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‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that their most critical attentions will focus on its…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2016 submissions
Aisha Ahmed Aisha Ahmed was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Currently a freshman at Southern Methodist University, She is majoring in history and…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
Born: 1939, Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) In Summary: Poet, African National Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America,…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages in Europe, a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society: The stage of society that preceded capitalism, during which a small elite (the…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner Anyway all this time I was still working with the Food and Canning Workers'…
Restrictions on the media
A reflection on journalism There is nothing, amid South Africa's vast censorship apparatus, preventing the country's media from publishing the information…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
1905 9 August, Moses Kotane is born in Tamposstad, to Samuel Segogwane, a lay preacher and traditional healer, and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, a seasonal…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato Manor 1730 They are replaced by the Ntuli clan - it is unclear what…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
The ‘Cape Malay’ community is rich in culture and religious traditions that have played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. …
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
28 March 1652, the Dutch Merchantman, the 'Amersfoort', anchored at the Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival in Table Bay, with Slaves in…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The population…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence because the conflict arose between the British colonizers…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed Church) establishes a congregation in Rustenburg. 16 November, A Hervormde congregation is…
List of Speakers: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa conference
Name OrganisationAyanda Dlodlo Barry GilderMISTRADumiso Dabengwa ZAPUGraca Machel TBC Janet CherryUniversity of the Western…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
This week, former president Thabo Mbeki admitted to having co-authored the HIV-Aids denialist Castro Hlongwane booklet in his “Monday missives” – letters to…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport…
Mission Stations - A-F
Mission Stations - A ABBOTTSDALE, Cape: SPG pre-1858 ABERDEEN, Cape: DRCSA; SAfMS ADAMS, Natal: ABCFM 1835 ADAMSHOOP, OFS: Bn 1867 ADELAIDE, Cape: UFS…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people involved in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of these,…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
These tasks have been broken down into smaller pieces to help you practice dealing with complex sources. The questions do not reflect the structure of the…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
1862 The first documented football matches in South Africa are played in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (between White civil servants and soldiers). 1879 …
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against racism, today known by the name 'apartheid". Some of these…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
Filling the void left by SASO? The Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO): A summary Following the banning of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) a…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
'States of Emergence' is Johannesburg gallerist Warren Siebrits' coming of age. A former curator at the influential Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
Paintings and engravings on rocks in the open air and on cave walls are called rock art. There is rock art on about every continent, but South Africa has some…
Address at a Banquet at the Guildhall London, 13 June 2001
Your Royal Highness The Lord Mayor and Mayoress My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen Esteemed guests: We feel privileged that we have the possibility to attend…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and were growing in…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
Programme Directors, Premier of Mpumalanga, Thabang Makwetla, Honourable Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Honourable Minister of Home Affairs,…