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EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… Colonel Mahon and Lord Roberts fought their way into the city and lifted the siege. The British forces were dubbed …
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… Africa. She made a historic entry into the Johannesburg City Council when she became the first communist to be …
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… Socialist League). Jewish Trade unionism in the Mother City at the turn of the 20 th century and Uncovers the …
Address by Mandela to the CBI conference London, 10 July 1996
… us, as we set out to eradicate the disparities created by apartheid, is the fact that investments by British industry … - government, business and labour are…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
… ANC seized it with both hands, even from the dungeons of apartheid. To encourage this process, the ANC decided on its … of their actions. Madame Speaker; We…
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… also through paranoia about continuing to be surveilled by apartheid spies in London; at one point he suspects a London … in ways that are revealing of…
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
… is another Town called Mogwasi that does lie close to Sun City. Mogwase was established, after redemarcation of … Indian, Coloured and White groups, mostly…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… the influence of the Native Commissioners are voters. In urban areas, the Advisory Boards, some under the influence of … elected by Chiefs in Rural Areas and…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… the influence of the Native Commissioners are voters. In urban areas, the Advisory Boards, some under the influence of … elected by Chiefs in Rural Areas and…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… land became particularly destructive in the hands of the Apartheid Government. The Apartheid Government used this myth as a justification for … they only…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… Sarandon. It is interesting to note that most of the anti-apartheid films using foreign actors have been commercial …
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… and the economic, political and social legacies of apartheid. …
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… conference namely; "The Final Prize, My life in the Anti Apartheid Struggle" by Norman Levy and "Alex Hepple South …
ArchiveReflections on life in a rearview mirror by Jo Ractliffe, 27 Jun 2011
… piled into a Kombi and driven north to the Shell Ultra City where we had breakfast. Anyone who knows you would smile … in the idea that every waitress in…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
What is Gender-Based-Violence and who does it affect? Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) is any violent act or action directed at a person on the basis of their…
PlaceJohannesburg Civic Theatre
… Johannesburg’s Civic Theatre was built by the then city council in 1962, creating a high-profile landmark on the … to be both creatively and financially…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
… arrest, has merely changed tracks. Naturally these are issues, if left unresolved, will come back to haunt; which … (FGM) and was seen as progressive when it…
ArchiveIsisebenzi December 1972 (English Translation)
… HAND HOLDING A CHAIN) EDITORS NOTES: We have a lot of issues to cover in this publication. All could be summed up …
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
… *Accumulation of plants of beauty, value and rarity The City is not known as: 'the City of Flowers'- for nothing! Private Gardens and Public … one of the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… The Natal Indian Congress and the Struggle to Defeat Apartheid 1971-1994 (Wits, 2021 forthcoming). E-mail: … as other liberation movements and the…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… but in centuries. From living trees that predate the city to roads carved by ox-wagons and vineyards older than … relic but a working heritage site,…
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
… ruled. In many instances, the response to the complex of issues we mentioned as characterising many African countries, … with regard to the possible…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
… to our negotiators to address the more difficult political issues in Durban at the end of the year. We have all agreed … will to address the bigger…
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
… positions of the developing countries on different global issues. They were of the view that such contacts should be … unity and promotion of common…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… conventions and agreements that speak to the many issues relevant to this Festival. Chairperson, As many of us … and permanent pasture in Africa. The core…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to a joint sitting of both houses of the parliament of Lesotho Maseru, 12 July 1995
… colonial forces at bay was emulated, in our own time, apartheid regime encircling your land. For that, for the … of the SADC. As the people of Lesotho…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… house, now a museum is one of the oldest houses in the city and is a fine example of how the English style was …
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… being sought out. Richmond Hill is a portion of the city in which time has stood still, and, if you’re prepared …
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… . The old Harbour Board Building in Flemming Street in the city centre was used as: The Port Elizabeth Harbour's …
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… ignored, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On 9 August 1945, the "fat man" nuclear …