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History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Khan visited the Cape of Good Hope. He came from a feudal background in India and had contacts with the court of Awdah …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… adult. One of his first teachers was Maria's mother. Her background was very different. Her family were well-educated. …
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… buildings at the University of the Western Cape. Against a background of rioting, the Coloured Representative Council … dismissal of striking workers. This…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… THE EARLY JEWS IN THE CAPE COLONY: A BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Jews began to appear as colonists in the Cape … 40 years old. This division of labour…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the establishment and growth of trade unionism which continued even after formation…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
It is indeed a very special honour to receive not one Honorary Doctorate but two, and not from one prestigious institution of learning but two! I will…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Preamble Although I had known Vishnu for nearly…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… Charter. This fourth policy conference has, against the background of the Freedom Charter, engaged on various …
ArchiveGoldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness by Ivan Vladislavic, 27 September 2013
… the logic of the structure: it relates to that tree in the background, and the north-south configuration. Would you …
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… have almost no rights at all. He added: "It is with this background and with a full sense of responsibility that, …
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… regime, particularly with warships of various types. The background to these statements which puts them in their true …
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… more fundamental anti-imperialist demands. Against this background, I wish to examine the condition of the Black …
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… came to my office to interview me. I was struck by her background knowledge and she told me she was the widow of …
Chapter eight - Conclusion
… South Africa. These questions were conceived against the background of the anti-colonial and independence movements in …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria, South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
The Zimbabwean political activist and writer Diana Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her…
PlaceMamelodi
"Mamelodi" was the name given to President Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning Mother of Melodies…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… as a doctor. To begin with, we would like just a brief background of you, yourself. VC: Well, I … you give us a brief outline of Dr…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… job, and his mystical “tribal” forebears over his background as a journalist or his renown as a choral composer … bear “jazzy lettering” in vibrant yellow…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… by the Tanzanian government, due to his communist background. Why he was declared a prohibited immigrant is not …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
… existence with a large, dark shadow looming always in the background - a shadow-which-we-fear? I would not willingly …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… body of knowledge exists. What is the archaeological background in time and space? Muslim traders dominated Indian …
VIII - The Pathologists
… I don't think any of us was able to give a reasonable background to the injuries. It was most peculiar. When he …
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… the Company often sent governors with a military background to the Cape. The Castle was built in blue-stone …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… and Julius Malema in 2011 were analysed against the background of the scholarly literature on song and the armed … and elsewhere in the world. Whilst…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… Trotskyist groupings. They tried to conceal their Marxist background, used a nationalist rhetoric and in the process … set of demands, its own constituency…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
Twenty-five years ago, on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… it is doomed. Even in our country with the historical background and traditions of armed resistance still within … committed revolutionaries irrespective of…