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ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of government. Nazi Germany became a fascist country under…
America, Spanish conquest
… following civilisations: the Mayas, Aztecs or Incas. Use books in the school or community library as well as the …
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old was discovered in the Blombos cave, overlooking the Indian Ocean, near Stilbaai. The…
Dialogue and Vorsters Outward Policy
This essay looks at the foreign policy of the Nationalist Government in South Africa
Amulets & Dreams by Omar Badsha and Guy Tillim
This book covers civil strife and its effects on the society in 6 African countries namely Angola, Mozabique, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritria. The…
ArchiveHow to write a CV
In the second article on job skills, SPEAK looks at how to write a Curriculum Vitae (CV)
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town…
ArchiveEverything set for new federation
It looks like everything is set for the formation of the new super federation later this year.
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… traces of Stalinist repression, like the banning of books and the omnipresent secret police, and gave new …
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… 1829 is advertised on the same poster as the sale of rice, books, muslins etc. Source: www.chrislayson.com The abolition …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act makes reference books with ID, population classification, stamp registering …
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
July 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of the South African Communist Party (SACP): one of the first Marxist-Leninist parties on the continent, and among…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
1913 15 June, Trevor Huddleston is born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England. Huddleston is christened at St Paul’s Church in Bedford. 1921-1937 …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
Even We. Cartoon, David Marais. The Fight is on, Rev. Joost de Blank, Archbishop of Cape Town. The Widow of the Reserves, Phyllis Ntanala. Bethal Case-Book,…
ArchiveWhat is democracy?
Democracy is only as good as the people make it. This article looks at some of the responsibilities of voters
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… 2003. Accessed November 17, 2017. https://books.google.com/books?id=bzXzWgVajnQC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=assia djebar …
Indian Slaves in South Africa: Notes for monograph, 26 June 1995
… of Servitude: bondage and slavery in India. Madras: Sangam Books, 1985. (Distributed by Orient Longman Ltd. Hyderabad) …
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Live by the Sword: 32 ‘Buffalo’ Battalion (Alberton: Lemur Books, 1990). 3. Piero Gleijesis, “Cuito Cuanavale …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… language and wear good clothes; they read the white man's books and use his quotes against him ...' As the ICU …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… and all that. When you start reading those history books your blood curdles - to think of all the things that …
ArchiveMy vote: my dignity
Yellow border. Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a woman who looks blind. Words 'help to go and vote'. Belongs to anti-Mugabe campaign.
ArchiveBlack and white photograph
Black and white photograph of a woman, dressed as a queen, sitting on a throne, looks like Margaret Thatcher, dressed up as a queen of England.
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…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
The Empty or Vacant Land Theory is a theory that was propagated by European settlers in nineteenth-century South Africa to support their claims to land. Today…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… we made the observation that it was inexcusable that text-books were not supplied within seven days of the beginning of … Members and Delegates; What this…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… we made the observation that it was inexcusable that text-books were not supplied within seven days of the beginning of … Members and Delegates; What this…
ArchivePart 2: the Apartheid Counter Revolution: a permanent Emergency?
Article by the United Democratic Front in which it looks at the violence on the South African youths by the government in its counter revolution.
ArchiveThe struggle in perspective: some ideas
Article by the United Democratic Front in which the Front looks at the crisis facing the ruling party as a result of contradictions in South African capitalism.
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… photojournalism in the continent that inspired those two books, albeit without the quarter-ton of luggage required by …
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
Introduction This article looks at the history of an indigenous Nguni sport known as Stick Fighting, which was popular in the Nguni ethnic group (Zulu). It…