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Vakalisa Art Association
… The Vakalisa Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . James Matthews , a well…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), is born in Suffolk, England. 1873 Sidney Percival Bunting , the son … newspaper “The International”. The ISL…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… contentious issue at the Cape that contributed to the rise in tensions and eventual outbreak of war between the settlers … remained in force. The Kaffir Pass…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… mining companies were faced with rising costs and a fall in the price of gold.... Build-up to the rebellion The … by removing the colour bar and increasing…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a … In addition to running his own studio…
ArticleRock Art
… people, as some human figures were then painted in black with charcoal. The emergence of domesticated animals … and stress with the environment, this however…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, … [vi] . Poor housing and the fact that…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Paintings and engravings on rocks in the open air and on cave walls are called rock art. There … different shades of white clay or from bird droppings. Black…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… In an attempt to restore artistic exchange and dialogue after … of the Biennale included the Spanish Pavilion’s ‘Black Looks White Myths’ curated by Octavio…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Apartheid South Africa, historically White and … form new institutions. In January 2004, the…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools. Tsietsi Mashinini who fled South Africa in 1977, led the SSRC. After Mashinini's…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… three years after the incident. Sobukwe was only released in 1969. In the aftermath of the events of 21 March, mass … civilians and three non-White police…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing … attempted adultery or related immoral acts” between black and white…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal … or husbands - were second-class citizens for…
ArticleWomens Rights
… the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal … or husbands - were second-class citizens for…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… Day 1 Arrive in Kassel by train from Frankfurt and get off at the … in coal dust. They are visually arresting in their deeply black and glittering surfaces,…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath … in South African liberation history…
Chapter 13
… Zig Zags of opportunism We have considered it necessary in the previous chapter to pause and deal in more detail with … the Non-Europeans, while on the other…
ArticleSweet Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU)
… Food and Allied Workers Union (SFAWU) was established in 1974 with the help of the Urban Training Project (UTP). … latter was elected as its first secretary…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… into a state of slavery’. Gumede, April 1930. INTRODUCTION In 1930 Gumede had taken the initiative to call for a … sympathy with the CPSA, who alone pleaded…
PlaceTranskei
… aspect after the British annexation of the Cape Colony in 1806. After the annexation the Eastern frontier of the … of additional territory between the White…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO MEMBERS OF THE SWISS-SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION Zurich, 2 September 1997
… President of the Swiss-SA Association; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, … of the Swiss business community. To be able to do so twice in one day is…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… of seeing the world shared by so many of us still living in the ruins of the British empire. But, looking back, it is … our home on the outskirts of the city…
PlaceNorthern Cape
… The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. … with a rented 4×4 or just taking your own trusted sedan…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… of apartheid, from the colonial occupation of the Cape in 1652 through the creation of the Union of South Africa and … and gain immense profits from the…
Worker Culture: It’s Emergence, Gains and the Implications of Decline by Frank Meintjies
… Conference The first shoots of worker culture emerged in the early eighties with the first experiments in workshopped worker theatre productions [1] and was…
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller welfare … Movement and this drew criticism from the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds … workers’ Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Black workers were denied membership…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… Comrades and Friends, Ten years ago today, while I was in Pollsmoor Prison, I felt shattered and terribly alone when … the more poignant because I knew both…