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ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… was meant to dislodge the two groups from an alliance with African nationalists and other anti-Apartheid forces that …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… the Coloured Labour Party , Black Sash , and the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). NIC and SASO …
ArticleHistory of Photography in South Africa
… dispensation. It is against this backdrop that South African History Online (SAHO) is showcasing the different … who have contributed and continue to add to…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… of UDI, I spent two terms teaching as a volunteer at an African Secondary School run by the London Missionary Society … I began to understand and sympathise…
PlaceSoebatsfontein, Northern Cape
The name of this small Village ('fountain of pleading') comes from a Spring in the middle of the Village. Legend has it that a man named Hendrik Stievert…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… with lessons he believed could be learnt from the South African struggle, we might shed some light on the way ahead. … of resistance and seek to draw lessons…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… challenged the beliefs, policies, or actions of the South African government. Such a general definition functions … support apartheid. Television networks…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… which succeeded Mapungubwe as the centre of southern African trade. Mapungubwe is a complex society of a much … traded with Arabia, China and India through…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… one of our ANC comrades and came from a well-established family. I have the greatest respect for them for their … in December 1964 to nine years for his…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… – and still is - a common form of authority within Black African communities. For example, during the pre-colonial … the leader was accountable to their…
PlaceEmgwenya, formally Waterval Boven
Emgwenya means: 'Place of the Crocodile'. (Ngwenya, is an Nguni surname, meaning the same thing!) Emgwenya was formally Waterval Boven and can be found at the…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… CPSA was the only white party which represented the South African blacks’ interests.456 “I am glad to say”, Gumede … of Communism; secondly the influence of…
PlaceMiddledrift, Eastern Cape
Distance between East London and Middledrift. It takes 1 hours, 52 minutes to travel from East London to Middledrift. It takes 1 hours, 52 minutes to travel…
PlaceSwellendam
Swellendam is situated in the Breede River Valley 190 km, East of Cape Town. The Town lies at the base of the Langeberg Mountains. Founded in 1743 by the Dutch…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
Khami Ruins National Monument and World Heritage Site, is located to the west of the Khami River, 22 km from the City of Bulawayo. The property, located on a…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… fountain-head has bequeathed stagnation and poverty to the African inhabitants of the so-called Protectorates, no less … naval officer who had turned…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… in only as mute testifiers. It’s embarrassed to be a South African left, which means dealing with the true circumstances … and students for decades, never…
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
… in the Vhembe District. The other stakeholders are South African National Parks (SANParks), Limpopo Economic …
PlaceDeelpan
A Village in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West, of South Africa. It has two schools, namely: Badibana High School and Ramadiane Primary…
PlaceJoe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape
Joe Gqabi District Municipality was previously known as: 'uKhahlamba District Municipality'. It is a Category C Municipality located in the Eastern Cape. It…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… The first restriction that the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) aimed to contest was …
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
… two sides. On the one hand, there were the people of the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress, …
Fictional Cape Town
… these companies turn locations in Cape Town -- an iconic African city -- into European, British or American scenes. So …
ArticlePondoland
… speaking peoples. Pondoland area is situated on the South African coast of the Indian Ocean , in the Eastern Cape … W. (1982). The Political Economy of…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… free education. The protest was instigated by South African Student Congress SASCO members. October 2010, … of Technology (CPUT) students affiliated to the…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… a world power in the 14th and 15th centuries; Songhai, an African empire during the 15th and 16th Centuries, and the … Ming dynasty China looks inwards after…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
… unions represented in TUCSA were members of the South African Trades and Labour Council (SATLC), popularly known as … of the Trade Union Council that later…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted immediately to the … not carrying passes and other related…
ArticleAfrapix
… Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary Photography Collective … compelling photographic record of the last…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… of the fact whether he was an Indian, coloured or African. The only thing that mattered was that the people … Chetty, Kid Sathamoney, and Young Hussain are…