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In the 19th century governments in different parts of the world based their policies and laws on the new ideas about race that were developed by the Europeans…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
14 October 1639: Simon van der Stel is born to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens aboard le Cappel on route to Mauritius. 25 May 1646: His father,…
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New words Independent: This means separate from one another or not linked in any way. Free and fair elections: These are elections in which all citizens are…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
Background On 1 April 1997, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was established with a membership of around 515 000, becoming the second largest…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
Story Synopsis Inxeba is essentially an intersectional story about three Xhosa men that is told in the setting of the mountains of the Eastern Cape during a…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
Migrant Labour in Southern Africa: 1910-1970’s
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
“Just Transition” has become the buzz term used to explain the socioeconomic need to address the jobs and communities built around fossil fuel industries,…
ArticleThe Big Debate
The Big Debate is a national forum that brings together all sectors of society, including government, civil society, the private sector, experts, youth,…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
Theatre Workshop ‘71 was a theatre training workshop that was founded in 1971 by the South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) in Johannesburg. SAIRR…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company specialising in research and publication on the visual arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned…
ArticleSouth African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project
South African History Online hosts “virtual internships” with Bridgewater State University students enrolled in a “History of South Africa” course with Dr…
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ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political…
Santu Mofokeng
Samantha Reinders
Sabelo Mlangeni
Ruth Nussbaum
ArticleNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2011
Jabulani Patrick Dhlamini
ArticleCAPS Document Collection
This is an incomplete collection of current and past CAPS documents. The Curriculum Assesment Policy Statements (CAPS) documents represent the Department of…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
On 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma exercised his constitutional rights as the head of the executive branch by appointing, reshuffling and dismissing…
Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music
EXPERIENCE a unique sound! Buy a CD by the Insurrections Ensembles, a collection of poetry-music collaborations between Indian and South African artists. It…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WHO) office of a pneumonia outbreak, the…
ArticleTuberculosis
Tuberculosis, also known as TB, occurs all over the world and is one of the most infectious diseases, causing more deaths than HIV/AIDS and Malaria [1] [2]…
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…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
During September 2019 protests against Gender Based Violence (GBV) peaked after Uyinene Mrwetyana, a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was brutally…