proposal for the CCAWUSA and Independent Socialists Panel …
ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
Every time there is violence of a particular sort in SA I think about 1949. In mid-January of that year a single incident between an Indian shopkeeper and a…
PlaceWest Coast National Park, Saldanha Bay
The West Coast National Park is situated just inland of Saldanha Bay and its secluded Harbour. The exquisite Langebaan Lagoon is, undoubtedly, the jewel of…
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
Namaqualand's largest town, is Springbok. You can enjoy the wild flowers and dramatic landscapes of the Northern Cape, a South African destination that stands…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
Clarens, a small Town situated in the Eastern Free State which was established in 1912. The Village of Clarens, was a result of two Farms being sold: …
PlaceSedibeng District Municipality
The Sedibeng District Municipality is a Category C municipality situated on the Southern tip of the Gauteng Province and strategically located on the border of…
PlaceGranger Bay
Granger Bay was named after a Captain Robert Granger, a merchant and owner of five ships. In 1647 a ship named the Haarlem ran aground at what was later named…
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
Background Terry Crawford-Brown petitioned the Constitutional Court in 2011 to compel former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… to reject the term ‘non-white' and to positively identify Africans, Indians and Coloureds as ‘black'; to draw attention …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Socialist Ideals and Bolshevik Realities South Africa and the Archives of the Communist International Document 1 Report of M. Wolberg to…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
This article was made possible with the support of the British Academy Elizabeth van der Heyden, known as Betty or sometimes Liz, was born on 8 December…
PlaceWinterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
Winterton is a little Town found on the banks of the Tugela River in the foothills of the Drakensberg. Close to the Second Boer War battle sites of the Battle…
PlaceGood Hope Centre, Cape Town
"The aim of this lecture is to shed light on the Good Hope Centre in, Cape Town. An exceptional building designed by the famous Italian engineer and architect…
PlaceKwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East
On the fringes of South Africa’s Karoo in the malaria-free Eastern Cape lies an interesting, attractive and historic little town, which invariably charms all…
Exhibition: Durban, 1973: Strike against cheap labour by David Hemson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference My existing exhibition on the Durban strikes is being refocused and…
PlaceAgulhas National Park
What sets the Agulhas National Park apart is its rich diversity of flora and archaeological significance. The coastal plains of this Western Cape Nature…
PlaceSasolburg
Established in 1954, the Town was built by Sasol Ltd. The former South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd. used this Town to house employees at the…
PlaceeThekwini Municipality
EThekwini Municipality is a Category A Municipality found in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of four coastal metropolitan Municipalities…
PlaceMelmoth, Gateway to Zululand
Melmoth, known as the gateway to the Zulu Highlands, is a picturesque, little Town just 200 km North East of Durban and 90 km from the Coastal Town of Mtunzini…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
According to Coleman (ed.) in A Crime Against Humanity, the mutilated body of Toto Roy Dweba, member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and of the Natal…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… independently of Soweto Council123. Notable South Africans from Meadowlands include: Sindi Dlathu , Vusi Kunene …
PlaceKaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
This Area, lies within the South African mist-belt. On average it receives more than 1 000 mm of rain per Year. The vegetation is mainly grassland, with…
PlaceCape Columbine Lighthouse
Cape Columbine Lighthouse is situated on a prominent headland +/- 5km from the picturesque fishing Village of Paternoster (“Our Father”), deriving its name…
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… of poverty and dispossession of land from Black South Africans. The main task of the Court in this regard is: "To …
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… used to employ and empower poor whites, while black South Africans suffered. End notes: [1]Bottomley, Edward-John. …
Address at Conference on Southern Africa of the Socialist International and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament with the Frontline States, ANC and SWAPO by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 September 1984
… to bring a section of the blacks - and by blacks I mean Africans, Coloureds and Indians - purporting to bring them …