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ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… [63] Herewith a brief overview of the socio-political background of the White appropriation of Afrikaans, starting … the peasants, the urban proletariat…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… arrest was bound to happen one way or another. From her background and activities before her imprisonment, and even …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
An image showing the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials Image Source Essay Question To what extent did Australian…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… white minority had a monopoly of arms. It was with this background in mind that the ruling group in South Africa …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… Comrades, As we face elections, we do so under the background that we have achieved a lot since 1994, but more …
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… Tribe, published in 2000. Destination Biafra is set in the background of Civil War in Nigeria (sometimes called the …
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… I travel around this country and see how people from every background are working together, I realise how little I knew …
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… it is doomed. Even in our country with the historical background and traditions of armed resistance still within …
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… . When Alberti originally laid out the town, his military background was clearly evident in its plan, which closely …
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
… or not must surely depend upon our analysis and the background, the circumstances in which this constitution is …
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… federation in South African labour history was created. BACKGROUND TO THE CATERING SECTOR (Hotels, restaurants, … one that has to be understood in terms of…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… possibly evidence of his leanings. His man of the world background as a director of industrial and insurance …
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… libraries. Because of his banning, Turner remained in the background and Webster, Erwin and others were involved in a …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… that were completely different from their own. The Mfecane Background The Nguni word mfecane means “crushing”. This …
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… SAHO's Black Consciousness Movement feature. This background section is a short summary of events in South …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… from India and began teaching at Dadoo’s school. Joshi’s background as a militant Indian nationalist had a major …
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… community as the biggest potential losers. Against this background, the business community must count itself …
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
Gangsterism is often characterized as anti-social behaviour frowned upon by polite sections of society. There is no doubt that the behaviour of gangsters like…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… federal regions or states, plus ten from each of three “background groups” in the population, English, Afrikaners, … ministers in the executive, half from…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… when it was not common that a leader from a traditional background could transcend the learned habits of patriarchy. …
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… white minority had a monopoly of arms. It was with this background in mind that the ruling group in South Africa …
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… and in broader society. This will be done against the background of Cosatu`s sterling work in the past few years, …
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… unions and non-racial solidarity in Natal against this background. It tracks how Natal became the cradle of a new …
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… of the same origin, with the same language and the same background, to exist peacefully because of a mere difference …
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist industrial unions, white dominated racially…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
My discipline is historical sociology. Sociology looks behind and beyond everyday appearances. It tries to discover the deeper processes at work in society…