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ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In response to the banning, both parties were forced…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
Fellow South Africans, I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive Committee of the ANC with regard to the…
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The end of the 1960s was another important phase in the history of the exiled liberation movement…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Anti-dangerous work. This organisation happened in the…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
Anti-dangerous work. This organisation happened in the context of people living in their racial or cultural ghettos, with their own experiences, histories and…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the Atlantic coast and False Bay on the…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
Statement of the ANC Veterans League Inaugural National Conference, 6 December 2009
For the past three days, the veterans and stalwarts of our glorious movement – some in wheelchairs and walking sticks, others still able to stride - converged…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
INTRODUCTION. Unomsa, by Guybon Sinxo, is a coming of age story about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who migrates from the Eastern Cape to work as a teacher…
Congress of the People - I was there
June 25 and 26 1955 are dates indelibly impressed on the minds and hearts of every Congress member who was active at the time. They are the dates of the…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
ABOUT two years ago, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba found himself facing an angry television audience at a recording of The Big Debate, the popular TV…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
In 1993, the Cape Province was divided into three smaller provinces. One of them is the Western Cape. The Western Cape was the first place in the country where…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
Names: Madlala-Routledge, Nozizwe Charlotte Born: 29 June 1952, Magog, KwaZulu-Natal In Summary: A student activist aligned to the Black Consciousness…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on Receiving an Honorary LLD Degree at the University of Fort Hare 9 May 1992
Mr. Chancellor, Comrade OR Tambo, revered and long-standing leader of our people, Mr. Vice-Chancellor and Rector, Professor S.M.E. Bengu, Chairperson of…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
Chairperson of Convenco, Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of the Western Cape, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Your Worship, Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo, Distinguished guests, …
88. Gandhi’s legacy
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Jerry Coovadia, professor at the Natal…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin During the black-out on the night of the 7th December 1942,…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
Athlone was once known as West London, but renamed in honour of a member of the British Royal family. It was during the 1930s that the Earl of Athlone, arrived…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …
Outbreak of bubonic plague
The outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Cape Town appears to have given a measure of warning to other coastal cities in the Cape, and a number of preventative and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
Community histories of Rustenburg
Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is documented that the first pioneers from the Eastern Cape undertook a hunting expedition…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
Abstract Through the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative Abstract This paper addresses the falsity of the cultural discourse…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
Abstract Lionel Ngakane was a filmmaker, a writer, a director, an advocate and a political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Zarina Maharaj Biography …
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
The CPSA had a difficult balancing act in broadening its appeal to Africans while remaining faithful to working class struggles and solidarity. 48Although many…