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What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a politician. How could this…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
The original building is the first recorded public Hindu temple to have been erected on the African continent. Built in 1875, . It was declared a National…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
"I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
… in a previous blog, it is lik ely to usher in a period of coalition politics in SA . Hopefully this will help to …
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in post-war elections
South African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa's first elected woman president in…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… unified all Bay Area anti-apartheid groups under one coalition against racism both in the United States and in …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… made at the conference click here . June 17, The Pact coalition between the National Party and South African Labour …
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP),…
PlacekwaMakhutha Township
KwaMakhutha is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, inland from Amanzimtoti, located south of Durban. Known for its strong cultural traditions but also facing…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… politics. The Apartheid City The National Party, in coalition with the Afrikaner Party, won the 1948 election, …
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… for several weeks. The NP pursued the notion of a coalition government, proposing a guaranteed minority … confirmed that the ANC was not averse to a…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The paper discusses how by 1995 the cultural movement that had its…
PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
When six Dominican sisters left Ireland forever in the 1860's to establish a girls’ school in Cape Town, 'they were decidedly blessed. Guided by faith and…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… of 1924, which brought a Labour Party-National Party coalition government into power. This marked the definitive … exclusively white preserve. The government…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
IntroductionStephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… of 'strategic alliance' as distinct from a 'tactical coalition'. 13. Many of the Commissions reflected in detail …
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… our country today is the drive to build the broadest ever coalition of anti-apartheid forces, embracing both black and …
EventTryphina Mboxela Jokweni is honoured by the ANC
Tryphina Mboxela Jokweni was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was part of the 1956 Union Buildings March which saw 20 000 women march to…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
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…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole MorganAbstractElizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from…
Insurrections: The Storming
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw and Ari Sitas Performance Visual: Piya…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed Church) establishes a congregation in Rustenburg. 16 November, A Hervormde congregation is…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
South African History Online Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas 23 August 2008 Fatima Meer's career at Natal University spanned…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… the House of Assembly. Its reasons were the imperatives of coalition which, its leader Creswell argued somewhat …