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ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
Constructing Heritage and Heritage ResourcesHeritage – our past, and where we come from – means different things to different people. Some people relate to the…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A deputation of Indians went to see Lord…
PlaceNewcastle
Deeply involved in the Anglo-Boer War, Newcastle today is the largest town in northern KwaZulu Natal and shares its name with a further 27 sister Newcastle's…
PlaceFernkloof Nature Reserve, Caledon
Early in the nineteenth Century, Hermanus Pieters, used to walk ‘over the mountain’ from Caledon, year after year, to camp at the coast and enjoy the abundant…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
Until recently, the South African photographer David Goldblatt had arranged for his archive to go to the University of Cape Town upon his death. The university…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
Photography is the common language of modern history. It’s everywhere; and everyone, in some way, understands it. No institution presents and parses that…
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
As curious as it may seem to a jaded Western art world, the large-scale global art exhibition still strikes many emerging nations as a good idea. One such is…
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Industrial Conciliation (Natives) Bill whic8 is to…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
21 years ago, leading anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released by South African President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in prison. His…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as acting president of the Natal…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. K. Gandhi founded Indian Opinionin June 1903…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The Education Bill, 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1980 Darul Quraan Trust International 121 The Darul Quraan Trust International in…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The start of a bad time The treason trial was the start of a very bad time. At…
PlacePageview
Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 Albert Christopher promises return of Old Guard …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in…
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 After the raid into Lesotho on Thursday, 9…
36. The fault of Indian immigrants is their poverty and their skin
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian Opinionreflected on the way in which the…
35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The draft Ordinance of October 1903 imposed…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner Anyway all this time I was still working with the Food and Canning Workers'…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner The Christian human model is one of freedom and openness. To love means to be free and open to other…
PlacePaarl
(prior to 1910)The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate division in 1839. Like Stellenbosch its…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
IntroductionStephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa homehomepolitics & governanceliberation struggleemerging…