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PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
An immigrant from Lithuania, the young Charles Back I, landed on these shores in 1902. With a strong work ethic and passion for wine, he soon built up a…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… the masses. The US showed that they could elect an anti-markets candidate and they are not in junk status. Here we …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
You are here: homehome libraryarticles & documents A Distant clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
Invitation The HSRC Seminar Series In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy Speaker: Ndangwa Noyoo ,…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… which produce tradables for both the domestic and export markets, and have the potential to absorb large pools of …
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
Why consider the history of a hundred-year old law? Surely the Marikana massacre and farm-workers' strikes are more urgent? In fact, there are direct links…
The New Generation
A significant challenge to state policy as regards the visual arts was undertaken at The State of Art in South Africa Conference held in 1979 at the University…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 98th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2010
… and economic inequalities in the world. Global financial markets must be regulated and governments must play an active … Area in SADC, we will join with…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education This first volume in the series, Turning Points in…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
Racial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act, passed…
New Generation Sculpture
During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, came to the attention of academic…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal…
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
The Raadsaal building which currently stands in President Brand Street, is the fourth such to have been Built by the old Republic of the Orange Free State…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… were not brought about primarily to please the financial markets and the rating agencies, but rather to ensure that …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… were not brought about primarily to please the financial markets and the rating agencies, but rather to ensure that …
Document 65 - Z. Sanders (Zena Susser), “Aspects of the Rural Problem in South Africa”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 1 December 1952, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 1, 21 February 1953 [....]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 65 - Z. Sanders (Zena Susser), "Aspects of the…
Notes from Books
… blessing to such unions; it also purchased women in the markets of Asia for transport to Batavia, where they were …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… without trade and is therefore in constant need of new markets, which are supplied by the conquered and …
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
Beerhalls have always been at the centre of the waves of political turmoil in Johannesburg's African townships. The Johannesburg City Council JCC) opened a…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… levels of competitiveness and better access to world markets; but also in the ascendancy of the services sector …
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
Griqualand West was proclaimed as a separate Crown Colony . The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters,…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby deposits of limestone. Its name…
71.The Group Areas Act
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai When the Group Areas Act was passed in 1950, all…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
By the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were still virtually restricted to the home, migrant labour had already begun to forge…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
SAHO has commenced their very first Graduate Development Programme, a skills development intervention that was made possible through a partnership with the…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
Port Elizabeth is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an Xhosa name, the language of the local…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
[Extract] What the effect of muzzling a race of people, used to settling differences and difficulties after searching inquiry will be, we do not now care to…