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EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… 1990. These talks took place at the most delicate stage of negotiations. Violence in the townships was still … exiles, and the gradual lifting of the…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma Nkondo left Lorenco Marques … were extremely devout Christians…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… in a society whirling, stamping, swaying with the force of revolutionary change. The vision is heady; the image of … upon the existential coherence we call…
BiographyJames Kantor
… and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was one of Johannesburg’s best-known and successful lawyers who got … at best, he invariably won for his…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… like Donald Trump are committed to exclusive notions of citizenship and command the support of vast populations. … wars, united the Germans into a ‘new’…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… This Twenty-third Conference of the South African Indian Congress meets at a time when the … racial discrimination within the boundary of any single State…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… Ntsiki Biko and members of the Biko family; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, We are gathered here to pay homage to one of the greatest sons of our…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
… we Sizwe - was born to resume the armed resistance of our fathers, this time against the modern oppressor and … against armed enemy forces. Thus, the…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… and biological research during WWII. Here’s a small sample of what they were capable of, from Wikipedia: “Physiologist Yoshimura Hisato conducted … was…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… Your Excellencies; President Sam Nujoma of Namibia President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe President Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania Visiting Cabinet Ministers…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the Congress of the South African Agricultural Union (SAAU) Cape Town, 18 October 1994
… Distinguished Guests, The honour you have bestowed on me of opening your Congress is all the greater because this is no ordinary Congress of the South…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… economic co-operation between South Africa and Israel, is of major importance to both countries. Mr. Chairman. I should … has to try to accomplish this task…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
… Parts of it have been referred to as the "Imperial Ghetto" (Badsha: … fah-fee and the feared Duchene gang. Central to the life of this "town" was Currie’s…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… the ship had been marooned on the São Nicolau island of Cabo Verde (now Cape Verde, but then a Portuguese territory 350 miles off the west coast of Africa)…
Visit of His Excellency Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to South West Africa/Namibia: 25-26 August 1983
… Report on the visit of the Secreatry-General of the United Nations to South Africa to discuss the independence of Namibia/South West Africa. Includes minutes…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the hands of the military and at this…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg , during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was … Oil. Makeba’s mother was also a sangoma,…
EventThe South African government finally approves the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu
… South African government finally approved the introduction of 99-year leasehold rights for blacks in the townships of Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. The…
NUSAS in the 70s. Official opening address at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, July 1970
… address by Mrs Fatima Meer at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Camp Jonathan, Eston, Natal, July … the Union should…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… Guests; Comrades and friends: In 1940, the Office of Public Opinion Research in the USA conducted a nation wide … those words that seemed to describe best…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… 2003] This week we will say our last farewells to a giant of our struggle, Xhamela, Walter Sisulu. He will leave to his … Soweto, where he lived for many…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner South Africa, everyone … a profoundly unequal society. It is marked by inequality of power, of wealth…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner South Africa is an unequal society. The inequalities are the result of the skilful use of power in…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… Nelson Mandela in June 1994 to be the first President of South Africa's new Constitutional Court and was the Chief Justice of South Africa from November 2001…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing must be to examine briefly the "imperatives of human nature" and the …
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … ‘communities that have no voice in the choice of…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… In the final stages of the South African War (Anglo Boer), the British had … This was largely due to the superior military power of the British, the …
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… Members of the South African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in Pretoria on 16 November 1925. They opposed … to agree to a round-table…
Marxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies
… Thesis submitted in partal fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in the department of history, at the University of … Marxism and…
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
… their heritage, to restore themselves and the vital legacy of a community, through a festival that celebrates the ways and values of a time and place that…