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EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) was formally revived in 1971 after a long period of inactivity due to the harassment of its leaders by the apartheid government…
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
After emerging as an independent country following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
… goes back many years to when I was a junior social work student and had just met and fallen in love with Nelson …
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… their own social reality. One Xhosa-speaking black student who lives in a shack argued that apartheid had no …
PlacePretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
… from all corners of the earth study at the school, and the student body is truly representative of the cultural and …
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… and the entire private sector, women's groups, youth and student groups, the religious community, sporting …
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… Socialist immigrant, he became attracted to Marxism in his student days. He joined our Party in 1939 and for the rest of …
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… to disgruntled youth. Ibrahim Sanogo, a university student, commented that young people “look back more at that …
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… in this country. The United Democratic Front and its main affiliates, the Congress of South African Trade Unions , …
ArchiveI Write What I Like: Selected Writings
I Write What I Like (full title: I Write What I Like: Selected Writings by Steve Biko) is a landmark collection of writings by Steve Biko, one of South Africa…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… have a good reason not to do that. But had it not been for student activism in the late 60s and broadening from the … So, again, your movement into Black…
Letter by Oliver Tambo to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua, 01 June 1974
… and the intimidation of thousands of their fellows, the student youth continue fearlessly to challenge the regime of … Congress, and Abraham Tiro, leader of…
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… all in the name of an oppressors’ language. The Soweto student uprising was the ultimate pointer to the final … his life to. The Bethal Secret Trial followed…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… Bizos, and was aired publically. One first-year law student, Bizos said, stood up and suggested that everyone was … Let us just ask what is right and what is…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… organisations in the 1950s, such as the South West Africa Student Body (SWASB) and South West Africa People’s …
ArchiveHugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
… Rhodes University in Grahamstown, he became embroiled in student politics, together with fellow black students from …
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… goes back many years to when I was a junior social work student and had just met and fallen in love with Nelson …
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… from living with their families in the cities, while student and township militancy in the 1980s ensured that …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… to Mabopane, near Pretoria. Mamphela Ramphele involved in student politics at the University of Natal Medical School … and pass raids. 1976 Joe Modise's wife…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… of membership over the years, ranging from Fellowships to student or even junior memberships. While the distinction … the vapidities of the amateur and the…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… people of Sophiatown can be gained from Stan Motjuwadi, a student of Themba’s. Motjuwadi describes him as a ‘swarming, … diploma from Rhodes University. …
Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The post-1973 period created a space for academics, students, and…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… a popular radical anti-Apartheid movement among the Black student population in the 1970’s. Nontsikelelo Albertina was …
PlaceSlave Church Museum
The South African Missionary Meeting House/ Sendinggestig Museum (short for the Slave Church Museum) was built between 1802 and 1804. It was founded by the…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… school at Inanda Seminary, she became heavily involved in student resistance politics. There Sikhakhane-Rankin’s … Students Association (ASA) which aimed to…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… engineer before I was 21 was not realised. Not one black student studied engineering at the so-called “open” … discouraged from taking engineering. I believe…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… Hattingh fired the first fatal shot, chaos ensued. Student leaders were unable to disperse their followers. … concentrated on senior students. According to…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
… Hattingh fired the first fatal shot, chaos ensued. Student leaders were unable to disperse their followers. … concentrated on senior students. According to…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… burning of 23 paintings that had hung in UCT residences by student protesters in February last year. Since then, Ground …