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Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph
Helen Joseph is one of the most well-known South African women to campaign against apartheid. Her autobiography is being published on her 81st birthday and is…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi (SFSU) and Dr. Robin D G Kelley (UCLA). Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
In the language of the Shangaan people, the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word for Buffalo. You can see the 'Big Five' and many other animals in the Balule Game…
PlaceMalawi
The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
Ray Alexander Simons nee Alexandrowich arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she realized…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
From 1960 to 1983, the apartheid Government forcibly moved 3.5 million Black South Africans in one of the largest mass removals of people in modern history…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and Mary Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer completed his primary education…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, is one of the smallest but most interesting Municipalities in South Africa. Founded in 1820, this peaceful little Village on the…
Place'Amphlett', a Hill Which Forms Part of the Drakensberg
Hill on the Ridge, leading to 'Cathkin Peak', in the Drakensburg, some 50 km West of Escourt. Named after GT Amphlett who was the President of the local…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
Innate resilience in conjunction with unmatched passion forms a characteristic that proves to be unstoppable, yet the rarity of this combination stems from the…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Conference Rally Kings Park 7 July 1991
A rally held by the ANC following one of the greatest political conferences held in South Africa. It was attended by representatives from 50 countries. The ANC…
ArchiveExhibitions
Notice of Exhibition at Standard Bank Gallery on 14th September to 16th October 1999. Front page of Drum magazine dated August 1952. Reliving the 50's and 60…
ArchiveMelt away the blues: Dave Hampshire
Black and white poster. Artwork of a hand striking a match and lighting a wax figure of Margaret Thatcher. Box of matches with the words 'class struggle', …
Control: 1910 - 1948
Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave,…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian…
PlaceCarlton Centre, Johannesburg
The Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre located in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it has been the tallest office building…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
As amended and adopted at the 5th National Conference - July 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble Rules Rule 1 Name Rule 2 Aims and Objectives Rule 3…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
- The ANC’s operational strategic heritage, 1960-1975 The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. And just…
PlaceTiffindell Ski Resort, Eastern Cape
Tiffindell Ski Resort - South Africa's only ski resort situated in Barkley East, Eastern Cape, South Africa's only snow ski resort! Tiffindell Ski Resort…
PlaceBishopscourt, Cape Town
Bishopscourt, Cape Town, was a prime example of the Group Areas Act's cruel impact, where non-white families (the Protea Village community) were forcibly…
PlacePringle Bay, Cape Overberg
The little seaside village of Pringle Bay is one of the towns set within the natural beauty of the Kogelberg Biosphere, the only reserve in South Africa to be…
Exhibition: Durban, 1973: Strike against cheap labour by David Hemson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference My existing exhibition on the Durban strikes is being refocused and…
ArchiveTwo year recognition battle won
The Transport and General Workers Union has finally won its two year recognition struggle with PUTCO with the signing of an agreement which will give it…
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Bookmarked by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, which opened on…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural barriers…