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African shield
… White poster with red border. Artwork of a red and black African shield with a black spear and a yellow and black circle. Black, green and yellow shield…
ArchiveNational congress cultural day
… A2 litho poster; red, yellow and black; photo by Cedric Nunn of workers performing Sarmcol Workers play in 1987; Text: National Congress Cultural Day; Usuku…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in … of South Africa…
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… to a short life and died at the age of 48. Relatively late in life, after supplementing his poor school education by … an interest in their languages and…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… the past. Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in diverse heritage that belongs to all South Africans. … in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, a…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Bantu and the Gospel
… an obsession with the great masses of unthinking people in this land with reference to the Natives: The first is, … The latter accidentally asked, him…
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
… as “a self-appointed observer and critic into the society in which I was born,” in a conversation with Nadine Gordimer … enacted the systemic oppression of…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… In our regular series, “Under the influence”, we ask experts … should read as “positive” images – white against black. And yet one wonders if they are rather…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Prior to the war each colony or Boer republic had … law enforcement organisation. With the…
Khoisan Identity
… In his State of the Nation address on 9th February 2012, … socio-political and economic privileges denied to the black population, such as not being required…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ). The first rent paying Tenants … and agrarian reform in Natal. Its main aim…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Documents Section. Walker, C., Women and Resistance in South Africa, London, Onyx Press, 1982. Lodge, T., Black Politics in South Africa since 1945,…
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… an employee at PC Plus, opened a parcel containing a bomb in a computer. The subsequent explosion killed Cruse, aged … opened the package which he believed…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… and book writer which assisted with her important role in the abolishment of apartheid. She wrote major articles and … to be relocated into government…
ArchivePOTWA
… A2 black on yellow silkscreen; cartoons of workers and bosses; … Now pay... more for my service. No money, no service in rural area (marching workers with…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… The date, December 16, holds a special significance in South African history. On this day in 1838, the … in reaction to British imperialism, on the one hand,…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
Stuart Commission Report
… 1984 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA March 14, 1984 Lusaka … strongly believes that the low level of…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… criterion for the building of a popular political alliance in the legal and semi-legal spheres. There would, however, be … increase government control over…
PlaceButterworth, Wild Coast
… Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast (the former Transkei - a black…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with … racism in the apparent value between white "flesh" and black "flesh"…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein
… East India Company had largely broken Khoi resistance in the district while mobile armed commandos kept the “troublesome” San hunter groups in check. Van der…
African History Books
… the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) in 1963.. As a way to value the continent’s history, to …
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… their names that posterity may know what SOCIALISM meant in South Africa in 1936:-Walter B. Madeley, Brurnside and van … how to carry forward the fight for…
PlaceSouth Africa
… The central design of the flag, beginning at the flag post in a 'V' form and flowing into a single horizontal band to … green is meant to symbolize the…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… question) (1934) [....] The position of the Trade Unions in South Africa reflects the backwardness of the South … class of South Africa, which includes both…
Chapter 2
… African Convention should be viewed as one further step in the political development of the African people. In order … hardships and sufferings led to the…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
… Ever since then your Congress has been able to forge ahead in its determined effort to realise our noble aspirations in our lifetime, namely, To unite and…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… out of a total of 350 000 eligible voters registered in order to vote in the elections of 4 November 1981. Forty … foisted upon us. The Natal Indian Congress…