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ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, ANC owns up to its part in causing struggle deaths, Pretoria News, 13 May 1997
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Car bomb in South Africa kills 16, Macau Daily Times, undated
Reminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
When I got arrested it was through Winnie. I got arrested in Winnie’s car, and when I got to the island I talked to him about Winnie, very strongly, to say…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… ± 1000 BCE (Pre-colonial) Late Stone Age people (San/Tsam//Xam) teach their children how to hunt and gather …
BiographyJon Lynton David Hrusa
Jon Lynton David Hrusa was born in Cape Town on October 24 1965. He matriculated from St Stithians College in the mid-1980’s and went on to study at Wits…
BiographyCassim Mahomed Lakhi
Cassim Mahomed Lakhi was the youngest son of Mahomed Lakhi and his wife, Hawa Bibi, who were both born in India. They arrived in South Africa in 1894 and…
BiographyKewpie
Kewpie was a hairdresser and iconic queer figure from District Six. A gender fluid individual who identified by female pronouns, Kewpie was a seminal nightlife…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John Dube (or…
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
Leo Linda Sihlali was born on 9 September 1915 in Butterworth. He went to primary school in Tarkastad where his mother worked as a teacher. On completion he…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After he became embroiled in general student dissatisfaction with boarding…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. Following an upsurge of violent and non-violent…
Consultative Conference on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated political settlement
Consultative Conference on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated political settlement
Ciskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Sheena Davis, Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the Transkei Independence
Transcript of an interview with Sheena Davis, Advice Office Director and Joyce Harris, President of Black Sash regarding the independence of the Transkei and…