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Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
Programme Director; Chairperson, Comrade Kebby Mphatsoe and the National Executive Committee; Chairpersons of MKMVA Provincial Committees; MKMVA stalwarts…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
We here present and many thousands elsewhere are grateful to the Legal Resources Centre for taking the initiative in establishing a Bram Fischer Memorial…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
The death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life. The…
PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
There is some mystery about how Noordhoek came by its name! While there is no doubt that it goes back to the time of the earliest white settlers some time…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy Chapter 8 Into the Fifties: Defiance Mass trials and mass action characterised the next two decades. The …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
Legal instruments through legislation, resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played a key role in legitimizing systematic land dispossession and…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
Some years ago, Muhammed Ali was asked for his thoughts on the death of the great African-American boxer, Joe Louis. Ali’s comment contrasted Louis to another…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1961 the South African Government gave…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Cross-roads of Native Policy
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The beginning of the year 1926 sees South Africa standing at the cross-roads of race…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
Introduction A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
In 1902, the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal. These had…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Background - "The Road to Reconciliation." South Africa experienced numerous human rights challenges during the apartheid era. The White-dominated government…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
Before learning about Social Darwinism, it is important to understand Darwinism. Here is a brief summary, but you can read more in the section in Grade 7 Human…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European population stands at 1,204. 1858 The Umzinto Sugar Company…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
This article was written by Alexandra Larkin and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract This essay sheds…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
Day 1 Arrive in Kassel by train from Frankfurt and get off at the Wilhelmstrohebahnhof bestrewn with Documenta banners. There is a welcome desk for Documenta…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
Comrades, the ANC has held many national conferences in its history. One of these was the 1949 Conference, which was held here in Bloemfontein. That …
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
Distinguished President of the National Assembly, Honourable Representatives of the People of the French Republic: I am certain that you, the esteemed Members…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker To Protector of Indian Immigrants, 27th June 1916. Dear Sir, …
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
Introduction Winnie's banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
The first farmers in southern Africa were Bantu-speakers and archaeology shows that they entered southern Africa between 2 000 and 1 700 years ago This topic…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
International feminism was a catalyst for South African feminist organisation to address violence against women. In 1975, Anne Mayne, a survivor of both…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in January 1973, the government and employers were shocked, and they responded mainly by giving in…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can be…
ArticleWorld War I
This feature commemorates the outbreak of the First World War. This major historical event became known as The Great War. The main belligerent European…
June 17
The second day... was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, and at anyone who would…