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ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move away … The ANC leadership had always stressed…
ArticleBonani Africa Online Exhibition 2010
… Many of the essays in the Bonani Africa 2010 Exhibition that straddle the twin worlds of social comment and the exploration of the everyday. The space…
ArticleDISA Archive
… scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during … the first democratic elections in…
The National Tree
… family is primeval and has been present in this part of Africa for more than 100 million years. The species is … along the southern and eastern Cape coast,…
Grade 4 Archive
… that is no longer required in the curriculum. Origins of major world religions reflected in SA: Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives…
ArticleMaritime history and heritage: shipwrecks
… Shipwrecks have always held a specific allure. The promise of hidden treasure, the unexplored and underwater adventure … provide maritime archaeologists with…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… industry in significant numbers from 1960 while the number of Indian men employed in clothing factories, until then in the majority, started to decline. In…
ArticleMcGill University Project
… with South African History Online (SAHO). Over the course of two months, 16 students in this programme liaised with a team of SAHO researchers and who…
Why did so few Black South Africans make films before the 1990s?
… There are less than a handful of black directors who made films before the 1990s. The … for this are the same reasons that kept black people out of other…
ArticleAfricanist News and Views (1968-1973)
… and Views, published by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania (South Africa), expressed the Pan-Africanist … the struggle for liberation. The first…
Malcolm Phafane
… As a photography student, my immediate subject of choice became my community. Given its rich history, … certificate in the student portfolios category. My…
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… A panel of judges consisting of Omar Badsha, Mary Corrigall, David Goldblatt, Thembinkosi … has awarded the following photographers with a prize of R20 000…
Vakalisa Art Association
… Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . … renown poet, writer and publisher, was…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
… Amphitheatre Stadium Area of Masakeng* Area of Mochanaeng* Arthur Ashe Bara Hospital* Beerhalls Blue … Tiro (before he moved to Barolong High School because…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… other documents that have been collected since the arrival of white settlers. These are collected primarily for … The various archive depots contain valuable…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… 1936 Hermanus Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July). [i] 1954 Matriculated from … military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) Luthuli…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Year Date Name Affiliation Place of death Description 1984 15 July Ngalo, Johannes (26) … Anthony Katlehong Police informed victim's family of death in…
ArticleEuropean Revolutions Timeline 1768-1848
… French Revolution. 1799 Napoleon takes over control of France. 1815 Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated by England and Prussia. … 1814-1815 …
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… Office of Serious Economic Offences Report The Scandinavian donors … ANC did not want to do this. The next step was the release of the Bell, Dewar & Hall…
African Art Centre
… . Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first 30 years of its existence, and since has been directed by Sharon … the KwaZulu…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where … Noel and Virginia Gcabashe. A year after the…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
… an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became the meeting place for … South Africa for many years to come. After…
ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
… Began formal education at Ohlange Institute 1914 Death of Nokukhanya’s mother, Nozincwadi, (also known as MaNgidi) … mother Nozililo died 1936 Albert…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' … campaigns for a national minimum wage and…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on high ground which sloped upwards towards a … and…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… and director (Molo Fish): November 2002. "The lion's share of monies earned from local cinema releases and television … Communications Officer. David Wicht,…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Project: Lawyers for Human Rights: Promoting a Culture of Human Rights Meredith Ashworth Meredith Ashworth is from … cultures, travel and human rights. …
David Lurie
… Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has … Awards: he has been granted several Arts…
David Lurie
… Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has … Awards: he has been granted several Arts…
Mawanda Isaac Mbongela
… 1986. Resides in Vereeniging and is in his third year of study at the Vaal University of Technology. Exhibition: VUT Exhibition, Museum Africa, Johannesburg…