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The South African War
The South African War To this day the reasons for this conflict remain the source of much emotive debate (read more). Regardless of who provoked the war,…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
she's going to travel very far I was born in 1925 and grew up near Hermitage Street, on the hill in Paarl. We were four brothers and four sisters. My father,…
Liberation and Ethics. Is there a connection? by Raymond Suttner, 05 April 2016
It is no exaggeration to suggest that the legitimacy not only of President Jacob Zuma and the ANC, but also the notion of the liberation struggle itself is in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
Mr. Chairperson; Honourable Deputy Chairpersons; Premier and MECs; Honourable delegates and representatives of local government; Ladies and gentlemen, …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
Legal instruments through legislation, resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played a key role in legitimizing systematic land dispossession and…
Interview with Swami Gounden by Vino Reddy, 29 May 2002
VR: Good morning. I am Vino Reddy from the Documentation Centre of the University of Durban-Westville. This morning we are talking to …
The Atlantic slave trade
Causes and results of slavery A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. In America, for instance, which was…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
Since the rising of the sun of democracy upon the magnificent Drakensberg, none of the other sons of the soil on whom we have bestowed the title of president…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with…
PlaceGazankulu
Gazankulu was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west of the Kruger National Park, and its…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by deliberately…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
RP: Good morning. This morning we are interviewing Dr Vanitha Chetty, and we bid you welcome. VC: Thank you. RP: She is the daughter…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both internal and external challenges. Significantly, the National Party, which was…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
Located 60 km North-West of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape. It…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
This article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the year of 1955 in…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
Two different current Narratives refugeesTo many Afrikaans speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what in South Africa is called ‘The 2nd…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
Pixley ka Isaka Seme Life Timeline 1881 1 October, Pixley ka Isaka Seme is born in Natal. 1906 Seme presents his speech at Columbia University on …
ArticleWages Commission
Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David Hemson, Halton…
ArticleList of employers to whom Indentured Indians were assigned
PLACE EMPLOYER Calcutta Acutt, C & Co Madras Acutt, C & Co …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe and how they live…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
At a time when the country was in mourning for those killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992, the Bisho Massacre added to the bleak political…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
Sam Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, was based on Sam, who died in Johannesburg this week. Sam was…
48. Breach of the compromise
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A mass meeting was held in Johannesburg on 24…
ArchiveConclusion by Howard Barrell
Operation Vula, with whose destruction I began this dissertation and with whose genesis I have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our…
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
Operation Vula, with whose destruction I began this dissertation and with whose genesis I have just ended the tenth and final chapter, is the climax of our…
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
C.W. Malan put forth a motion in parliament on this day: “That this House strongly disapproves of sending coloured men and natives from South Africa to Europe…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
40 year-old Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived for 12 years afterwards. She was South Africa's…
6. Tonight, have your door open
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This deposition, taken from Goolam Khader, a…