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The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… in the liberation struggle. This article looks at the history of different workers charters in South Africa and … Charter was such an important moment in…
NUSAS 1984 Congress
… articles on forced removals in Natal, on an alternative history of Pietermaritzburg and a tribute to Beyers Naudé …
The advent of capitalism in South Africa
… Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of …
EventThe highest temperature in the shade is recorded in the Cape
… On this day in history, the highest temperature ever recorded in the shade …
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… and balanced observer. His motivation was to document our history ethically, honestly and truthfully. His craft and … craft to reshape our world view,…
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie? Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie?Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock of Cammisa Create.Wat Was Hie? is a powerful site-specific film…
PlaceSouth African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
… on ground level of the historic Mast House, depicting the history and functioning of the Submarine, Divers and Weapons …
The Beginning of it all: Paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1966
… at Cape Town on 18 October 1966, discusses origins and history of slavery worldwide, resistance, end to slavery, …
FOSATU education lectures
… 11 to Tuesday, July 19, at University of Witwatersrand, on history and society as the workers see it. Two black and …
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Beige, red, black and white poster. History of imperialism and the start of the first world war. …
PlaceLime Kilns, Farm Grootgeluk, Nelspruit
… site. So take the time, have a look and relive some of the history of the valley. They were declared a National Monument …
Builders of the nation: 5: South Africas fir
… Workers Union formed in 1941 in Cape Town. Photographs and history of artisans in South Africa. Artwork of the new South …
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… al Qalam; The Jo'burg Book: a guide to the city's history, people and places; Inleiding Tot Die Reg En …
Speech delivered by Joe Slovo
… the SACP on the 30th July 1981 in Maputo. Reflects on the history of the SACP and its association with the African …
Joburg City : Whose City?
… White poster with black lettering. Notice of an oral history research project and photographic exhibition, at …
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. History of cotton in the Southern United States of America, …
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… and photographs of German people, including Hitler. History of the Nazi occupation and attrocities and start of …
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain.
… white poster. Map of ancient world. Ancient civilisations. History of how the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs, the Incas …
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
… as International Human Rights Day. For a link to our History Classroom lesson on the South African Bill of Rights … www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 28…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… Community of Cape Town. However, the past lives and history of the ‘prize negroes’ before they reached these … blanket of mystery and anonymity, which…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… rules of engagement out the window. Nasty, very nasty history this war was, and these two different views on the … overlooked aspect of the war is the…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
Harold Wolpe was born on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 and an LLB in 1952…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… newspaper and was Natal's first Prime Minister . Household history furnishes the ambiance of yesteryear with fascinating … stands as a testament to eThekwini…
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… achieved by 1988. Josephine Mill's is a little slice of history in the heart of the green, leafy suburb of Newlands. … costs only R20, and provides fantastic…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an appealing History. Anderson was a prisoner for all intents and … Sport Facilities, a Mess and a Shop. Aside from…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… Gutsche enrolled for a Doctoral Degree in Social History at the University of Cape Town which she completed in 1946. Her doctoral thesis on The History and…
EventMarc Lottering was born on this day
… most prominent comedians and entertainers in South African history, was born in Cape Town. [i] Endnotes [i] Getting to …
Twenty years of our lives: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town
… Conference in Cape Town on 10 March 1975. Discusses History of Black Sash, formation, activities, protests …
NUSAS in the 1970s
… 14th to 25th July 1970. Paper gives, as background, the history of NUSAS and poses questions about future directions …
Natal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
… for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal, 1990. The author focusses his …