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ArchiveThe muzzled muse: literature and censorship in South Africa 1963-1985
… A dissertation sumitted to the Graduate Faculty in Comparative Literature in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy,…
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
… The UN adopts and proclaims the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day is recognised and celebrated as International Human … Rights Day. For a link…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worcester, Cape Province. While his date of birth varies substantially ……
ArchiveStrategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
… Paper examining reforms introduced by the government and whether they are adequate to initiate change in the country: provision for the legal recognition of…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves is secretly deported
… On 12 September 1960, the Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves was secretly deported through Jan Smuts Airport. The Bishop’s departure did…
David Goldblatt: “Particulars” (1975) by The ASX Team, 16 May 2013
… which has been fed by life experiences and heightened by the kind of hyper-awareness that photography sometimes … awareness of a bodily particular that I can…
EventThe South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrates its 10th anniversary
… The South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrated its 10th … democracy on 27 January 2005. Since this celebration, the South African cabinet approved 27…
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
… Springbok and Rugby Union player. Montgomery became the first Springbok to score 800 test points and at one time, was the most capped Springbok player in the…
EventTranskei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa
… government's decision to break all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa.This included a unilateral withdrawal from the non-aggression pact…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
… The author of Sherlock Holmes and field doctor in the South African War of 1899-1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, was born at Picardy Place, Edinburgh in 1859. The…
ArchiveStatement of the United Democratic Front on death of Victoria Myenge
… Statement of the United Democratic Front on death of Victoria Myenge who was the member of the United Democratic Front and she was the victim of crime. ……
Minutes: ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council: 24 February 1977
… Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council held in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber on 24 February 1977, about … Minutes: ordinary meeting of…
ArchiveMinutes: ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council: 24 February 1977
… Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council held in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber on 24 February 1977, about … Minutes: ordinary meeting of…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… until Grade 12 in South Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of basic education made this bold recommendation in a report released in…
ArchiveMessage to Angolan Government from the South African Government, 3 April 1981
… Message from the South African Government to the Angolan Government, informing them of information … activity by SWAPO in southern Angola and stating that…
EventThe State of Emergency is declared in thirty six magisterial districts.
… The increasing popular resistance and violent township protests amid the 1980s forced the South African government to declare a State of Emergency. … Anon, …
ArchiveState of Capture - A Report of the Public Protector, 14 October 2016
… into alleged improper and unethical conduct by the President and other state functionaries relating to alleged improper relationships and involvement of the…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… Julius Malema's recent comment, that he intended to "cut the throat of whiteness", by removing DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson Mandela Bay, I wrote on 7…
BiographyDeborah Jean Budlender
… 1976 alongside more than 20 other people working in the nascent black trade union movement. At the time, she had just completed her honours studies at the…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… our history" A recent report on history and archaeology in schools offers compelling reasons for the teaching of these disciplines to be strengthened. These…
ArchiveCircular letter from A.K. Essack to members of the Unity Movement
… Circular letter to the members of the Unity Movement explaining the current organisational position. … Circular letter from A.K. Essack to members of the…
Letter by Oliver Tambo to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua, 01 June 1974
… Your Excellency , The leadership of the African National Congress of South Africa takes this … and combatants of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Cape…
ArchiveA comment on the F W de Klerk address to Parliament on 2 February 1990
… on F W de Klerk's address to Parliament when he announced the unbanning of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party, amongst other…
ArchiveMinutes: ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council: 27 January 1977
… Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council held in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber on 27 January 1977, about … Minutes: ordinary meeting of…
ArchiveSummary of the events in connection with Mr James Jobe Hadebe
… Summary of events regarding the resignation from the External Mission of the African National Congress of South Africa of James Jobe … Summary of the events…
EventRev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party
… Rev. Allan Hendrickse was elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party of South Africa at its thirteenth Congress in Bloemfontein. The party declared its…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Pietermaritzburg
… Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held on October 20 to 23 1964 in the supper room of the City Hall in Pietermaritzburg. Discussed were:…
ArchiveInterview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
… Interview with Mrs J Dube at the Ohlanga Institute,Inanda in Durban, South Africa, which … her late husband, Dr John Langalibalele Dube (1871-1946). The…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… African communists and progressives, are very pleased that the People's Publishing House has considered it of sufficient … an Indian edition of Comrade…
ArchiveStatement issued by the South African Council of Churches in reply to remarks made in Parliament by Mr. Jimmy Kruger, Minister of Justice, on the
… Statement issued by the South African Council of Churches (SACC) regarding … remarks made by Minister Kruger to Parliament about the aid given by SACC to…