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Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… well as motifs of violence linked back to South Africa’s history. This essay explores these issues in direct response … conventional themes one would expect…
BiographyPeter Becker
… in collaboration with F.W. Strydom After relinquishing his post as school principal during the latter part of the 1950s, …
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg. The play is set in post-apartheid South Africa and deals with the rift between …
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… the UN’s General Assembly on 28 July 2008. She took up the post on 1 September 2008. Her mandate was renewed for two …
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… chairman of the UDF and he took on the less demanding post of vice president. Also in 1989 Omar also became a …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… one of the most significant political figures in Egyptian history. He was well-known for his Arab nationalist and anti-colonial foreign policy. He is still…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… and severe as that between Bantus and Whites. In resisting colonial expansion, Black African rulers founded sizable and … lies at the crossroads of southern…
BiographyJan Bouws
… Southern Africa. He also published many articles on music history and musicology in international journals from …
BiographyWalter Battiss
… imaginary people, plants and animals. He even created a history. Battiss published nine books, wrote many articles …
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
… Second World War: Some Lessons for South Africa, in 1995; History of the Struggle for A Bill of Rights in South Africa, …
BiographyLesedi Billy Masetlha
… 2012.Former President Thabo Mbeki fired Masetlha from his post as Director-General of Intelligence in 2006. Masetlha …
BiographyFiroz Cachalia
Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company Law from Witwatersrand University. Cachalia is currently…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
… and the arts scene in South Africa.” Ntshona took a post as the chairman of the Eastern Cape Cultural Units arts …
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… IFP from 1975 until 2019 when he stepped down from this post. He was elected the President Emeritus of the IFP in … was appointed Minister of Home Affairs,…
ArchiveHistory of Migration and Contributions of Indian Women in Zambia: Comparison with South African Indian Women by Kamini Krishna
… History of Migration and Contributions of Indian Women in …
Subbiah Moodley - "Voices Of Resistance"- University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002
… University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002 …
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… have made its people unique in the world. The study of history and the past is never objective. The way the past is … and glorify the history of the…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… and family portraits. His work was a reflection of the history of many South Africans, telling the stories of black … this never obstructed him from risking…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
… Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the … articles linked to Afrikaner Nationalism in…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Meeting of Durban residents resolved to petition the Colonial Government for the establishment of municipal … letter, an innovation which was eventually…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… humankind” (114), this paper argues that in creating a new post-apartheid state, South Africa was confined by the … of “capitalist liberal democracy” as the …
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
… with distinction in 1979, Janet began a degree in Economic History and Industrial Sociology at UCT. She became … are human rights, democratic participation,…
BiographyRuth First
… receiving firsts in sociology, anthropology, economic history and native administration. Her fellow students … (who based her novel, Ties of Blood , on her…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
… and became an authority Zulu music and on traditions, history and folklore. So much so that she was often consulted … in South Africa and was an authority on…
BiographyMaggie Mikula
… and system of beliefs that held great respect for local history, culture and tradition. She held a vision of a …
BiographyJo Thorpe
… Studies at the University of Natal, writing its history. Jo Thorpe died on the 18 February 1995. …
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… the realities of apartheid on the ground. Curtis worked post 1975, for some time with Senator Arva Gietzelt, formerly …
BiographyFort Calata
… On 21 August Calata was dismissed from his teaching post. Meanwhile during his detention, Calata’s wife suffered …
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
… Diakonia after the chosen applicant did not take up the post. He was appointed to set up and lead Diakonia, an …
BiographyMolly Fischer
… responsible for procuring funding for over 80 striking post office workers. Fischer worked in African crèches, …