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ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups … the scenes approach, for most of her career. …
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A fresh piece of legislation sought to tighten…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… Wednesday David Goldblatt wrote an email to the Chancellor of Orders explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded by…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to the Secretary of…
ArchiveThe Way History is taught in South Africa is ahistorical, – and that’s a problem by Natasha Robinson (theconversation.com), 7 June 2018
… Africa. A task team established by the country’s minister of basic education made this bold recommendation in a … class and ethnic barriers by recognising…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education For a moment let's consider history as a journey through time and space. For much of this…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Security Branch out of a window in John Vorster’s 10th floor or off its roof, … Timol’s…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… behave with simple courtesy and tolerance towards people of other races, young people, again with some striking … ways. The exceptions where overt racism…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… like Donald Trump are committed to exclusive notions of citizenship and command the support of vast populations. … world. These were some differences within…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… not accept the food they offered until he became convinced of the need for unity with the Indians (and other … she left for Durban to join the Indian passive…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - … boycott could bring not just PUTCO but the whole national body of employers to its…
4. Conclusion
… The decisions made by the Party executive at the end of 1938 proved to be a lifesaver for the Party. Although … leadership to emerge. Branches were given a…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… the High Court in Johannesburg during the first sitting of the inquiry looking into Timol’s death, Mohammed, who is younger by seven years, said the…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… my stay in the old Pretoria Prison had often thought of escape. In 1964 and 1965 I had been the chairman of our escape committee. At that time we got no…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, which became known as the South African … The Observatory is known for its first measurement of…
PlaceBuffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
… Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is one of the 8 metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa and one of the two in the Eastern Cape Province. It is…
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
… food in the tidal zone and hunting for a rich variety of wildlife. Various glacial periods interrupted this coastal … (Strandloper) peoples lived here. After…
PlaceBorakalalo National Park, North of Brits
… Borakalalo is situated 60 km North of Brits. It consists of 13 000 ha of woodland and open Bushveld – in a remote and … Dam and the Moretele River is…
PlaceKatberg, Eastern Cape
… and close on two hours from East London, the little town of Katberg lies in enviable countryside. Citrus orchards, … and soft green valleys with forested…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… On 20 September 1915 a new battalion consisting of Cape Coloured men, called the Cape Corps was established with the view of being dispatched to East Africa…
PlaceKomatipoort
… The original inhabitants of the region around Komatipoort were the Bushmen. Their … rock ledges, that date back from a hundred to a thousands of Years ago…
PlaceMangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
… Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning " Place of Cheetahs " . Legend has it that when the first settlers … roamed freely by cheetahs! Before the municipal…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In Chapter 8 we … random and indiscriminate with the…
PlaceArthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon
… This Area has a Plaque of Comrades Marathon achiever Arthur Newton. This is aslo the resting place of many other brave runner's during the race! Arthur, the …
Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… CONFERENCE 26-27 JANUARY, 2023: ‘CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DURBAN STRIKES’ DURBAN 1973, A NATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH, IN THE CONTEXT OF A GLOBALLY DEVELOPING…
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… Chairperson Premier of the Province Our friends from the USA Distinguished … As Africans, we are faced with the urgent challenge of ending poverty and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed … Cooperation…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - … Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent defeat of the March-April 1960 Cape…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… the city it is today are so often overlooked. In the light of Women’s Day, on the 59th anniversary of the 9 August 1956 march of some 20 000 women on the…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A joint planning council of the African National…