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David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
Published 2005 by Prestel. Essays by Christoph Danelzik-Bruggemann, Michael Stevenson, and an interview with the photographer by Mark Haworth-Booth. 124 pages;…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Many Indian leaders who had formerly held office…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
In 1975, Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 October 1984, Johnson, now known…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
Contents and Contributors To Kill a Man's Pride by Mtutuzeli Matshoba, The Poet in Love by Nape 'a Motana, The Slumbering Spirit by Jayapraga Reddy, Two…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…
11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. R. K. Sastrie, who was working as an…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
..to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize is one of the highest international…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… it. And so they lived by selling off works of art or rare books that they had collected when they were in the money. At … – a South African story of exile…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
Introduction The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) is South Africa's second largest trade union federation with more than 400 000 members. Its largest…
PlaceCaledon, Cape Overberg
Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, located about 113 Kilometres (70 mi) east of…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
The early Cape was settled not only by ex-VOC workers who became free burghers and the Huguenots but also by slaves who lost their freedom and was brought to…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
‘The South African labour market,’ Charles van Onselen writes in New Nineveh, ‘has always been dominated by … mining, agriculture and domestic service.’ Van…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… for South Africa. A Reference Guide , Vol.1 (London: Zed Books, 1988), p.44. Deon Geldenhuys, The Diplomacy of … The Soweto Revolt: Roots of a Revolution? …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His middle…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg. The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The anti-trader sentiments evident in the previous…
Forming the Federation
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner 'The battle for democracy and liberation can only be won when women, mothers of…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Hester Cornelius (Translated from the Afrikaans) I was born and brought up in the Lichtenburg District, Transvaal. Both my father and my grandfather fought in…
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…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
Tebogo Sidney Thapelo Thekisho, stagename ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a on-air radio presenter, radio…
Beyond the Apartheid University?
Beyond the Apartheid University? Interrogating the transformation of the South African Higher Education landscape. Sub-themes to be considered as focus of…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) began public hearings, which focused on allegations against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, estranged ex-wife of former…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African Defence Force commandos crossed the border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of houses on the…
Stay-away!
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the Suppression of…
’Asinamali’
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1957 a message came through from SACTU that we must organize this campaign…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… mean the insistence on allowing groups of students to burn books and paintings and libraries, more offerings to our …
The Legal Veneer
… without trial is permitted to remain on the statute books. Banning of persons ISA powers of banning of persons … order, but the banning powers remain on the…