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PlaceLuthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza
The mission of this Museum is to conserve, uphold, promote and propagate the life, values, philosophies and legacy of the late Chief Albert Luthuli in the…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… this National Party -just look at the political and other history of South Africa - this party is the one that has … Representative Council was evil, they…
ArchiveObituary of Benita Parry (1931—2020) by Professor David Johnson
… Discussion, she developed her understanding of politics, history and literature in the reading groups, lectures and … In 1962 she returned to academic study,…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… that were involved is neither here nor there. History must be recorded as it happened, not as it is wished … organizing the Soweto Uprising. Whatever the…
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie? Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie?Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock of Cammisa Create.Wat Was Hie? is a powerful site-specific film…
PlaceSlangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
… The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be … The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) …
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
… Population, in 2018 of 28,127. --- Today in South African History 2 April 1983 Saul Vusumzi Mkhize (47) is shot to …
PlacePilgrims Rest
… 1970. It was changed then very little from its Historical History and is now a protected Historical Site. In 1986 the … in 1970 it was changed very little…
PlaceHluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves
… The park is world renown for its conservation efforts and history. The Umfolozi was previously used as King Shaka's … largest population of White Rhino in…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… from the book, From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of South African Politics. The Launch of MK and the … Morogoro Conference (1969) ushered in a…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… work, it is through the lens of South Africa and its history of apartheid that J.M Coetzee’s Waiting for the … of the time, Mother to Mother appeals to the…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… work, it is through the lens of South Africa and its history of apartheid that J.M Coetzee’s Waiting for the … of the time, Mother to Mother appeals to the…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… Moreover, the legal system places importance of the sexual history of the woman, if she has a tainted reputation then … seriously. Many commentators maintain…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… Particular care is needed when considering a country whose history is framed by society’s attachment of axiomatic … danger when one considers the country’s…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… Agnes Wood, the author of Shine Where You Are: a Centenary History of Inanda Seminary, 1869-1969 , the first 100 years … the Bantu Education Act of 1953 1972…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… When Risquet quoted Castro’s assertion that “the history of Africa will be written as before and after Cuito … It is a paradox that the place where Southern…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… due to its complicated and multifaceted patriarchal history. El-Saadawi noticed this patriarchy in practice when … was owned by her husband.” Fast forward…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… a new attitude in the schools, especially towards history. She had been talking to one of her school teacher … 'But I can understand them. We have to teach…
ArticleXhosa
… and these wars dominated 19th century South African History. The first frontier war broke out in 1780 and marked …
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… in the first democratic elections of South African history. 1996 1 July, Tshabalala-Msimang is appointed Deputy …
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… Monnakgotla at Boons or Molote. This feature explores the history of Bakwena ba Mogopa, who, on the eve of the …
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… Cape. While segregation had been established early in the history of the Cape, during the course of the nineteenth … New York), pp.13-15, 22.| Dick, A. L., …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… nation-wide general union of black workers — the ICU. Its history, its successes and its failures have been described. … and canvas unions dropped the colour…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… involve violence. There have been plenty of examples in history where a combination of factors have been compelling … which included Lutuli (of the ANC) and…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
… was declared the richest strike in South Africa's history. According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as …
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference "Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa", 04 December 1987, Arusha
… during this week which will go down as a watershed in the history of our struggle. Apartheid is Death As we close our … thanks and see them as no less…
Closing Speech at the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 December 1987
… during this week which will go down as a watershed in the history of our struggle. Apartheid is Death As we close our … thanks and see them as no less…