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Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in connection with the agitation at present going on in the…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
The crisis facing South Africa and the world today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, racial supremacism and patriarchy;…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Nationalist Government attacks on the union continued. Schoeman refused to gazette the agreement for the clothing industry, which contained the award of the…
Bibliographical Data
In the preparation of the introductory essays in this volume, heavy reliance has been placed on the documents collected by the editors and the interviews conÂ…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African regime,…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May. This day was the culmination of a UNESCO seminar held in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April 1991 to the 3 May 1991…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
The prevalent violence in kwaZulu-Natal began with widespread interference during the voter registration process preceding the local government elections…
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux…
EventAmina Lawal's sentence upheld
On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had been…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
Introduction This year, 2009, the people of South Africa celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Harare Declaration, a significant document adopted by an OAU…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
The South African government is divided into three parts: the Executive (the Cabinet), the Legislature (Parliament), and Judiciary (the courts). The Executive…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
1910 First general election that followed the establishment of the Union of South Africa. Only White males had the right to vote. 1915 Second general…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has puzzled scientists ever…
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 belligerent European…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a British outpost in the then Transorangia…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the capital of a region with important…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
On this day Sibongile Khumalo was born in Orlando, Soweto. She is one of the most recognized jazz musicians in South Africa. She was launched into the…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
On this day Bonisile John Kani was born in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. He matriculated at Newell High School and his love for theatre led him to work…
EventFreedom of press is established at the Cape
The freedom of the press was established in the Cape Colony through the efforts of journalist John Fairbairn, founder of The South African Commercial…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
Miloon Kothari, a United Nations (UN) housing expert, said most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe's May 2005 eviction campaign remained homeless,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Basotho THE NEXT PART of our history revolves round Moshoeshoe, chief of the…
Chapter 9
New Methods of Struggle Having defined its tasks and formulated its programme, having turned from the role of passivity to that of active leadership, the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
Who are the hunter gatherers of Southern Africa? You may be under the impression that there are no more hunter gatherers living today. But there are! All over…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
The formation of the Pan Africanist Congress’ (PAC) Africanist Task Force (ATF) preceded the formation of party’s military wing Poqo in February 1960. After…
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…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Gomas died on the morning of Wednesday 25 April 1979 two weeks…