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BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. … river, and corresponds to the…
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…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of emergency from 1985 to…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… and Forced Labour Model. This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently … exported from the Western Cape to the…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (the GRA, the Fellowship of True Afrikaners) was launched in Paarl, Western Cape on 14 … August 1875. The society was…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and policemen formed an … was renamed the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The formation of the AB was…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… are hosting this conference on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is … Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women's…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… The South African Society of Artists celebrated its centenary on 26 September 2002 and on 9 December we mark the centenary of its first exhibition held at…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
… Pottery production was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. … is still developing content for this…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… Introduction The South African War of 1899-1902 was essentially a 'White mans' war, fought to … South African war was fought in a region where four fifths of…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… artists who were sidelined, staging large retrospectives of the likes of Dumile Feni and, more recently, Kay Hassan. Although this exhibition is obviously an…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… When the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain … put in place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South African…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… CCAWUSA (The Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini as the … response to a clarion call by the 1985…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… ‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens Rachel Fenton … Novel’ January 2015 Building upon the…
Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)
… a non-profit entity. It was restructured as an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture under the name Performing Arts Centre of the Free State , which…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal . Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe was the daughter of…
BiographySuliman Moosa Esakjee
… in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) from its inception. He served as the Joint Secretary of the…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
… in Pietermaritzburg, graduating from the then University of Natal with a BA.LLB in 1972. At University, he met Paul … law at the time. Alfers was called up…
EventKwame Nkrumah orders release of political prisoners
… President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast), a leading exponent of Pan-Africanism , ordered the release of the last of his … prisoners, detained…
A list of Books and Speeches pertaining to Robert Sobukwe
… A list of archive items pertaining to Robert Sobukwe: Books : Time … Speech, April 1959 Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of…
BiographyEli Weinberg
… Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the October Revolution of 1917 as a…
Professor Zakes Mda review of Robert Mcbride A coloured Life
… The work is clearly a result of meticulous research and depends on extensive primary … approach it will be an indispensable text for the students of history…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
… and Eulalie remained with her grandparents. From the age of six Eulalie attended boarding schools where she displayed early on, some of her leadership skills…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
… the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became chairperson of … Post). In…