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EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… the appalling conditions in the rural areas and townships of South Africa. The first Carnegie inquiry into poverty in … years later, most Black South…
PlaceSahlumbe
… the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of; KwaZulu. It is situated on…
PlaceJoe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape
… Municipality located in the Eastern Cape. It Borders Free State Province and the Country of Lesotho , to the North. It comprises of 3 Local … River , which…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the Natal Women’s Organization (NOW) and former Deputy Minister of Defence and of Health. A…
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 … to their economies and societies. He also served on the State Security Council…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… Programme Director, Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Council Judge … his leadership in this phase of building a developmental state…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… The tragic events in Bisho are yet another grim reminder of the profound illness that afflicts our country. South … to violence and intimidation, in the…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… championships in 2002.[iv] Peter has also been awarded the State President’s Sports Award on two occasions.[v] Peter was inducted into the South African…
EventANC's economic plans
… his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community could provide an … the private sector would be excluded…
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… Jennifer Davis, stalwart champion of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the … her pediatrician father was often woken in the middle of the night to…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I … Governor-General and the Republic of…
PlacekwaMakhutha Township
… in KwaZulu-Natal , inland from Amanzimtoti , located south of Durban . Known for its strong cultural traditions but also … the infamous 1987, KwaMakhutha…
PlaceBotshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
… Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest Township in the Free State , after Soweto which is the largest in the South … of work, when they…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … control of the security forces, the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… Kadalie: The ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group, University of the Free State…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian traders arrived in the wake of indentured…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian traders arrived in the wake of indentured…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… said I could not myself beg for my freedom alone, nor that of all my comrades. Her personal memorandum to the Minister … happened was that Chester Crocker,…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gopinath Pandey, a headmaster of the village…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… I would like to state in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires first that the…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… I would like to state in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the hated and criminal policies that prevails in South Africa requires first that the…
PlaceNqamakwe
… In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. … and, at a relatively early stage, came under the guidance of European…
EventThe New Zealand Mounted Rifles leave Wellington for the South African War
… The first contingent of New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR) departed from Wellington … offered British forces in South Africa a contingent of its mounted…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… Former Mission Station of the Berlin Missionary Society , 22 km East of Ladysmith . Named after Amalie von Stein, who was a … Site. Daniël Hofmeyer sold the…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… and disturbances which, in turn, led to the loss of the billiard licence . On wine alone the proprietor went … Bauman’s Hotel was likewise reputable and was…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
… doing it was hoped that the US would maintain some degree of influence in the coming political reforms in Southern … a latent racism; it is more likely that…
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
… after Uyinene Mrwetyana, a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was brutally raped and murdered on 24 … West, Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. [2]…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… with trade union experience. They formed local branches of British Trade Unions. The Amalgamated Engineering Union is … unions met with hostility as the part…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Segregation Fallacy
… to urge with constant seriousness the segregation of the Bantu in the Union of South Africa as a solution of … Commission eleven years ago. The blacks here…