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BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… secretary for foreign affairs. He was considered a playboy by some who knew him, but his life style concealed a strong …
BiographyIlse Naude
… Naude passed away on 31 December 2011. She is survived by four children, four grand children and three great …
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… Conference South African trade unions have a long and rich history of inventing creative approaches to workers’ … analyses what can be gained in terms of…
PlaceEntabeni Safari Conservancy, Waterberg
… gravel road leads up to this Big 5 Reserves, complemented by five different lodges. Each lodge comprises a unique blend … watching. Their advantage…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… school for so-called Coloureds was actively propagated by Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, president of the African Political … the history, work is underway on a…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… House of Bondage, the first published book of photographs by a black South African]. Apartheid is violence. Violence is … – even if I wasn’t dealing with the…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… it as an account of The Mind of An African Negro Revealed by Psychoanalysis. The book was first published in 1937 and … contributed enormously to the…
BiographyGünther Komnick
… of years as a farm hand before being given his big break by one Joseph Bromberger, who set him on his way to become a … worker his job including filling in…
Siphiwe Nyanda
… because of the numerous assassination attempts launched by the security police and the Swazi authorities. After the … end of 1986 when he was recalled to…
BiographyFred Carneson
… the full time secretary of the Western Cape CPSA in 1945. By 1946, Carneson was a member of the Central Committee of … home just missing the Carneson’s young…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… values. For example, a chief is not elected into office by popular vote, but through lineage, and is thus in office … this as something more than a set of…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… try to raise funds for the widows and orphans impoverished by the war. On board ship, the Reverend J D Kestell assisted … I and the proposed invasion of…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… sophisticated empires in medieval world history. Founded by the Mandinka warrior-king Sundiata Keita following his … empire in the world at its peak,…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… make bold to say that 21st Century would be distinguished by the elimination of the colour line as a defining feature … sink deeper into poverty and…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Mbeki supports the Mineworkers’ Strike in Johannesburg by collecting cash for victims injured after a heavy crackdown by the police. 1948 Govan Mbeki and Ma…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 2) - Convenor: Janet Cherry
… Revolution (NDR) and the struggle for socialism? by Jenny Schreiner , SACP The late 1980s/early 1990s changes … Pillay The South African Communist Party (…
PlaceMozambique
… of the Portuguese, which resulted in their settlement by 1505. After over four centuries of Portuguese control and … colonies! Mozambique is a scenic country…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… racially mixed and lived in the same neighbourhoods. The rich, who were white, lived separately in better housing than … of conditions in the slums. This…
BiographyFrances Herman Gow
… Institute in Evaton near Vereeniging,an AMEschool founded by Charlotte anmd Marshall Maxeke,also becoming pastor of …
BiographyGladstone Xala Tshume
… he was a popular figure whose public speeches were marked by a stutter that caused him to jump with frustration while …
BiographyS. S. Tema
… joined the faction known as the National-minded Bloc, led by Selope Thema . As a delegate to a missionary conference …
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
… attending various media workshops including some run by Afrapix, a progressive photo agency, at Khotso House. …
BiographySam Kahn
… Council from 1943 to 1952, he was elected to Parliament by the Africans of the Cape western district in 1949 but was …
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
… like clay. This dominant personality was widely recognised by her peers. A distinguished Irish actor of her time, … she pursued it. She was as restless as a…
PlaceThaba Chewa Municipality
… , Sabie , Graskop and Pilgrim's Rest ; are artefacts of a rich History and contribute to the cultural diversity and … were given a new lease on life when…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… economic power at a time when the economy was dominated by English capital. It was the result of a concerted push by Afrikaner leaders to transform…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… Charter. In September of that year a banning order issued by Justice Minister Swart forced her to resign as general … of Cape Town, he introduced generations…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… with the Mayor of the great city of Paris, a city whose rich history, cultural splendour and architectural beauty has … such as education, health and social…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
… social work after a year. She was offered a scholarship by the Institute of Race Relations to do a postgraduate … to the Order of Simon of Cyrene, the…
BiographyEzrom Legae
… his art, Legae acknowledges that he was greatly influenced by both Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo. Both these teachers … together through the heaviest time…