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ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) … Conference: The Politics of…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… Africa at Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape between the Army and the Civil service. 1879 Founding of the first two Whites-only rugby union clubs in South…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement, most of the inhabitants of…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… of both domestic violence and a gang rape, attended the UN International Year of the Women Conference in Mexico City and subsequently visited the US –…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… (And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to … the victims and ensure…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… say how alive this place is. They say they actually feel the vibration of the rich history that fills these walls. I have given 19 years of my life to set up…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… In September 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and spread to other parts of the country. These riots continued until 1986, when the African National…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… that was made possible through a partnership with the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Sector … in research and for graduates to become…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… When we look back at the past and the struggle leaders that we have lost, our opinions and views of them are directly impacted by the way they were portrayed…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal was opened European ships had…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… By the time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant numbers from 1960 while the … Indian…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… Isadore W. Schlesinger made his home in South Africa after the Boer war, and founded several insurance companies. He pioneered the mass media in this country…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… The South African Society of Artists celebrated its centenary on 26 September 2002 and on 9 December we mark the centenary of its first exhibition held at…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… The independence of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zuma recalls that … when Angola and…
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… PACOFS operated from Bloemfontein with Rex Hugo as the first director. In 1996, state subsidy was reduced and … a non-profit entity. It was restructured as…
ArticleKey People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising
… Many people were involved in the historic turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These … and others were in Soweto itself and elsewhere across the country…
ArchiveThe Meteorite at the End of the Lens
… The Meteorite at the End of the Lens …
ArchiveThe Smile on the Face of the Botha
… The Smile on the Face of the Botha …
ArchiveThe University, The Church and the Political Conscience
… The University, The Church and the Political Conscience …
ArchiveThe working class - the horse and the carriage
… The working class - the horse and the carriage …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
… Dear Guests, Allow me to express my profound gratitude for the invitation to be with you tonight. It is indeed a great … honour for me to bring my personal…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… On 4 June 1652, sick-comforter at the Cape, Willem Barentz Wijlant and his wife became the first people to move into the semi-completed fortress, the Fort de…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… (Extract) The special conference on southern Africa, convened by the Socialist International in Harare earlier this year, took … exercise couched in terms…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN … by the Government as chiefs." We need scarcely say the truth was far…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… Permit me to express my profound appreciation of the invitation extended to me by the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers to … for that support…
ArchiveThe government has abandoned the unemployed to roam the streets
… Offset litho; black and red; The government has abandoned the unemployed to roam the streets : Support the memorandum … The government has abandoned the…
ArchiveThe National Situation: the real problems of the liberatory movement 3
… Draft of an article by I B Tabata on the political situation in South Africa and an alliance of the African National Congress, the Coloured People's Union…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… 28-30th March 2017 This conference, hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, commemorates the sinking of the … languages into…
EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… In terms of the Treaty of Amiens, signed in 1802 (between England and France), the British officially returned the Cape Colony to the Netherlands on 21…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… Ladies and gentlemen, I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg. For me personally this city has … whose fomentors are…