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BiographyBerni Searle
… When Berni Searle was asked by the Brooklyn Museum of Art what her ‘Feminist Artist Statement’ was, she replied, … statement’ as such. Being a woman is only…
BiographyPaul Grendon
… art as a medium to shed light on the political struggles of the time. His work will go on to leave a deep and … Africans as a whole. Paul was born in the…
BiographyRodger Bosch
… field for 30 years, capturing arresting images of news and cultural events. Over the years, he has photographed the joy and pain of South Africa emerging…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… Nelspruit lies in the Lowveld, in the valley of the Crocodile River just below the great eastern escarpment of the Transvaal. Long before it acquired a…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… as in Worcester, a picturesque Western Cape town northeast of the famous South African harbour city. Supporters of the … Coetzee's childhood fascination with…
BiographyJane Alexander
… Her figures are characterised by their mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence. … exemplified in her early work Butcher Boys,…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… and prosperous farmers. Selby’s father was a graduate of the prestigious Fort Hare University and graduated in 1935 … Cape when his father was appointed…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… Introduction The institution of traditional leadership represents an early form of societal organisation. It embodies the protection of … authority and…
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Williams completed his Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a pass time activity ……
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… Soweto student uprisings have also inspired the production of plays including Sarafina which went on to play on … Whoopi Goldberg as the leading actors. The…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. … to African prehistory in general, the Mapungubwe landscape became a World…
List of people who died in exile
… Junior Pinki Phosa, Moses Phunga, Kid Phungulwa, Zenzile Pieterson, Joseph Pindiwe, Steven Pindiwe, Vicker Pitso, … List of people who died in exile …
BiographyAlbert Newall
… where he began part-time studies at the Manchester School of Art and worked as a freelance photographer for Temple … Beaux Arts Gallery Johannesburg ,…
The Battle of Square Hill
… as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the … the day to avoid detection. Difford…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the … Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the tradition of militant…
ArchiveJune 16: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened
… Black and white poster. Artwork of Hector Pieterson photograph. 1985 - 30 years of the Charter. … June 16: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … and elsewhere on the continent. Under the leadership of Dr DF Malan , the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… Heritage is what we have inherited from the past. Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in diverse heritage … valleys, long beaches and, further…
Ebrahim Badsha
… 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black artists in Natal. He grew up in a large … home. His father, Ismail Essop…
BiographyRobert Broom
… as a doctor and received his degree from the University of Glasgow in 1895. In 1893 he married Mary Baird Baillie. Broom specialized in the field of…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township , Red Location (near the railway … herself in the liberation struggle…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process for constitutional … by Erica Theron was appointed to improve the…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… Towards Union It is often assumed that the discovery of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African War. This is not completely true, as … the…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Introduction MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily Mail photographer, two of which were published in the and Daily Mail of…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
… Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government…
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
… March 1950 and grew up in the tough diamond mining town of Jagersfontein in the Free State in South Africa,though he … As a boy, he enjoyed exploring the…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a political lobby group which represents … and strong South Africa. CONTRALESA emerged because of…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in … 10 April with 382 passengers on board…
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …