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ArchiveDemocracy in South Africa
… Democracy in South Africa …
Living in the shadow
… Living in the shadow …
ArchiveCharting change in justice
… Charting change in justice …
ArchiveWankie unity in struggle
… Wankie unity in struggle …
ArchiveA South African in India
… A South African in India …
ArchiveWhats in our name?
… Whats in our name? …
ArchiveIndia in the world
… India in the world …
Politics in the 1980s
… Politics in the 1980s …
My Stay in Berlin
… My Stay in Berlin …
Cease-fire in Zimbabwe.
… Cease-fire in Zimbabwe. …
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… In 1921, in a battle lasting less than 30 minutes between police and … who had settled at the holy village of Ntabelanga, Bulhoek in Queenstown to pray. The…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century … the Cape. The British settlers, who arrived from Britain in 1820. Each…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… Prince Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed in a car accident in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… at Phefeni Secondary School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools. The…
New tactics in the revolt
… say, "We shall overcome", but I say we shall overcome. In Soweto the Urban Bantu Council was busy organising vigilante groups. In the court action brought by…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish congregation in…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… Garden is a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town . This Garden features: a Rose … and ' Tuynhuys ', (the President’s…
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
… Political and Historical Studies, African Studies Centre in Leiden. This research concentrates on the United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… Side by Helen Joseph Soon after my return to South Africa in 1955, I had a brief personal link with the Black Sash, an … voters' roll. The common coloured…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… hunter-gatherers. The wheel of change had begun to turn. In about 250 AD, African farmers came to Southern Africa from … These four changes influenced the…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but worked in a bank in South Africa. He was…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… At a farewell meeting of the Tamil community in Johannesburg on July 15, 1914, Gandhi said that the Tamils … service that Natesan gave to the South African…
9. In search of better employment
… E. Somasundram was unhappy as a teacher and enquired in a letter dated 3 June 1891 whether the Protector knew of … man who came over to Natal from Madras by…
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… who escaped from pre-trial detention, was tracked down in South Africa and extradited to Mozambique. Anibalzinho, who led the death squad, was tried in…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede On Easter Sunday … South African" (Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, 1994), 169…
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… The attack on Indians by Zulus in January 1949 has generated a great deal of debate about … to advance this explanation as the reason for the attack, in the…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… status, we have to ask ourselves, “at what cost”? " Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary " gives the account of three … moments, as they try to shape the…
ArchiveThe Plural society in Africa
… The twenty first in the Heornle Memorial Lectures delivered by Meyer Fortes in which he describes and evalutes pluralism in Africa. The social and political…
EventMa Tambo dies in Johannesburg
… Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo, died at her home in Johannesburg. Ma Tambo, as she was lovingly called, became involved in politics at the age of 10…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… than seventy-five organisations represented at a meeting in Durban to initiate the creation of a united front in negotiations with the South African…