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PlacePinelands
Pinelands is just 10 km from the city centre. It originally was an unsuccessful attempt at a pine tree plantation called: 'Uitvlugt'. Rows of pine trees were…
ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
Hey Listen South Africans I’m talking about TaTa Nelson Mandela The real hero who fought for our freedom I can hear the echo of his voice from that cold…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
Including Qondiswa James, Mbali Williams, Mihla Hanise, Anya Isabel, Kas and Hunter Hosted by Didintle Ntsie Filmed 5 September 2020 Broadcasted 6…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
Contents Town & regional planning in Johannesburg Residential development in Johannesburg <a data-cke-saved-href="#Black residential development in…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
In this Freedom Day address Lutuli introduces the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political situation. Lutuli attempts to bridge the…
Liberation
"We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare our need for all the world to know. We are the people who have borne the…
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…
ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
“We were all kind of rebels,” drummer Louis Tebogo Moholo-Moholo recalls, “so, like birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the Blue…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION In May 1906 smoking habits amongst the ladies…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
During April 1976 the Prime Minister's visit to Israel gave a new dimension to South Africa's foreign policy. The formal agreement concluded on economic co…
50. The campaign resumed in 1913
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A provisional settlement was reached in 1911…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 April 1895, Chief Justice Melius de…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
PlaceSidwadweni Village, Queenstown-Eastern Cape
Sidwadweni is a little village with about a 150 people for its population, in the Eastern Cape which has produced a Celebrity! Mthatha - Hundreds of people…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963, was the culmination of a number of…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, Attended Vegetarian Congress at Ventor. February 19, Result of…
Zulu Community
Late nineteenth century postcard of Zulu Warriors. Note the Europeans in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 apartheid system of…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
To understand what effects WW2 had on the nature of the fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa we need to look at the climate just before WW2. …
PlaceNhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe
In KwaZulu-Natal, church members start the journey to the top of the holy Mountain Nhlangakazi. 100,000 pilgrims make a three day barefoot walk from the…
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
It is hard these days - twenty-five years on - to recapture the feeling of the time of Rivonia - of the sudden arrest of some of the leading liberation…
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
"what I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi": An Article, September 16, 194821 I was eight years old when Gandhiji left South Africa. I could not understand then the…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
The NCL still remains a small elite group, distinguished by its technical competence and secure organisation, rather than by its size or effectiveness. In the…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Ministers, Leaders of the World Veterans Federation, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of our…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Preamble Although I had known Vishnu for nearly…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Conciliation Act. 1941 Formation of…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
Figure 1 Image source Abdullah Ibrahim is a profoundly influential South African jazz musician who was frequently oppressed by the apartheid regime in South…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Essay Questions
Explain to what extent Stalin succeeded in transforming Russia into a superpower by 1939. Stalin came to power on the back of Lenin’s death in 1925, after…