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PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive University…
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
Major Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
… He wants us to lend legitimacy to a crime against humanity, in return for meaningless and inconsequential …
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… you had this knack to be able to capture the humanity of those people suffering in conflict and famine. It …
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… He wants us to lend legitimacy to a crime against humanity, in return for meaningless and inconsequential …
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… he recognised how everyone in a warped system loses their “humanity”. It is also not only that he visualised local …
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… their racist ideology. Instead we believed in our common humanity and destiny as South African students. We can say …
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… that we have not yet ended the apartheid crime against humanity. Consequently, the conditions do not yet exist for …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
An Unmistakable Figure In late December 1931, Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born and she would become one of the premier freedom fighters in the…
PlaceKnysna Forest
The Knysna Forest has a rich history spanning thousands of Years, from indigenous use to colonial exploitation and modern conservation.Indigenous people who…
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British Trade Union…
PlaceChad
… president (in 2005 Habré was charged with crimes against humanity for the torture and killings of thousands of people) … . In May 2016 Habré was convicted…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… one can read the journals of previous astronomers: writings from the time tell of wild animals, leopard, hippo …
The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma
The article analyzes Black Consciousness poetry of the 1970s and 1980s South Africa alongside the protest poetry of white South African poet Wopko Jensma. It…
PlaceElandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Discover Elandsfontein and their rich fossil heritage on a guided Quad Bike Fossil Safari or 4WD Nature Drive. The dunes on Elandsfontein are the final…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. She finished primary school early and…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… pot The crowded working-class areas became ‘melting ‘of humanity — they were places where people from all over the … in the consciousness of nearly every…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… for the next generation. Additional appendices document writings and art works of Yehuda Schrire. An essential …
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… even in the darkest times. This is seen in some of his writings in prison, where it is clear that, as most political …
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… and gender issues in her everyday life and exploring the writings and the ideology of the BCM, Madlala-Routledge …
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… eds. (1992), A Trumpet from the Housetops: The selected writings of Lionel Forman, London: Zed, Athens, OH: Ohio …
PlaceLuthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza
The mission of this Museum is to conserve, uphold, promote and propagate the life, values, philosophies and legacy of the late Chief Albert Luthuli in the…
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
… characterise the lives of the overwhelming majority of humanity. I would like to believe that these objectives are … as one of the places on our globe that…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… nation. His involvement in the student press union, his writings in the Solidarity News Service, and his …
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… It also had writing workshops for women, after which some writings were published. The WEAVE project is still very …
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
The first thing that strikes you about the leafy garden suburb of Yellowwood Park, just 14 kilometers from Durban, is that the majority of the roads are named…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State … A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State…
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… disunity which has earned it the distaste of the rest of humanity. We are not an accursed people, singularly incapable … in our country and the region is…