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Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
In our regular series, “Under the influence”, we ask experts to share what they believe are the most influential works of art in their field. Here, artist…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Albert Lodge, Mount Street, Cape Town, 31 May 1910 The inauguration of the Union of South Africa…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 134-136 Long Street, Cape Town
This double-storey Structure was probably Built in 1903 and forms an integral part of the Architectural character of Long Street. It was declared a National…
OAU-AU 50th Anniversary Lecture by ANC President Jacob Zuma East London, 26 October 2013
Director of the Programme, Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Fort Hare University, Dr Mvuyo Tom, ANC Officials and Members of the National Executive…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
At Thursday evening's session of the Industrial Commercial Workers (Amalgamated) Union of South Africa, Mr. Selby Msimang (president) delivered his annual…
49. The certificates are burned
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 16 August 1908, a crowd of Indians, as well…
EventThe Angolan MPLA government is recognised
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government in Angola was recognised by most countries of the world. Foreign intervention was…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
It is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National Congress has learnt of the death this evening (31 January 2007) of Adelaide Tambo…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
The Lookout stands on a high promontory overlooking a Valley noted for its Indigenous Vegetation. Although it is a spot of great natural beauty, it is also of…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James Backhouse visited it in March 1839 and made…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic We have seen how altered conditions gave rise to a…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
Gender roles in Ndebele home-making From the 1940s onwards the settlement at Hartbeesfontein began to be visited increasingly by researchers, including Barrie…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself preferred another spelling and signed his name without an 'h', his surname is…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
POM We're talking with Mr. Gumede on the 21st of August. I recall when we talked the last time you had said that you were going to try to get Mr. Mandela…
EventKaunda is charged with concealing information.
Kenneth Kaunda, the former and first president of Zambia, previously Northern Rhodesia, was charged with concealing information about a failed coup in 1997…
EventWalter Benson Rubusana, founding member of the ANC, is born
Walter Benson Rubusana is born in Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. He was a founder-member of the African National Congress (ANC)…
ArchiveInterview with Frank Chikane
Oral interview with Rev Frank Chikane, This interview was conducted just after Rev. Chikane's appointment as General Secretary of the South African Council of…
PlacePalace Barracks, Simonstown
This is an imposing double-storey structure, erected in about 1785. From 1886 it was used as a military barracks and later as a naval officers' mess. It was…
ArchiveBrazil: a Workers` Party
One of the main reasons for the fact that only four percent of Brazil's population voted for the Workers' Party was that the party was a new organisation and…
EventChad gains its independence
The French received considerable resistance in the 1920s to their plan to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr, the…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
The ANC Womens League is deeply saddened to hear that Comrade Nokuhamba Nyawo passed away on Monday (5th March 2012). Nyawo was a true cde and a truly…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
Cato Manor, a shanty town, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Durban; it was named after Durban’s first mayor, George Christopher Cato. The area has…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
The Naledi High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all Soweto high schools,…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
On 17 February 2006 the Donen Commission of Inquiry was established by President Thabo Mbeki to probe alleged illicit activities of certain South African…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
Jacob (Job) Masego, World War 2 (WW2) veteran, who sunk a German supply boat, died in Springs, Transvaal (now in Ekurhuleni Municipality), after being struck…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
On 4 April 1939 Hugh Ramopolo Masekela, South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age was…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Born in 1891 (some sources say 1894), Tafari Makonnen, or Haile Selassie, as he was later known, was born the son of Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael, the Governor…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
S.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
More than 70 000 angry mourners gathered at King William's Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
On 5 November 1987, Govan Mbeki, member of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command, was released…