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PlaceBalfour, near Johannesburg
Whilst Balfour made recent headlines when Jacob Zuma visited the town in the midst of service delivery protests from locals in the Siyathemba township, and his…
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
"Suurbraak lies in what could easily be termed a little piece of heaven, and because it is not a commercial centre is left largely alone." This Village was…
The Polly Street Era
… awakening of consciousness. Inspired by the story of Steve Biko, he produced a series of graphics using the chicken and …
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
The small town of Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This picturesque town is situated…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… to the 1977 murder of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko , and have made a formal amnesty application. 4 … police officers charged with the fatal beating…
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract: To this day, the only book-length study of the mass…
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
… occasion of her 90th birthday and also Mrs Nontsikelelo Biko, in this year when we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Steve Biko…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… 12 September, On the anniversary of the death of Steve Biko , unrest breaks out in Soweto. When police open fire on …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… made at the conference click here . 18 December, Steve Biko , leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), is …
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
Life Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria, to Igbo parents, Jeremy Nwabundinke and Alice Okuekwuhe…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… here for posterity that SASO leaders such as Steve Biko, Bokwe Mafuna, Barney Pityana, Bennie Khoapha and many …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… trip to H. F. Verwoerd Hospital, which is now called Steve Biko Hospital. Before they left Cole told him that if …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… serving a life sentence on Robben Island, and Steve Biko, the black consciousness leader. In Johannesburg, 1050 …
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… will they claimed to embody. At home, icons like Steve Biko – who wrote much about what does and not define a "real …
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent struggles waged by…
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference THE BRIEF: TRADE UNIONS AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN THE 1980S AND NEW…
Gigs, hustles and hope: work for young South Africans beyond the wage by Adam Cooper and Bernard Dubbeld
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The twenty-first century has shattered the idea that countries across…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs North-South for about thirty…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
Micere Githae Mugo is an internationally known world speaker recognized for her literary works, essays and writings which she has used as a platform to…
PlaceMorgan Bay-Gxarha
The Eastern Cape Wild Coast runs along a rugged coast of untouched shorelines, Shipwrecks and traditional Xhosa Culture. From marine safari activities to local…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.3 and No.4 1988
Contents and Contributors Preface A.W. Oliphant and lvan Vladislavic, First Editorial 1978; Staffrider by Meshack Mabogoane; Remembering Staffrider by Mike…
Open Call to Artists
Yard (*Working Title) Organised by ALMA MARTHA and Heinrich Groenewald In Collaboration with Erf 81, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town A site-specific 7-day workshop…
PlaceMontagu, Route 62
Montagu, founded in 1851 on the farm: 'Uitvlucht' and named after Colonial Secretary John Montagu, is a Western Cape small town gem. Nestled amid the Langeberg…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… workshops, of which the first one was the one with Steve Biko. Taylor: Mmm. HW: And in all the workshops I always had … and second to publish a book. And…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… died in detention. We'd lived through the death of [Steve] Biko. Both of my sons went into the army. It was a bad …
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
World-renowned as the ultimate destination for diving with Great White Sharks and “game-viewing” of the Marine Big 5 from land, sea and air, the greater…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… of black people. I remember the story of Bantu Stephen Biko and his arrest and how this led to his violent death in … the same as to what we are fighting for…
PlaceFernkloof Nature Reserve, Caledon
Early in the nineteenth Century, Hermanus Pieters, used to walk ‘over the mountain’ from Caledon, year after year, to camp at the coast and enjoy the abundant…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Yusuf Dadoo, Moses Kotane, Steve Biko and many others were there. I felt that each one of them …