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The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised apartheid ideology. To see what had not…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… ↵ Conclusion The next time I met Ismail was in February, 1989. This was on the occasion when I was in South Africa for …
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… selection of Ahmed Kathrada's prison correspondence, 1964-1989. MSU Press, 1999. 13 NASA, NTS, 4394, 316/313, Census … Boekhuis, 2008). • Pieter De Jager,…
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… By the time that Contralesa was launched nationally in 1989, the Traditonal Leaders part of the organisation had …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. Cottam Grove is next to Essenwood and is located in …
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
Oral interview with Amabutho which refers collectively to quasi-military formations of township youth who were also often known as "comrades" or "young lions."…
ArticleTransport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was founded in 1973. It organised in the passenger transport, goods transport, stevedores, motor ferry,…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he completed…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
AbstractThrough the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, prosperity and sharing in the sustained economic boom of that…
Articlehoz tab example
… are Tenderness of Blood (1987), A Rainbow on a Paper Sky (1989), The Naked Song and Other Stories (1997), The Memory of …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt photographie les zones grises sud-africaines by Le Monde, 15 June 2017
… une école sans discrimination raciale qu’il a fondée en 1989, et d’où est sortie la fine fleur des photographes …
EventEfforts by a pro-sanctions lobbyist group against SA debt rescheduling prove unsuccessful
… enough money to pay off its debts. Reference: Fraser, R. (1989). Keesing's Record of World Events, Longman: London, p. …
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… civil war, launched from neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire in 1989. He secured more than 70% of votes. In addition, his …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… Island, where he spent 25 years before being released in 1989. …
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' put South Africans of different racial groups on their…
ArticleSweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU)
The Sweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) was established in 1974 with the help of the Urban Training Project (UTP). Amongst its founder members…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukathole near…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
Trevor Andrew Manuel was born in Kensington, Cape Town on 31 January 1956.Manuel first became involved in politics when he joined the Labour Party Youth in…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Pretoria bombing a 'crucial warning', Rand Daily Mail, 23 May 1983
ArchiveSouth African guerrillas strike at nation's oil lifeline, by Quentin Peel, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 1980
ArchiveCar Bomb Kills Two Black Men, Injures 42 Others, AP News, 24 October 1988
ArchiveAccomplice in 1988 Witbank Bombing before Amnesty Committee, South African Press Association, 31 January 2000
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70"Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
BiographyArchie Mafeje
Archibald (also known as ‘Archie’) Mafeje was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in education; his father was a…
BiographyMimi Coertse
Mimi Coertse was South Africa's first operatic prima donna."Prima donna", in its true sense, properly indicates the chief female vocalist in an opera company…
BiographyFred Carneson
Fred Carneson was born on 13th January 1920 in Goodwood, Cape Town to Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the sixth of nine…
BiographyBob Hepple
Professor Sir Bob Hepple was born on 11 August 1934 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist and Labour Party…