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Work In Progress
… in approach, WIP did not set out to be academic, or 'university-based'. It aimed at 'stimulating and provoking … to ignore political tendencies and…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… is reached. He prefers to paint recognizable objects or elements that can be observed in nature and aims always to … condition, especially those things that…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… guns suitable for defensive purposes upon the said river, or in lieu of the said steamboat, should I so elect, to pay … and dominions all persons seeking…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… The Act thus paved the way for the forced removal or slaughter of cattle belonging to African people in the … of livestock was limited and stock owners …
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… longer do the leaders talk of "picking up the gauntlet", or of "rather dying in prison than enslave our children and … what the ruling classes, indeed, never…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… examples that the leaflet in question was not mala-fides, or issued with any intention to mislead or defraud the public or a section of the public…
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… of Parliament, which a court could not adjudicate on or consider its lawfulness or constitutionality. …
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… were on the receiving end of the attacks. Africans or Zulus in particular, were responding to increasingly … In the end, at least 137 people are killed and a…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… is blowing through this continent and, whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political … peoples of Asia and Africa will…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… of the world tried, to take away what belonged to them, or to belittle what was theirs. On the contrary, we went out … does not entail inter alia that the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… as a whole. He also showed that philosophy was practical or at least that some of its conclusions could be translated … Some events and episodes are…
PlacePhilippi
… one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, in the 1980s, at more-or-less the same time as Khayelitsha and Delft. It lies … and flooding. Historically Philippi was…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… self government, joining the Union of South Africa or continuing under the British South Africa Company (BSAC). … for the BSAC to continue as governing body…
Document 31 - The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process
… German. They had at that time a very spacious trades Hall or, as they call them, Gewerkschaftshaus, and elaborate trade … beer before them and poured out'…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… unitary state in South Africa, undiluted by racial or ethnic considerations as formulated in the bantustan … through which all democrats, regardless of race,…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… the Cape, naming it "Cabo de Boa Esperança" or the Cape of Good Hope. This is a major breakthrough in the … criminals at the Cape, but those who are not…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… VC: Well she actually had a very interesting, or she had very interesting parents. And I think they must … Just whereabouts in Durban was Dr Goonam…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… Manifesto in a vain attempt at getting the tacit support or understanding of the slave owning Cape Dutch. Who in fact … only course was to become a ‘bywoner’…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… have done, in many cases as representatives of the ANC or the state that speaks in our name. In the normal course of … The demonstrations in his support,…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
… with us, not to fight against South Africa as a country or any of its peoples, but to oppose an inhuman system and … the open veld, no longer tortured by the…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… life of the San hunter-gatherers who did not produce food or keep cattle. The importance of cattle As with the … had the right to some land but some people…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… artists, many of whom lived in marginalised communities or in areas where facilities were minimal if any. It played …
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… discourse, with debates around the relative ‘success’ or ‘failure’ of armed tactics and the transition from …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… HIV/Aids might have been introduced to humans in the 1940s or early 1950s. However, in January 2000 (San Francisco, …
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… being the founder of the Ndebele in Zimbabwe. The Ndebele or Matabele ( ‘people who duck behind their shield’ ) had a …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… G-Force, for Gun Force, and functions as small groups or cells. It is believed that G-Force has been responsible …
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… from East Africa brought these animals to the Cape, or whether the animals were traded down the subcontinent …
The French Revolution Activity
… The absolute king could put anybody in jail without reason or a trial. With a friend, discuss the following first stage …
Work and education
… position as they often have to relocate to another school, or hide the fact that they were abused for fear of …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… to the armed wing of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK, or “Spear of the Nation”). Biko had just entered Lovedale …