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ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… terms of this legislation, gatherings in open-air public places were prohibited if the Minister of Justice considered … inquire into and report on the riots…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… appear in this collection. The names of provinces and places generally used in the interviews are referred to as …
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
The shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the core is a struggle for equality and visibility. Over the course of the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… “civilisation”, “progress” and Christianity to “dark places”. Historians believed, as did almost all colonialists, … individual historians are products of…
PlaceKaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
KaNyamazane, previously known as Lekazi, was established as a labour reserve, and was then zoned to fall within the Kangwane homeland. The first primary school…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… that climate change is a new threat on a global scale that places an enormous burden on especially the poor. We must … committees could play in making our…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… and the British Empire. . . . Wherever the missionary places his standard among a savage tribe, their prejudices …
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… John Dube wrote: “We have seen our people driven from the places dear to them as the inheritance of generations, to …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… economic, technological and scientific development. It places an obligation on us to recall our ancient past, from … and surroundings of our schools,…
PlaceKaaiman's River, Garden Route
The Kaaimans River, also known as 'Keerom River', it is a River in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mouth of the River lies near the Wilderness. Further…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the constitution in 1854, and included those who…
PlaceDarters Pass, Northern Cape
… https://www.boerenbrit.com/archives/24774 https://www.places.co.za/html/kamieskroon.html …
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… of books, representations, demonstrations, and in some places armed force provoked by the adamancy of white rule, … and determination and a sense of…
PlaceAnglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
… https://www.places.co.za/html/warmuseum.html https://www.wmbr.org.za/ …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical views. One of these views…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
Dr Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932 in Johannesburg in what was then the Province of the Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Her politics would be…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
Trouble in Natal - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys…
Glossary: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
Key terms with definitions for this topic Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah …
ArticleKey terms with definitions for this topic
Islam: the Muslim religion, based on belief in one God and revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah Kingdom: an area controlled by a particular…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
PlaceGriquatown
In 1802 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a station among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil. Thesite proved to be…
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… food was found. One of their favorite resting and watering places, confirmed by archaeological discoveries, was the …
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… Trotsky and Alexander Zinoviev, who had lost their their places on both the Politbureau and Central Committee … journey to Georgia was long. Gumede asked…
EventThe Reburial of Mapungubwe Human Remains
The reburial of the human skeletal remains at Mapungubwe an Iron Age archaeological site located in Limpopo Province, was preceded by a handover and cleansing…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… the enemy throughout the country, in such far-flung places as Cape Town, East London, Paulpietersburg, Mkhuze, … captured, we must produce a thousand others…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
… the enemy throughout the country, in such far-flung places as Cape Town, East London,Paulpietersburg, Mkhuze, … captured, we must produced a thousand others…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
Guest Contributors: Anietie Ewang - Human Rights Watch Researcher, Nigeria afọpẹ́fólúwa òjó - Artist & Berlin based #EndSARS Organiser Miski Noir -…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South…
PlaceThathe Vondo Holy Forest, Limpopo
The Thathe Vondo Forest is sacred to the Venda people of Limpopo. Situated in the mountains above Lake Fundudzi, traditional folk lore says the forest is…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…