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James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in the ANC’s Quatro prison camp. Martin …
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew In submitting the following points for the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Bantu and the Gospel
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu There are two current platitudes which have been an obsession with the great masses of…
IV - The Death of Steve Biko
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa Biko was arrested for the last time on 18 August 1977 and Section 6 of the Terrorism…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1977 the Government proposed a new constitutional…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
1943 23 February, Abu Baker Asvat is born in Vrededorp, Gauteng. 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg Indian High School and moves to Pakistan to…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
The first farmers in southern Africa were Bantu-speakers and archaeology shows that they entered southern Africa between 2 000 and 1 700 years ago This topic…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the dominions in the British Empire to come to its assistance. The South…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte. Source: www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as possible’ [i] , while at the same time ensuring that those…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
Why consider the history of a hundred-year old law? Surely the Marikana massacre and farm-workers' strikes are more urgent? In fact, there are direct links…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The years between 1930 and the 1940s were ones of profound…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
The worldwide depression, which started in 1929, had a serious effect on South African economic life. By 1930, industrial production, which was only in its…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Wednesday, February 16 What a welcome change. On Sunday a week ago we heard the happy…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The old order changeth; and so we behold today in the drama of the life of the South…
EventYouth has been burnt to death in Mahwelereng Township
On 6 June 1986, Mr Ronnie Molifi was stabbed and burnt to death by a group of youth in the Mahwelereng Township in Limpopo province. He was accused of being a…
PlaceThe Old Durban Prison
The Old Durban Central Prison no longer exists, but it was used extensively during the earlier apartheid period to house political dissidents. The former…
ArchiveTen commandments for voters
A2 poster litho full colour, drawings of people; text: 10 Commandments for Voters: 1. You have nothing to fear. Remember that your vote is secret. Only…
ArchiveBolt Number 8 June 1973
EDITOR: Christopher Hope Leopold Senghor: A New Note, Barend van Niekerk. Two Poems, Stephen Grey. FICTION, Negatives, M.A. Cox. NEW POETRY, Mike Nicol,…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in Lithuania…
EventNIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act
Natal Indian Congress (NIC) led by Dr. G. M. Naicker, met in an emergency session in Durban and decided on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated …
EventApartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force
The minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, announced in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) would be tolerated in…
EventThe Defence Special Tribunal Act becomes effective
The Defence Special Tribunal Act, No 81 of 1998, providing for the expeditious adjudication of disputes concerning military institutions and the…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
In May 1994, Justice Richard Goldstone called for the establishment of a "truth commission" on Apartheid atrocities because "victims would not be able to…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This letter written in Gujarati by Mohamed…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four or five months in detention, there was a widespread feeling that we were…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Report on Passive Resistance, 13 June 1946-13 May 1947 …
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape 1 The present Congress of the A.P.O. is undoubtedly…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On that day in August 1956, I was already fifty-one. I often wonder just how it took me so long to find the road…