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Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The post-1973 period created a space for academics, students, and…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… crowd, and in the process black South Africa, a dreadful lesson. People started to run in all directions, some towards …
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… Comrade Dadoo`s precious legacy in his own words: "The lesson of our history is that the key to freedom is a united …
PlaceRiverside
… country. Location of Strachan's stores can be seen at this link. The Strachan and Co trade tokens were first issued in …
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… authority and used the Congo River as a main transport link to other distant kingdoms. As a result, smaller traders … French expansion in the region. Click…
Links & Partnerships
… us if links are no longer working or if you have any link suggestions. suggest... Partnership sites Dumile Feni … South African, including South Africa's…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… was the bubonic plague. The bubonic plague had been a feature of English society since the beginning of the 14th …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… from his first wife had died of AIDS. Visit the Mandela feature …
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… for their freedom and that of their families'. Visit our feature 'History of Women's struggle in South Africa' for …
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… the anniversary of the re-launching of the SACP, visit the feature here. References: South African Communist Party, ‘The …
EventBambatha Rebellion
… labourers working away from home. Click here for a special feature about Bambatha Rebellion …
EventThe decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the First Matabele War (Ndebele), Zimbabwe
… this stage the Ndebele had lost. Visit our Matabele Wars feature, to read more about the Matabele Wars and the early …
49. The certificates are burned
… legislation, far harsher, far more humiliating, but the lesson that I wanted to learn myself, the lesson I would have my countrymen to learn from this…
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
… Books, Books 24/7, The Aquarium, BookButterfly, Missing Link Educational Books and New Africa Books. See more at Cape …
PlaceEmpangeni
… and is set to open at the end of April 2026. (LINK IN FURTHER READING) …
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… from where they can observe bird and game activity. (link availible in FURTHER READING ) Walking and cycling …
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… and formation of the South African Republic (1961) | link …
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… and diplomatic recognition if Holomisa continued to link South Africa with the failed coup. Six people approached …
PlaceCradock Division
… The N10 National Road, which is the vital economic link between Port Elizabeth and the north, runs through …
PlaceBiedow Valley, Western Province
… The yellowish-green, papery bark is a very attractive feature of this plant and has given rise to the common name. … River and visits 9 sites of Rock Art…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… were destroyed by fire! This Bridge provides the necessary link between the Villages and surrounding Areas and it also …
PlaceNorthern Suburbs of Cape Town
… Suburbs. The River's path is more of a Geographical feature, within the Southern Suburbs, themselves. The … has been used in various fields of medical…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… and enable us openly to label them as Pinkertons. The lesson must be drawn by the European workers and it is for us …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… the struggle for liberation and majority rule. Mapungubwe [link to History classroom lesson] The Mapungubwe hill site, situated on a farm called … properly…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAS SINCE BEEN CLOSED! READ LINK IN FURTHER READING FOR MORE INFORMATION. The little … https://www.mindat.org/feature-1024025.html …
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
… for over 56 years, has officially closed its doors. ( link in FURTHER READING) Rosebank is conveniently placed …
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… The Suez Canal was opened in 1869. As the easiest link to both the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans, the …
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… Insight, 25 April. Available at: suntimes.co.za [this link no longer works] …
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… has Goals in rewable energy: (READ MORE INFORMATION IN LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING) To inspire new ways of …
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… and the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. Little parties like ours are links in the chain. We are … to other parties; we are here…