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BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… a colonial administrator and politician who went from being a radical, almost socialist liberal to an arch … cabinet. A successful businessman, he became the…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… Party was elected to power in 1948 by a minority of the white electorate, their platform promised their … that the white race would continue to dominate all…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to South Africa with his … in 1905 to prevent the fledgeling…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South … comprised of over 400 organisations, with non-racialism…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … in unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … in unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry … an unprotected strike were shot and killed by…
ArchiveJune 16: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened
… Black and white poster. Artwork of Hector Pieterson photograph. 1985 - 30 years of the Charter. … June 16: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened …
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
… Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now … that were killed by agents of the Apartheid regime, his body was not…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of Mohandas … and was regarded by the Indian community…
The oldest forms of human communication
… Some of the oldest forms of human communication include talking or making sounds, … indicate either social communication or be a warning sign. Body language…
ArticleThe “Wind of Change” speech
… "The wind of change is blowing through this continent and, whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all …
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… their territory. This expansion was first at the expense of the Khoikhoi and San , but later Xhosa land was taken as … White pioneers or ‘Trek Boers’ in the…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… Pemba became notorious for escaping from the drudgery of schoolwork into his private world of drawing. In 1924, Pemba won a Grey Scholarship to Paterson ……
BiographyGoolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad
… Tilley in 1933 and was elected in 1934 as Hon. Secretary of the Kholvad Madressa Anjiman Islamia, the youngest person … South Africa in 1935 and was elected…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… home home library articles & documents A Distant clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A … the rhetoric of 'freedom' and …
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
… in the Transkei,attended Lovedale and was a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the … preacher in the Bantu Bethlehem Christian…
BiographyKlaas Matlala
… African National Congress - ANC)] supporter and key member of the kgoro , and had opposed the Native Commissioner’s (NC) … had sent to him was that ‘when I…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched the "Africa to … The Festival will include the both…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace Charley-Ann … Lurie himself, linking the idea of…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… The 1940s saw a growth of African nationalism that positioned itself to challenge … the formation the Cape Coloured Permanent Commission (a body that would…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… before passing away in West Berlin, Germany at the age of 39. Dyani actively fought against the apartheid regime … white intervention in order to facilitate…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… The campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter was the climax to a decade or so of multifaceted and creative resistance to white…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. An advocate…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… Bloemfontein is the birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later years to struggle for … well aware of…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread … often had to supplement their…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… Conference: THE POLITICS OF ARMED STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Conference Date: 23-25 … and insiders’ narratives, these histories are not being sufficiently…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… CCAWUSA (The Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini as the … response to a clarion call by the 1985…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… against apartheid throughout the country. With the launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in August 1983, this … bringing already existing youth bodies…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… African citizens who have performed an extraordinary act of bravery that placed their lives in great danger, or who … lost their own lives including in…