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Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming apparent, security police detained Biko, the outspoken student…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
The roots of White women's suffrage in South Africa began with the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen across the denominations and throughout South Africa were becoming active in distinctive, often…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
In January 1912, Pixley Seme, Alfred Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
As the only White amongst those convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg will always have a unique place in that story…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M K. Gandhi introduced a new weapon in the…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885 Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium,…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent struggles waged by…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the pre-colonial era…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
On 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of about 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand medical…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution' …
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman This is a book about repression. More specifically, it…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Religion and Churches
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 24. A. M. LEMBEDE, "African National Congress and Churches," Umteteli wa Bantu, 29 July…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that their most critical attentions will focus on its…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
1. WHEREAS there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small and Independent Associations, Organisations or Vigilant Committees each…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
Abstract: Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a South African jazz pianist and alto saxophonist from Port Elizabeth. Due to rising political oppression imposed by the…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
Dr Gordon was Personnel Officer during 1974 at a mine near Windhoek, and the book presents a sociological study of the black migrant labour force on the mine:…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday 25th July, while the…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education homelands ”” those territories reserved for black people and…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
ENEMIES DEPEND UPON EACH OTHER to sustain their wars and, if neither is a clear-cut winner in that process, no less so if they make peace. This was so on…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen across the…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
Emily Hobhouse, Beloved Traitor, by Elsabe Brits, published by Tafelberg, 2016, 336 pages, illustrated. A few weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily…
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone-if possible-Jew,…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Introduction Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as…