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Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… produced complex sketches, often drawing on furniture, in books, or wherever he was able. In the morning, he would …
Khoisan Identity
… show some schools beginning to revive their use, and new books in these vernaculars are being created. In …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… his 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park. July, Two books, Nelson Mandela: the Authorised Comic Book, and Hunger …
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… in ‘The Struggle for Mozambique’ by E. Mondlane, Penguin Books, 1969, p. 65. ↵ [2] Ibid, p. 66. ↵ [3] Ibid, p.113. ↵ … : The Revolution Under Fire’ by Joseph…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… which Mr. Rustomjee incurred are not reflected in the books of the Resistance Council. This year, it is understood, …
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
THE ROOM IS deeply silent, but robustly populated. All eyes are focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… allowed to study through the University of South Africa. Books we needed for study assignments were provided by the … education. He decided if a book was…
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… to include groceries, a scrabble board, jigsaw puzzles, books and magazines left behind when the other women returned … court, inexplicably almost staggering…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… at Stanford University where wrote several important books on African history and politics. While Gann was working …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… of Zulus as warriors. A constant stream of photographic books about Zulu warfare has been published since 1860. 33 … regarding the control of publications…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… C., 1972. The Will to Die. London: Heinemann Educational Books. Themba, C., 1985. The World of Can Themba. … The Will to Die 1972 (London: Heinemann…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… themselves up for arrest for not carrying their pass books. The police opened fire on the crowd, and at the end of … - quoted in Soweto 16 June 1976, Elsabe…
ArticleSita’s story
… in the Sevagram Ashram. He was a well-known author of many books. Through him Sushila’s family became close to Gandhi. … grandfather [Nanabhai] who liked…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Kenya Tomaselli and Eric Louw (1991). ↵ [6] Note: Even in books and critical essays published about censorship and …
ArticleSouth African Film
… original screenplays or adapts existing material such as books or plays. Sometimes a screenwriter is hired to write a …
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries…
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… of the Witwatersrand. He was the author of seven books and more than 120 academic articles. He was a Senior … Association lifetime award. The author of seven…
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
There have always been general assumptions that the KhoeSan people (‘Khoe’ is the correct spelling) are extinct and that their languages at the Cape died out…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… a cupboard in each classroom with about the same number of books as there were children in the class. We took one book … and bridges, dams and pipelines for…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… * publication and distribution of Islamic literature and books to educate the Muslims; * supervision of madaris, providing syllabi, notes, text books;…
PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
Rocherpan is a coastal nature reserve teeming with birds and colourful wildflowers. The reserve, which lies 25 km north of Velddrif on the Cape West Coast,…
EventCongo administration is handed to the Belgian government
From the beginning of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', Congo had been regarded as King Leopold II's personal fiefdom. Leopold's…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
… goes well beyond the experts and politicians.” (Penguin Books, London 2002. pp251-2.) Most of us participating in …
EventDeath in detention of Imam Haron
Imam Haron was born on the 8th February 1924 in Claremont, Cape Town. He was influenced by the various progressive political trends in South Africa and…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… that, although it may not feature prominently in history books, Eersteling does have a physical presence on South …
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… magazines. They couldn’t make a living as writers. Their books got banned when they were published. The artists, …