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Imijondolo
Published in 1985, Imijondolo, (the isi Zulu word for a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of photographs. Badsha's groundbreaking book…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… they going to alter history? In some South African history books it states that the first contact that the African …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… hand; today few children write well. Never again will the books of Indian merchants reflect such care on the part of …
How Zweli ‘misled’ Khwezi, 17 September 2017
A new book reveals how ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize tried to manipulate President Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser into dropping the charges against him. …
76. The Indian people are an integral and permanent part of South Africa
… no idea of conditions in India, except what they read in books and in the press. The Indian community is now in its … in the surgical, dental, scientific…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
On 13 February 1871, the Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in Madras on 10 April…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African mines [writers spell this pidgin…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
Dr Gordon was Personnel Officer during 1974 at a mine near Windhoek, and the book presents a sociological study of the black migrant labour force on the mine:…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… days dragged past. The highlights were the occasional books from the prison library, the escorted walk down the … I moved in with my few possesions ”” a…
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
Annesu de Vos was born in Johannesburg on the 5 August 1964. She is well-known as the youngest published poet in South African literature history. When she was…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… English and Afrikaans. Although this policy was on the books from the 1950s, the government insisted on its …
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… he had in mind. Despite the plethora of articles and books on Nelson Mandela, little is written on the precise …
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… and Kenya Tomaselli and Eric Louw (1991). 6 Note: Even in books and critical essays published about censorship and … and Kenya Tomaselli and Eric Louw (1991)…
Sita - Memoirs of Sita Gandhi by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
… in the Sevagram Ashram. He was a well-known author of many books. Through him Sushila’s family became close to Gandhi. … grandfather [Nanabhai] who liked…
PlaceKalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert is basically, a large basin like Plain in the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of…
PlaceTsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
The Tsitsikamma National Park is situated at the heart of the picturesque tourist Region known as: 'the Garden Route'. This region is found in the Southern…
PlaceLiliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
Liliesleaf Farm is the location where prominent leaders of the opposition to South Africa's Apartheid Government used to attend meetings in order to plan their…
PlaceMsunduzi River
The Msunduzi River flows through the center of Pietermaritzburg, the Capital of KwaZulu-Natal and is the namesake of the Msunduzi Municipality, where the City…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first of…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… politics of the liberation struggle. She has co-edited the books: One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… young” slander, and Stan Kahn said that many prescribed books were not on our library shelves because of issues of …
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, a staunch opponent of 'separate development' (Apartheid) and leader of the opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP), resigned…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
Cape Town. Christmas 1977. I was thirteen years old. That seems like a very long time ago now, in a galaxy far, far away. We were living in a period of Civil…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… who I brought out a number of people here, or I read their books, I would certainly be very open to learn from others, … come. And I had never seen his name,…
Journals
Background and History The South African Association of Art Historians launched a journal in 1987. Accredited by the Department of Education and Training, the…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals and gathering berries and roots. The women usually gathered food while the men hunted. Source: museums.ncl.ac.uk…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African coastline and basic trading takes place between the Khoikhoi and the Europeans. Nguni and Sotho…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
Journalist, short-story writer and actor William (Bloke) Modisane was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Modisane left South Africa in 1959 and while in exile…