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ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… South Africa and its underlying narratives as her main influence. She can be described as being a product of … laude, in 2001. Ngozi cites Chinua Achebe as…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… he said.6 One can scarcely comprehend the struggles of the 1950s outside this context of democratic decline. The … with contempt and refused to be diverted…
Document 49 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: Introduction (Minority) (1934)
… form a developing internal market in South Africa. Their main function in the economy of the country in general and of … is necessary first to answer another…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… in the Western side and the bustling streets around the Main Road. Exploring this diverse Area and its offerings is a … bustling commercial businesses…
PlaceSouth African Royal Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
… Sea, hence the name: 'Cape of Storms'. The Greek Revival Main Building of 1825-8 still dominates the Hill and faces a … is inconspicuously located at the…
EventVerwoerd's grandson joins ANC
… of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African National … of the ANC even before he joined the…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… and apartheid South Africa emerges as one of the main themes in Mandela’s writings. On a personal level, this …
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… implemented by the ANC government of Mandela. The ANC's main aim in developing and implementing the RDP, was to …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… and later through the 1996 Act of Parliament. The IEC’s main aim is to strengthen constitutional democracy through …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… council. Humanism was intended to replace Calvinism as the main driving force in the education of future citizens. …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… The novel concludes with the murder of Udomo, the main character who has come back to his African homeland in …
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… Cape. IMAGE: San figure gaining great power from his main god. MEANING: Power from the god to benefit their …
PlaceKokstad
… its history encased in its Museum, a National Monument on Main Street, which focuses on the Griqua people ,( AS SEEN IN … Dam is fed by the pure water of…
Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… aware of international decolonization struggles of the 1950s-60s, of the Cuban revolution of 1959 and the 1968 Paris …
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… Coloured Convention movement which has the backing of the main bodies of Coloured opinion. A substantial European body … have yet to hear from this most…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… nonviolent and we persisted with this during the 1950s. There has never been a more violent regime in South … simply by organising yourselves for higher…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in the late 1940s. As political action increased in the 1950s, so too did Baard's involvement. The Defiance Campaign … feel compelled to join in.' The period…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in the late 1940s. As political action increased in the 1950s, so too did Baard's involvement. The Defiance Campaign … feel compelled to join in.' The period…
PlaceThe Langman Hospital, Part of the 'The Ramblers Club' in Bloemfontein
… Club and former Military Hospital in the Free State. The main Building was erected in 1896 and later extended in 1903. … and sophisticated venue. (Welcoming…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… the period, for instance FEDSAW and SACTU. During the 1950s a series of boycotts, demonstrations and marches to … organisations opposed to apartheid…
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
… known for its annual display of Christmas lights along the Main Road. Every year people come from all over the country to drive slowly down the Main Road to…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… leap into full-time freelance photojournalism in the late 1950s (the text, titled “A life behind the lens”, is …
Document 77 - Yu Chi Chan Club , Pamphlet No. II: The Conquest of Power in South Africa [1963]
… bribed them off for decades. So that today they form the main pillar of the colour-caste, capitalist system. While it … movement. It is from this white…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… Sasol Dam and bird hide as well as the paving of the main walkway. Over the years the following features have been …
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… Defence Force, and Mangope continued his presidency. Its main political parties were the Christian Democratic Party …
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the forced-absence of other liberation organizations. It main features were That race was the source of continuing …
PlaceAlgeria
… as well as the Sahara Desert . Algiers is the capital and main port of Algeria. This city which has become the …
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… together with the Indian community will have to bear the main brunt of the further and more vigorous implementation of …
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… service, which began experimental broadcasts in the main cities in mid-1975, before the service went nationwide … L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… the Africa Korps, had bypassed them and linked up with the main body of the Africa Korps in what the Allies considered a …