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ArchiveJohnny Clegg: South Africa’s universal man of uncommon passion by David Coplan, 25 July 2019
… Afrikaans juskei (juk: yoke], referring to the capacity of a formidable dancer to hold his stand.” In my mind, like a … reflective, celebratory – have poured…
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… his life to understanding and advocating for the rights of South African workers. His academic journey began at … and York universities. He earned a PhD from…
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
… In the aftermath of World War 2 Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. The East was placed under the control of the Soviet Union while West…
PlaceKwaxolo Cave Adventures, South Coast
… back some 100 000 years, the KwaXolo Caves, located inland of Margate on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast, were once … shelters for indigenous San…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… to the city centre, breakfast included and a shower of my own. He even calls me a taxi. I am pleasantly surprised … and of course it is, then get me off the…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, … work stems from and concerns her environment. Be it the…
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… Programme Director, The Family of Comrade Peter Mokaba, ANC Youth League President, Cde Julius Malema, National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League,…
ArchiveReflections on life in a rearview mirror by Jo Ractliffe, 27 Jun 2011
… with your 80th birthday—that Sunday morning when a group of us were summoned to your house at the crack of dawn in an atmosphere of great mystery and…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… increasingly authoritarian measures to combat any forms of resistance against the government. Under apartheid … was executed through the unjust Ninety-Day…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, … our nation, cast his vote in Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal; the land of uShaka, a hero whose name…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… Ndebele is a final year B.A. student at the University of Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland. He is also the SRC … labours. They have no social security. They…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
… Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles … townships and the deepening education…
Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984
… Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions of ordinary people in townships, factories and … townships and the deepening education crisis…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… partner in that search. De Klerk announced at the opening of South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town the unbanning of … regime; or whether or not revolution…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small … unlawful” (allegedly contravening the Riotous Assembles Act of 1956). After a…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… The lessons of the Zuma rape trial have a bearing on the type of future leadership we must seek. In the normal course of … his version of Zulu culture and…
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… Celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s life is an opportunity to move away from the cliché-ridden assessments of his multi-faceted personality…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or … struggle by a triumvirate - Oliver Tambo…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… [1] In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or … struggle by a triumvirate - Oliver…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… alma mater and employer for over 40 years, the University of Cape Town (UCT). Part of this endeavour involved exploring the history of … the name of…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… it concentrated on the Boer War years and the experiences of Emily Hobhouse as the compassionate, strong willed woman … engaged to provide considerable…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… for the opportunity to be here and give a short synopsis of the Commonwealth's relations with the Anti-Apartheid … said to have found not only a role, but…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… (2022 census), urban area, 97,815. Following the expulsion of the Xhosa chief, Ndlambe and some 20,000 of his followers … the height of the roof. Baron…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… compromise proposal it had tabled in the closing moments of CODESA II. This was followed by a National Policy … were referred to as the 'Transition to…
PlaceFernkloof Nature Reserve, Caledon
… far-sighted residents recognized the botanical richness of the area in which they lived and realised the need for … Three special men were responsible for…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… In this chapter my concerns are with SANSCO's mobilisation of students and its collective actions, and especially the … focus week on the 30th anniversary of…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of independence. Jonathan Wilson tells of a legend's ups and downs. When Steve Mokone arrived at … and…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… ‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that … on AIDS, Ronald Suresh Roberts’s Fit to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… Comrade Chairperson, Esteemed members of the Diplomatic Corps, Fellow members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Leaders of … will enter…
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…