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Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… hooked into the logic and the language of the film as a way of making sense of what had happened to my …
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
Sam Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, was based on Sam, who died in Johannesburg this week. Sam was…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was born in Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) in 1948. He studied law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm,…
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
James Kantor was a lawyer who owned a law firm and employed his brother in-law Harold Wolpe. Unbeknownst to Kantor, Wolpe was an active member of uMkhonto we…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… discuss a project that he was doing to make a documentary film on Observatory.We recalled our old times and it brought …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… although at that time it was still very difficult to buy film. I quickly became very interested in the photographs … asbestos is blue. So I came to a link…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
Your death has come way too soon; none of us could say, with a straight face, that we were prepared for it. Therefore, please forgive us if we appear too…
ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
THE ORIGINAL CHRIS HANI MEMORANDUM “We, as genuine revolutionaries, are moved by the frightening depths reached by the rot in the ANC and the disintegration…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1918 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born at Mvezo in the Transkei 1939 He enrols at the University College of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled…
Doing Oral History
Edited by Dr Johan Wassermann (2002) This publication is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
This fort was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French firm, Le Creusot. Military engineers, Leon Grunberg and Sam Leon were…
Speech by Deputy Minister Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde, South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development at a Business Conference held in conjunction with the Wuhan Government, Wuhan, China 11 August 2010
… the capital-goods sector creative industries (crafts, film, content and music). clothing and textiles durable …
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… as regards the mor e popular art forms such as posters, film and theatre and there has been censorship and control …
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Bad as conditions were in factories, the evil of homework was even worse. The worker who is compelled to turn his home into a workshop usually belongs to the…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the Gold Coast (as Ghana was then known) signed an…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… stage, the prison authorities brought a television crew to film my cell as a model cell. The only thing they removed …
ArticleSS Clan Stuart
The SS Clan Stuart was blown ashore in 1914 between Glencairn and Simon's Town, along Cape Town’s west coast. The SS in the vessel's name stands for ‘steamship…
ArchivePasop, Botha!
Pink, black and white poster. Netherlands campaign for women in South Africa. Music, films and vidoes. Black and white photograph of two African women.
ArchiveHistory workshop
Light brown poster with dark brown lettering. Notice of workshop on 3 - 7th February. Sociology Dept. University of the Witwatersrand. Lectures, films and…
ArchiveNew sugar industry negotiating group
A new negotiating committee has been established in the sugar industry in Natal giving the Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union a firm foot hold in the industry.
ArchiveHistory workshop festival of culture and history
A1 black and white on brown paper silkscreen; drawings of cultural objects and people; text: History Workshop presents a festival of culture and history…
ArchiveFor our land well die: forced removals in So
White poster with black lettering. Black and white artwork of men holding flag with title on it. Notice of lectures, films, videos, poetry, drama and…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… a collection of notepads about his responses to music, film, and literature as well as his friends and family. These …
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
With politicians showing unusual agreement among themselves and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in…
YWCA Building, 178 Long Street, Cape Town
The building was restructured in 1903 by J Parker, of the architectural firm Forsythe & Parker, and was dedicated to the memory of Minnie and Maria Bam, the…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
Josiah Tshangana Gumede was born on 9th October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His father, John Gumede, and his mother were…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
The Black teachers' association, the Progressive Teachers' Congress (PROTECO) was clandestinely launched in the Transvaal to fill the vacuum, which was created…