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Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… in the Greater Johannesburg area, but there may have been one in the Klipriviersberg, where many Type N sites occur. If the Klipriviersberg area was the core…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… the observance of chieftaincy faces many problems. One of the key issues relates to chieftaincy operating on … through kinship ties. During the pre-colonial…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… “disablement is nothing to do with the body” (1996) is one that clashes with the historical focus of bodily … South Africa and Apartheid The concept of…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… “disablement is nothing to do with the body” (1996) is one that clashes with the historical focus of bodily … South Africa and Apartheid The concept of…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses … believed to have been aligned to the UDF…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't … Port Elizabeth and East London (as…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… ‘ordinary’ women. As their stories get printed and known, one realizes that they are not ordinary at all’ ( SPEAK 51). … reputation and fearless progressive…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… on Barthes’ identification of mass culture altering one’s perception of reality. Further developing this … for a country not at war”, asserting that “at…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… land. And in the story of these class battles there is no chapter more inspiring than the 1946 Mine Strike which … that the small decision - lost in the…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… falling within the greater Bojanala Platinum district, one of the four districts of the North West province. The … the Premier in the North-West province,…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… The period 1967 to 1976 marked the beginning of a new chapter in resistance politics to the National Party (NP) … in this decade makes it a particularly…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 6. The Moderates' Eclipse | Conclusion > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the … and Indian Representation Bill, which was in…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… by the launch of two important political movements. One was the South African Native National Congress (later … migration to wage-earning jobs in cities and…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… by the launch of two important political movements. One was the South African Native National Congress (later … the nation. Nationalism ultimately is based…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 13) Between the Treason Trial and the Rivonia arrests … matter the cost, before it…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… resistance photographers needed to overcome. This chapter traces the ideological construction of apartheid … and its contribution to the liberation struggle…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… in an urban or a rural area, would be allocated to any one of nine self-governing homelands whose citizenship would … their wishes that the two Ndebele…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to extend by one day polling in areas plagued by voting problems. These … the Public Protector’s Office is…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… massacre. Pass books are burned in countless bonfires. At one of the events Chief Albert Luthuli publicly burns his … thirty years, and he announced that the…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen … than the first; there were social…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the … satisfaction and approval an extract from…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… International Guys would take the first ten minutes take one shot from this angle, and another shot from that angle, … opinion. It is incredible to be aware…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… many pronouncements against racism, which he considered one of the central challenges of the new society the … set to take Porto Amboim and then divide into…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… in 1950 by the South West African Scientific Society, one of three new major publishers established in the post-war … Caroline Allison was published. [62]…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… the Areas initially. Sophiatown was a freehold suburb and one of a number in the Transvaal where Africans had purchased … landlords occupied the higher ranks…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… to future generations. These are tangible reminders of a chapter in world history that shaped the identity and …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… many activists were charged twice for the same offence. In one example, in a Graaff-Reinet court, Winnard Mati was … exercise for the benefit of the…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… future membership should be by invitation only. One might criticise him today but, he was a son of his time. … invited everybody at the “World’s Fair” to…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… the gathering in Bloemfontein was an extraordiÂnary one; it brought together people from every stratum of life … between their forefaÂthers, sat around a…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… for a two-year term, may refer a case to the ICC invoking Chapter VII of the UN Charter. Additionally, the UNSC may … in southern Sudan, the ICC issued two…