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The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
Introduction The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their…
ArticleCOVID-19: The Whens and Whats of the Deadly Virus
COVID-19 versus the Corona virus: What is COVID-19 Exactly? COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease that developed from a type of Corona virus. [1…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined where it would lead…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
Q: Who are the Africanists? A. A simple answer would be that they are the members of the Africanist Movement. But, if one wishes to go deeper into the…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
At a farewell meeting of the Tamil community in Johannesburg on July 15, 1914, Gandhi said that the Tamils bore the brunt of the satyagraha struggle and that…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 27. "HITLER`S NEW CONVERT," Inkululeko, 9 September 1944. Hitler is rapidly losing all…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
By the age of 25, when Ernest Cole fled South Africa for exile in New York, he had already cut the template for the way the experience of apartheid would be…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
Introduction Reflecting on her past years of imprisonment in 2012, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela stated “I think you can stand imprisonment of 27…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
Poet, scholar, botanist, auxiliary soldier, journalist, politician, talented sportsman and grandson of a famous Herero leader, Robert Grendon is one of the…
PlacePhiphidi Falls, Limpopo Province
The vhaVenda clans of northern South Africa, in present-day Limpopo Province, are among the nation’s most traditional, hewing to rituals and practices passed…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
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ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
Contempt. This is what former president Jacob Zuma apparently felt for democratic South Africa’s foundational document, the Constitution, and the vision and…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
Of all the projects that the administrations of presidents Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and now Cyril Ramaphosa have undertaken over almost 30 years of democracy,…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
From: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis Introduction. This chapter [1] begins within an overview of the…
PlaceNamibia
Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib Desert. The Orange River marks…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
8 January 2015, Cape Town, Western Cape Comrades, Compatriots and Friends, We are celebrating 103 years of the existence of the African National Congress…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
Communist Party of South Africa, What is the Native Independent Republic? (1934)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 76 Communist Party of South Africa, What is the…
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
William Kentridge can’t tell you what the title of his current show in Paris, “Finally Memory Yields,” is about. He doesn’t know. That’s why he chose it. …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
Analysis of the role of the SACP in formulating the development policies of the ANC: The case of the National Development Plan (NPD) Co-Authors: Lolonga…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
The role and influence of the South African Communist Party in the armed struggle by Patrick Mangashe UFH [email protected] Abstract The Communist…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), gave the keynote address at the second Fosatu…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
The International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) was established by Canon L John Collins of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1956. Its mission was to work towards a…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom charter in 1955. 1980 SACTU declares the year as…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
On December 3, 2018, Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both internal and external challenges. Significantly, the National Party, which was…