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Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1856-1979
Segregationist Legislation Timeline, 1856-1979 from the 1856 - 1910, Masters and Servants Acts to the Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94 of 1979 which…
ArticleSettler Colonialism and Afrikaner Nationalism
The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism like Capitalism and African Nationalism profoundly shaped the history of the country, and continues to influence the…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Preamble Although I had known Vishnu for nearly…
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was an ultra-right wing organisation led by Eugene Terreblanche, that first came into prominence in the 1970s. It aimed…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
Following the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, the Government declared a State of Emergency (SOE), in 83 magisterial districts – the first state of emergency…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, which means thorn…
Work In Progress
The context in which the first issue of Work In Progress appeared was one in which the embryonic trade union movement had not yet emerged as a major actor on…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Babanango is located about 58 km North-West of Melmoth in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885,…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
Photography was only developed about 200 years ago and was viewed with suspicion as a creative outlet for much of that time. Yet it has developed a reputation…
ArticleTransport and General Workers Union (TGWU)
The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was founded in 1973. It organised in the passenger transport, goods transport, stevedores, motor ferry,…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
1895 The Kinetescope (invented by Thomas Edison) was a box in which people could see a moving image. The first Kinetescopes in South Africa were opened…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic NEW FACTORIES, NEW WORKERS described how rapid…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress Alliance met at the beginning of August…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent defeat of…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
CITATION FOR SALEEM BADAT (Honorary graduand, Rhodes University, 10 April 2015) By Professor Paul Maylam Eight years ago, in 2007, Dr Saleem Badat stood on…
PlacePretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
Pretoria High School for Girls was started by Lord Milner in 1902 as part of his efforts to anglicise the Transvaal under British Occupation. And so it was…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
THIS month forty years ago, South Africa learned an important truth which shaped our future – that people without power can challenge those who have it, but…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
New introduction to thesis 2019 by David Hemson Hemson, David (1979) Class consciousness and migrant workers: dock workers of Durban. PhD thesis, University…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractInanda Seminary, a private all…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter Abstract: The Black Consciousness…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Short Bio Johann Maree was one of the founders of the Western…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
Although Apartheid only ‘officially’ started in 1948, repression was rife in South Africa long before that date. This special project examines the Freedom…
Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)
NAPAC was founded on 25 July 1963 under Chris Lombard as the first director. The first office premises were two small offices in Acutt Street, Durban. They…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and attend formal learning facilities such…
ArticleXhosa
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleThe San
The San, the first people in South Africa The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. The San were also known as 'Bushmen', a term…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… without the backing of their parties. During the 1910s women's suffrage continued to be a side issue, eclipsed …
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
"The danger begins only when they make a virtue of necessity and want to freeze into a complete theoretical system all the tactics forced upon them by these…