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BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa. Fourie was … As a youngster Fourie learnt in numerous…
BiographyWim Botha
… (Museum für Moderne Kunst), Frankfurt, Germany, travelling to other venues (2014-5);Lichtspiele at Museum Biedermann, … works are often dark and in states of…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… government. Sikhakhane-Rankin made great contributions to the movement against the unfair treatment of black … Prison. She was transferred to Nylstroom…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… time they were after all of our organizations, wanting to stop what we were doing and us. In 1958 they banned the … two months, or two weeks, but I stayed…
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… our many packages accumulated over five months. Mine had to include groceries, a scrabble board, jigsaw puzzles, books … "singing lorry". We had sung freedom…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us out of Johannesburg this time, to avoid huge crowds of Africans…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… reputation and a body of approaches that today enables it to stand alongside older documentary media and art forms. … and theory broadly presents two…
BiographyChief Dalindyebo
… into St. John's, where he remained until his recalled him to study the aspirations, habits and customs of his people. …
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… history. Instead of the word ‘Baasskap’, Goldblatt refers to the era of inequality as Dominion (see artist’s statement, … apartheid, the exhibition at KZNSA…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… its name despite its Historical Significance. Way back in 1882 this Area was part of the proclaimed Republic of … worth a visit; Other well-preserved old…
Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
… Durban, was burgled. On Monday the complainant was taken to court at 7am to escape abuse from a hostile crowd. She had come to court … Shaking and with tears…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… popular education that is informed by a strong commitment to social justice. Popular education seeks to raise topical issues and engage participants in…
Lucas Mangope
… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in …
BiographyPercy Fitzpatrick
… leaders of Johannesburg's Reform Committee which conspired to overthrow Paul Kruger's Transvaal republic government in …
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said he is stepping down to protect the judiciary. Defence lawyers had argued Bernard … of the credibility of the judiciary…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered … Congress (ANC), which won the election, was in the run-up to the poll…
BiographyClifford Bestall
… on major group exhibitions of the period and was invited to hold a solo exhibition at the DAG in 1974. He is a film …
BiographyLucky Sibiya
… by Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie. In 1974 he travelled to the USA, Paris and London. …
BiographyDr. Susan Vosloo
… heart transplant when she was 33 years old, and went on to work at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, focusing …
First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro
… and their potential? What strategy and tactics are to be employed? These are some of the problems and questions … of world reactionary forces. In Kenya a few…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… feel of the time. Its elegance is timeless and continues to give the Building and it's surrounds an undeniable charm. … Ghandi was forcibly removed from the…
PlaceAlabama, Klerksdorp
… 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West . It is said to take its name indirectly from the State in South-East … outside Table Bay , on 5 August. The…
BiographyThomas Trevor (Tommy) Motswai
… him on paper with pastels. In his own words, “I like to draw happy people doing ordinary things like travelling on …
BiographyVincent Tshabalala
… were accused. After completing his primary school he went to Minerva High School in Alexandra Township in the early …
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… had a difficult balancing act in broadening its appeal to Africans while remaining faithful to working class … They and their children lived in several rooms…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… White and Black universities, the need for Universities to decolonise their knowledge systems and recognise the needs … Eskom, began systematically…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… from the U of M. The first western-trained Black physician to practice medicine in Johannesburg, Xuma (1893-1962) also … president of the African National…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… the international community recognised the need to deal with mass atrocities – particularly those committed … Crimes Tribunal, established as first…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… on 3 February 1488. Here they found a spring with which, to replenish their water supplies! Diaz had been appointed to search for a trading route to India,…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… of treasure hunters, especially from England , streaming to the interior of the Country. Ownership of the diamond … and the Qriquas rebelled against British…