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EventDr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi born
Dr Benedict Vilakazi, poet and writer, is born in Groutville, KwaZulu Natal, home to Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Luthuli. He was the first Black…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner This book tells the story of Frances Baard, a black South African woman who was a…
NEUSA General Meeting
A2 dark red silkscreened on yellow paper; picture of hand with book, map of Africa, cars coming to meeting; text: The Doors of Learning and culture shall be…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
Art is an act of resistance. It asserts our agency. Omar Badsha has identified not only as an artist, but an activist for most of his life. Born in 1945, he…
Archive9. Know your rights
Page 9 of folder 2858. ECC poster. White with black lettering. Advertisement for ECC booklet "Know Your Rights in the SADF". Cartoon of a girl saying goodbye…
ArchiveImperialist conspiracy in Africa
This book contains a collection of selected articles by I B Tabata, the president of the Unity Movement of South Africa. The articles range over a number of…
ArchiveThe awakening of a people
… Spokesman Books, Nottingham …
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
Prelims Preface Chapter 1: The chow-chow pickle jar. Chapter 2: Stepping out. Chapter 3: Indian Delights. Chapter 4: Fahmida's Worlds. …
ArchiveWe are there because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
Green, yellow, black and white poster. History of Zimbabwe. Artwork of an African man and child with a book. Photographs of scenes from Zimbabwe. Green map of…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria. This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to sit on during services, with the same…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… into COP headquarters, on sheets torn from school exercise books, on little dog-eared scraps of paper, on slips torn …
They’re Burning the Churches
Author: Patrick Noonan Published: Jacana Media Price: R165.00 - including VAT Orders can be E-mailed to [email protected] or to [email protected] Contact…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Abbreviations by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner AFCWU”” African Food and Canning Workers' Union ANC”” African National Congress…
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
… separate committees and we just kept two separate sets of books in case the inspector came around to investigate. We had two sets of books but we were mixed,…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede I knew Anton Muziwakhe Lembede for only four years before his tragic and untimely death…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
This book provides a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations. Acts from 1909 to 1948 include among others those relating to…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… referencing system. It includes examples of how to cite books, articles, websites, etc., using Harvard format, and …
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
In 1964 a young South African student and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of…
PlaceBobbejaan Mountain, Elands Bay
The Bobbejaan Mountain cliffs project into the sea at Baboon Point and a large rock shelter in the cliff is adorned with primitive San paintings. Excavations…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… Vol. 4, No. 1, "Opening the Doors of Culture", 1982 Books Christie, Ian. Machel of Mozambique (Harare: Zimbabwe …
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John…
ArchiveDead in one's own lifetime
This book contains a collection of papers presented at the NUSAS Art and Liberation Week, held at UCT, 1-4 May 1979. The six papers are entitled "Dead in one's…
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…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
Content and Contributors CONTENTS Two letters on the banning of Staffrider Vol 2 No. 1 March 1979, Soweto Speaking to Miriam Tlali,Khauleza Creative…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
Xuxuwa the Railroad Siding, Eastern Cape, is 9 km West of Fort Beaufort and 7 km East-Northeast of Brakfontein. It takes its name from a Tributary of the Kat…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
The building is the oldest existing dwelling in the immediate vicinity of Rustenburg. Designed in a neo-classical idiom, it was erected for William Robertson…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
PlaceCarlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape
… https://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/books.php?bookid=1923 …