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BiographyPhathekile Holomisa
Phathekile Holomisa was born on 26 August 1959 in the Eastern Cape. He went to the University of Natal during the mid 1980’s where he received a Bachelor of…
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
Glynn Griffiths was born on 20th March 1950 and grew up in the tough diamond mining town of Jagersfontein in the Free State in South Africa,though he was a…
BiographyEve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to…
BiographyPaul David
Devadas Paul David ( Paul David) was born on 26 August 1940 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) into a devout Catholic family. His…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… was based on inclusion. Their policy was to encourage Africans to become French in every sense of the word. This … on inequality between the French people…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… established a separate and inferior system of justice for Africans and left the common law system of justice for all other South Africans ’. (Sibanda, 2010)…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… he creates is made for educational reasons. He wanted Africans to learn about their own history and culture: “We … by the way you grow up, which made it…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… the right of non-Whites to bear arms and the right of Africans to join trade unions. November, The Mayor of … the victims. In the period from 13 June 1946 to…
ArchiveAn exercise in Crystal-gazing: Address given by professor H.L. Watts at the Black Sash National Annual Conference held at Pietermaritzburg
… industrialization, population growth, social effects of Africans living in urban areas, employment, poverty, group …
ArchiveLetter from Sipho Buthelezi, Secretary General of the Black Peoples Convention, to Brothers/Sisters
… to Brothers/Sisters written as a reminder to Black South Africans to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre of the 21st …
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… thought it insane that the thought would occur to these Africans, both black and white, that they should initiate and … extraordinary processes, an…
ArchiveThe Black Sash National Conference presidential Address held at Grahamstown, 1981
… enterprise, introduction of identity books for all South Africans. …
ArchiveSouth Africa in Crisis: paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference at Pietermaritzburg
… 1964. Mentioned: United Nations, role of white South Africans in Apartheid, overview of Apartheid structures and …
Enlightened self-interest and the liberal spirit
… not be beneficial to the liberation struggle and to South Africans on the whole. The relationship between the …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Bantu Educational system was designed to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly (1948) evolving … in the European community” Pre-apartheid…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… leaders. South Africa's economy grew and for White South Africans, life was good. For Black South Africans, the suffering continued. Ironically the seeds of …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Statement to the Press by Mahatma Gandhi, 28 February 1947 I have received a cablegram from the Natal…
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… Despite the political unity engendered between Africans, Coloureds and Indians through the Passive … by to collect rent. Some decided to let entire plots to…
ArchiveWe come of age
… Edgar Brookes who emphasises on the need for White South Africans to make changes to the current political sitaution …
EventFirst international tour in 27 years for South African Proteas
… On this momentous occasion, South Africans were welcomed in India with garlands and standing …
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…
EventViolent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues
… and opponents of the African territorial authorities. 29 Africans were killed, 50 wounded. The combined forces South …
EventGandhi supports APO’s Day of Mourning
… Africa Act's disenfranchisement of Indians, Coloureds and Africans in the upcoming Union of South Africa. …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the AU-African Diaspora Ministerial Conference Gallagher Estate, Friday 16 November 2007
… and people are indeed very pleased that together, as Africans, we have taken yet another step towards building a … are very different from their own…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the National Women’s Day Celebrations: Groblersdal, Limpopo 9th August 2005
… Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen Fellow South Africans: I understand that this year's theme for women's … Clearly then, it is important for all of…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… and the question of extending franchise to Black South Africans. This convention can be considered the prelude to … policy and the denial of the franchise to…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… role still accorded to Nelson Mandela by very many South Africans ... We believe that the church in its role as … damage to the office which houses personal…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… The few white people in the frame blend into the mass of Africans surprisingly well, yet the service role of the Africans is apparent in their dress. Another…
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
… discusses in length the responses from the Whites and Africans and the benefits of separate development to South …
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… Thus, Mr Letlalo, who had joined the ANC in 1917, told us Africans had not been allowed to walk on the pavements in … they went on to break the railway…