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ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
A Brief Overview The People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), the major liberation…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before European settlement, most of the inhabitants of…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province. The police…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Britain, Diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansion Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was discovered in the late nineteenth…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractThe Federation of South…
ArticleTransport on water
Transport on water Ships and boats are as old as the desire to travel over and across water, and to fish. Boats are smaller than ships. They can be powered by…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
Everywhere around us, there are leaders; at school, at home, on the playground, sports field or in government. Leaders have a responsibility to lead their…
ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
The Great Trek and the advent of the Mfecane The origins of the battle are a matter of considerable debate. The background to this event can be found in two…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
William Morris, one of England's foremost Socialists, poet and artist 1834-96, also had two daughters, but only one of them-May -took a keen interest in his…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
In 1893 the first 'locations' were established under the Kruger government - essentially non-white' areas. Three existed at the time, namely the 'Coolie…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and the Armed Struggle
Sabotage campaigns Between 1961 and 1963 MK was responsible for about 134 acts of sabotage. Many of these caused minor damage to the intended targets…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke FOR A PEOPLE engaged in a liberatory struggle it is necessary to rewrite the…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
The IEC announced that a record 48 political parties have successfully registered to contest the 2019 general elections. Most have been formed recently,…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
Documentary Photography is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful medium, it touches on…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
Let us now praise famous men Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.1 In the canon of human conscience Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is surely the most famously revered in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished guests, It is a distinct privilege and great honour to receive this esteemed prize tonight. You honour me not only by…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
1942 28 June, Martin Tembisile, who later becomes known as Chris Hani, is born in the village of Sabalele in Cofimvaba (then named St Marks) region, Transkei…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
In 1912 Enoch Mgjimia, a lay preacher and independent evangelist, broke away from the Wesleyan Methodist Church and joined the Church of God and Saints of…
Storming: The Insurrections Ensemble by Marcus Grossman, September 2015
Global Studies Programme It was Shakespeare’s puzzling take on colonialism that Cesaire and many others decided to re-interpret and re-interpret. But for the…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker as already informed you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Industrialisationand rural change were key…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
It was early in the October 1977 morning that they came. Ironically, they came on the morning of the Hindu festival of lights called Diwali, celebrating…
Defining Black Consciousness
" Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the Black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
TODAY marks the 35th anniversary of the murder of black consciousness leader, Bantu Stephen Biko. Arrested a healthy man on August 18 1977, he died three…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
Introduction Staffrider was a South African literary and arts magazine published by Ravan Press in Johannesburg from 1978 to 1993. It took its name and…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
Thirty years ago in 1977 the beast of Apartheid snuffed out the life of one of the greatest thinkers in the liberation pantheon of South Africa: Steve Biko. He…
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
After 22 years as a political prisoner and 24 years thereafter I felt it was time to write about my life in South Africa in struggle, in prison, in exile, in…
America, Spanish conquest
All the content in this America section was developed from 2003 lessons, namely; – America in the 1500s – The Slave TradeThe content below has been modified…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
In May 1963, the Cape Times announced the launch of ‘a national art exhibition, open to South African artists of all races’. The first iteration of Art South…