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Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party…
PlacePaarl
(prior to 1910)The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate division in 1839. Like Stellenbosch its…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
South Africa's racial policy and the UNOSouth Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South Africa. Following an upsurge of violent and non-violent…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was assassinated by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on…
UCT Summer School 2020
Please note the following history related courses will be offered at the 2020 UCT Summer School. Local and South African History MASSACRE ON THE…
Statement of the NWC on the organisation`s readiness for the upcoming election, 10 May 2011
The National Working Committee of the African National Congress held its regular meeting on 9 May 2011 at the Chief Albert Luthuli House to, amongst other…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you may wonder why they are so titled. They…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods, had become increasingly concerned about the future of South Africa – more and more he left the day-to-day…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
South African Communist Party 1934 For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
Introduction The Robben Island prisoners settled down to the mindless timetable of imprisonment, filling hours with manual labour which mercifully distracted…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
The following is an interview with Mr. Champion conducted in 1964 by Mr. Stanley Trapido, Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford. S…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… Africa:Signs agreement with Swaziland on the issue of notes and coin. 1985 14 June, ANC bases in Gaborone, … treaty on Lesotho Highlands Water Project…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient Egypt The spread of Egypt’s knowledge Together we will learn…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… One of them was in plastic packets we smuggled notes and sink it into the hot porridge, one of the things. … all this history, I was very active mentally. …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… resolution was finally adopted: That this conference notes with interest the remarks of the president on the need … CALL TO THE COP, the bulletins, the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign — A Resume of the…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… of desks seating hundreds of students. These left their notes, books and such like strewn untidily along the floor at … Jabavu. As per usual the Special…
The Pioneers
The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical beginnings in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. These beginnings took place in…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… classroom by Ayabulela Ntwakumba and Thandile Xesi End Notes [1] Gannon, Megan. "Race is a social construct, …
Archive2011 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2011
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 10 Feb…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
1990 2 February, President F. W. de Klerk makes a speech at the opening of Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the Pan African…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In Chapter 8 we examined the emergence of a strategy of…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… the bed. People would stroll in and read them, some taking notes. The place would be congested during the day—even by …
PlaceChad
… 418, 133-135 (11 July 2002). doi:10.1038/418133. End Notes [i] Azevedo, M. J. 1998. The Roots of Violence: A …
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… printed as well as 15,000 badges and stickers. Speaker's notes were issued to all local committees, which were given …