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ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which … used for striking (Induku), the second for…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… in Johannesburg. He schooled in Fordsburg where his family of nine members, of which he was the youngest, eventually settled down. … and they found potassium…
ArchiveMinutes of the 43rd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 3rd-10th July, 1967
… Minutes of the 43rd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. … Minutes of the 43rd Annual…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… In 2001, the ANC National Working Committee (NWC), of which I was a member, issued the seminal document, “Through the eye of a needle? Choosing the best…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… station for the Dutch East India Company. Members of the occupation forces were settled as free farmers. They almost exterminated the Khoisan people of the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner I have shown in The Eye of … strategy for bringing a participatory democracy into being in South…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
… a National Teacher’s Certificate from Mngwenya College of Education in 1985. He furthered his studies at University of South Africa (UNISA) with Bachelor of…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… The United Nations. They took place between the period of 1982 and 1990, a time when South Africa was banned from … through a transformation politically,…
BiographyArnold Selby
… when not many whites were prepared to face the hazards of joining the struggle for the rights of the black majority, he became involved in the trade union ……
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and … we are performing tonight. We are driven here to speak of and protest…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
… is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle in a landscape. The images evoke memory and history and the…
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
… Herschel district, bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school teacher and Gxumekelana Charles Mda, … attended a local Catholic school…
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… Introduction The first elections to the Indian House of Delegates (HoD) in the racially segregated tricameral … Indians would “be selling [their] birthright…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… The life of Maggie Bopalamo tracks the history of the Rustenburg area in a remarkable fashion. From humble … She ran the tuck shop at Mankwe Christian…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) … information about the role of Christianity…
BiographyIsmail Mahomed
… on 25 July 1931, a second generation South African of Indian descent and first born child of devoutly staunch Muslim parents. He had five siblings. ……
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… Todd Tozama Matshikiza was the son of Samuel Bokwe Matshikiza and Grace Ngqoyi Matshikiza. They were a family of renowned musicians; his mother was a noted…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
… ago, Muhammed Ali was asked for his thoughts on the death of the great African-American boxer, Joe Louis. Ali’s comment … one’s generosity and one’s…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… Chairman, Comrades, Delegates, This day, the opening of the National Consultative Conference of the ANC, is a great and moving moment in the history of … of…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… David Kaunda, a most eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South Africa and Namibia, an … heed our views on sanctions were to listen…
Statement of the ANC National Disciplinary committee in the case of Mbulelo Goniwe, 14 December 2006
… to the NDC by the ANC National Working Committee. Members of the NDC present at the hearing were Cdes Kader Asmal, in … Ms Nomawele Njongo. Cde Goniwe was…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… by Allison Drew Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract) South Africa…
Address at the Opening Ceremony of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, Motherwell, 25 November 2004.
… Ladies and gentlemen: South Africans from all walks of life will remember that, at this time every year, we unite as a nation to observe the 16 Days of…
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois", Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935 The…
BiographyMaphuti Molatela Seopa
… In terms of a banishment order dated 21 July 1953, Maphuti Molatela … ], Sibasa District, [Tshivhase], Northern Transvaal, for being ‘actively engaged in…
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are renowned for their fearless challenge to the full might of Pretoria's tyranny. In…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather … 31 July 1966 (Mauritius) Official…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Statistical Analysis of Resisters Studying the…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… Letter from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Alexander M Haig, US Secretary of State, regarding Cuban withdrawal of troops from Angola. Incudes the…
ArchiveKwaZulu in contemporary South Africa: a case-study in the implementation of the policy of separate development
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Historical and … South Africa:…