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ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the…
Address by Jacob Zuma marking the Commemoration of the International Day of persons with disabilities, during the State visit by President Rupiah Banda of Zambia, 03 December 2010
Excellency President Rupiah Banda and Mrs Banda and your delegation, Ministers and senior officials, Adelaide Tambo Skills Development Centre stakeholders, …
The National Animal
Springbuck / Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis Typical of the Springbuck is the 'pronk' (jumping display) which explains its common name. Both sexes have horns…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance…
ArticleFrontline States
The collapse of apartheid and the advent of democracy in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of southern African states called the Frontline…
ArticleSharpeville
On 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South…
Bantu Women’s League
The Bantu Women's League was the first women's organisation in South Africa. It was started in 1918 by one of our earliest women activists, Dr Charlotte Maxeke…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and coloured…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
Introduction The Tricameral Parliament, a three-tiered assembly that presided over the last decade of Apartheid, was inaugurated to allow for parliamentary…
CAPS Grade 4: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
GRADE 4: INTERMEDIATE PHASE HISTORY - TERM 1 Topic: Local History Suggested contact time One term/15 hours …
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Over these two weeks it is impossible to tie the diary format to entries on particular days. Maria…
The Performing Arts Councils (PACs)
The Performing Arts Councils (PACs) were conceived in 1961 to replace the NTO, and in 1963 then Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Dr. Jan de Klerk…
Damien Schumann
Schumann developed a passion for documentary photography while living in the Middle and South East Asia. This was followed by his first exhibition for which he…
Address as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement at the 9th Session of the Islamic Summit Conferences, Doha, State Of Qatar, 12 November 2000
Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairman of the 9th Islamic Summit Conference Your Majesties Your Highnesses Your Excellencies Heads of State and…
EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
Somerset Hospital. On 18 August 1859, Sir George Gray, governor of the Cape, laid the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital in Green Point, Cape Town. The…
ArticleZion Christian Church (ZCC)
The largest and fastest-growing of the African independent churches in the 1990s is the Zion Christian Church[i] . Its members, estimated to number between 2…
Bibliographical Data
In the preparation of the introductory essays in this volume, heavy reliance has been placed on the documents collected by the editors and the interviews conÂ…
ArticleThe New Group
This was a group or collective of young South African artists who, upon their return from study in Europe in 1937 began to question and oppose the conservative…
Padraic O’Meara
Born: Cape Town, 1980. Lives and works in Cape Town. Has a BA (Hons) degree in Motion Pictures and Diplomas in Animation for Film and TV and in Business Acumen…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Ray Alexander, "Trade Unionism in South…
ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
National Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR) is a network of Christian individuals, congregations and organisations working for justice, reconciliation and…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
The Decoration is awarded to South African citizens who have performed an extraordinary act of bravery that placed their lives in great danger, or who lost…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
The concepts of a nation state and a plural society are often seen to be at odds with one another. Jon Soske states, in his essay ‘The Impossible Concept:…
The Order of the Star of South Africa
Military and non-military, for contribution to peace and security Neck badge This medal is awarded to citizens for the contribution to peace and security…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
1924 5 December, Robert Mangaliso Sobukhwe is born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Cape Province. 1940 Sobukwe enrols at Healdtown Institute where he…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched the "Africa to Africa" cultural exchange programme. The…