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Khoisan Identity
… first official recognitions of Khoisan communities in the history of modern South Africa. In a similar way to that in … with the arrival of European settlers…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Meeting of Durban residents resolved to petition the Colonial Government for the establishment of municipal … letter, an innovation which was eventually…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
… a project organization set up to study the political history of South Africa since 1960. The Trust produced ten … of The Road to Democracy in South Africa ,…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
… - the only book provided - to teach communism. He loved history, both local and international, and hardly ever answered any questions without referring to…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and … from the Comintern’s focus on the land issue in the colonial countries in the early 1930s…
Zulu Community
… focus on the Zulu communities in Durban. However, the history of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history and…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
… from another prisoner, Mama Dorothy Nyembe , of the long history of women's resistance in South Africa. After her …
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… prime minister by Frere in 1878 after the British Colonial Office suspended the Cape government. Sprigg began … Gordon Sprigg (1830-1913) was a British…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… one of the first people to anticipate the consequences of colonial exclusion of Blacks from power in South Africa, and …
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… continuing to characterise the nature of oppression as colonial racism was making the PAC as racist in its own way …
BiographyIrvin Jim
… the union. He was a true Marxist who believed that the history of all existing societies is the history of all class struggles. Jim's militancy and passion …
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… High. He was a passionate reader. This was spotted by his History and English teacher, Abram Onkgopotse Tiro , who … Through Tiro, Mashinini started…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous African chiefdoms. The … The outcome of the Bambatha rebellion…
BiographyJan Bouws
… Southern Africa. He also published many articles on music history and musicology in international journals from …
BiographySibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu
… and he earn a bachelor's degree an the honors degree in history at the University of South Africa in 1966. He was …
BiographyWalter Battiss
… imaginary people, plants and animals. He even created a history. Battiss published nine books, wrote many articles …
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
… Second World War: Some Lessons for South Africa, in 1995; History of the Struggle for A Bill of Rights in South Africa, …
BiographyGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor
… Secondary School in Botswana. She obtained a BA in History and English at the University of Botswana in 1977 …
ArchiveHistory of Migration and Contributions of Indian Women in Zambia: Comparison with South African Indian Women by Kamini Krishna
… History of Migration and Contributions of Indian Women in …
Subbiah Moodley - "Voices Of Resistance"- University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002
… University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002 …
BiographyEudy Simelane
… doctrine and sexuality was born, culminating in the establishment of the Eudy Simelane Lecture. The annual … online. Accessed on 17/07/19. Linder, B. “Today…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… and family portraits. His work was a reflection of the history of many South Africans, telling the stories of black … this never obstructed him from risking…
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
… to do through art. I told them that I want to record our history the same way as a writer. I have seen my art … for writers and musicians. I feel that I am…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the … articles linked to Afrikaner Nationalism in…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… results in the exams ”” he passed in English and American history, but failed the mathematics test – Xuma was admitted … Rubusana. When members of the white…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… While on Robben Island, Solomon completed a BA in History and Economics through the University of South Africa … for another five years, during which time he…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… South Africa, Govender refused invitations to play at establishment venues and in London. He also penned Off Side …
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… a network that was later to become central in the establishment of Operation Vula. While in Shiselweni, and out …
BiographyWilliam Sinclair Winship
William Sinclair Winship was born on 18 March 1927, in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a few months old, his parents moved to Mpwapwa, Tanzania, before…
BiographyRuth First
… receiving firsts in sociology, anthropology, economic history and native administration. Her fellow students … (who based her novel, Ties of Blood , on her…