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ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
1. Introduction ↵The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors and clues of the past that lead up to one particular moment, event or…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… South African Students' Organisation (SASO) led by Steve Biko , through which they planned to formulate their own … studies at the University of Natal in…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… can be made without having regard to the cost-of-living index in such countries. But even if it is true, as far as …
ArticleBlack South African literature
… through such journals as Black Review , in which Steve Biko played a prominent part. With it, emphasis within …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… to internal problems. In 1970 Black students led by Steve Biko broke away from NUSAS to form South African Students …
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
… to read the Kora-English dictionary with its English-Kora index. KhoeSan activists would also find an interest in the …
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
David Goldblatt sold his family's menswear business in South Africa to become a photographer in 1962. But the pictures he made of the nation under apartheid…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
Abstract In 1994, South Africans were liberated from a system of apartheid which had controlled their lives for nearly fifty years. Twenty-one years later,…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… (SASO) was formed under the leadership of Steve Biko . The emergence of SASO, arguably, gave Black political …
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… to prevent the Portuguese from settling on the island of Biko, which was inhabited by the Bubi society. In 1778 …
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 19071 Dr Abdurahman delivered his…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Vol XII, pp 258-272. London. FRESCURA, Franco. 1982. Index of the Names of Mission Stations Established in the …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… the English look-up section is essentially merely an index or ‘quick reference’, with the more detailed entries …
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… take in some of the province's history and culture. Steve Biko's grave is in King William's Town and a wonderful …
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
Presidential Address to the 46th Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Durban, December 12-14, 1958 Sons and Daughters of Afrika, Nationalist…
Document 46 - D. Tloome, “The Origin and Development of Non-European Trade Unions”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives. L 1,21 February 1953
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 46 - D. Tloome, "The Origin and Development of…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… juniors; under 18 Even if one considered the Retail Price Index calculated by the SA Bureau of Census and Statistics, … standards for African workers had…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in Pretoria…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractThe Federation of South…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid ideology. To see what had not…
PlaceNyanga Township
Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townships in Cape Town. It was established in…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the 1930s and 1940s. Municipal workers…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Medical School and joins SASO under leadership of Steve Biko. Shanthivathie Naidoo is detained. 1970 Fatima Meer banned for planning mass rally with Steve…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… African Students (NUSAS) in the 60s. Together with Steve Biko, Gwala and others who espoused Black Consciousness, …
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… black consciousness movement’s leading spokesman, Steve Biko, and others had concluded by 1976 that the ANC [was] the … of [the ANC];... 13 Arrangements for…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… liberation, King William’s Town is closely tied to Steve Biko , leader of the Black Consciousness Movement , whose …
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, Honourable Ministers, Premiers, Deputy Ministers, MECs and Mayors, Honourable Leaders of political parties represented in…