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ArticleThe Seriti Commission
Background Terry Crawford-Brown petitioned the Constitutional Court in 2011 to compel former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into…
EventNUSAS disbands
… relationship with the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). The reasoning behind the dissolution of the …
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… been adjudged too young for acceptance as a university student. In 1910 he enrolled at the Grey University College …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… in 1878. [142] He distinguished himself as an intelligent student and by the age of 16, when he started working at the …
ArchiveIn Verwoerd's South Africa: a tale of per
… South African Press towards the the Unity Movement and its affiliates. In the article there are further claims that …
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… the BPC, which was founded by leaders of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). Rachidi joined the BPC in 1972, …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… what becomes known as the Soweto youth uprising . The student uprising spreads to other parts of the country … students, whilst the Congress of South African…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… that was representative of Africa and Africans. Most student leaders raised the concern that the current … as the late 1960s, university students, who were…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) was formed, with 9 affiliates. CUSA originated from the Urban Training Project …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… university students and workers. These included the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC), the South African Student Movement (SASM) and the Black…
BiographyFanele Mbali
Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… Van der Heyden read voraciously and was a good student. But her mother insisted that she aim at marriage, … But the NEUM’s factional fighting carried over…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… of the Congress of South African Students Association (COSAS). Attempts to re-open schools in Western Cape were …
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… (SASO). The UCM was from its inception a Christian student movement far more radical than any other student organisation in the country. With the National…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… at the time, because the university had written to the student newspaper Varsity on 15 June 1966 complaining about … in the demonstration was Kenneth Hughes…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… the time of its formation, Durban was the centre of Black student life in the country. The association’s membership was … 1960. In 1962, a Pan Africanist…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
Impact of the 1913 Land Act Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam…
INK: Making Access Visible, ASAI Print Workshops
ASAI’s print workshops are designated as ‘access’ because they are about supporting practicing artists - especially those working independently without the…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… Alphonce Baraza I'm an international student from Kenya. I'm a computer science major and I like … am Caroline Gathogo, from Nairobi Kenya. Currently I am a…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… Institutional members do not have voting rights. STUDENT MEMBERS: Any student or scholar supporting the aims of the Association may apply for membership…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… campaign. In the early part of 1963 Robert Watson, a student at UCT who had served in Malaysia and Cyprus during …
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… Consciousness" organisation. He writes that: During 1981 COSAS and AZASO changed their position on negotiation with … broad consultation and intensive…
Malcolm Phafane
… is only 30 minutes away from Sharpeville. As a photography student, my immediate subject of choice became my community. … African prestigious Fujifilm silver…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… a health hazard by the City Council. Cosatu and its affiliates were forced to vacate their offices. In 1998 the …
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company specialising in research and publication on the visual arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned…
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… a youth, he joined the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and also became chairman of the Dube branch of the …