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Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
Dr Mamphela Ramphele 16/4/98, Cape Town interviewed by Rupert Taylor Taylor: What is the nature of the conflict? Ramphele: I’ll take issue with the…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
Hangberg is an Area in Hout Bay, Cape Town. It is situated on the Mountain slopes between Hout Bay Harbour and The Sentinel Peak and many of the residents are…
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
A legacy is the long-term effect of something. A person or an event or a piece of writing from the past may still shape what people believe and how they live…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
The origins of Enoch Sontonga and the song he wrote, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are humble and rather obscure. Enoch Sontonga, from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa…
PlaceKoringberg
Koringberg, one of many in the areas to have its roots in the church. It was only when the community broke away from the Dutch Reformed Church in neighbouring…
PlaceTheewaterskloof Dam, Villiersdorp
The Theewaterskloof Dam is one of the features of Villiersdorp, and is significant for being the seventh-largest Dam in the Country. Here, you can enjoy…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress in exile for thirty years, died on 23 April 1993. Yet his legacy lives on. Comrade O.R. left us…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
This week, former president Thabo Mbeki admitted to having co-authored the HIV-Aids denialist Castro Hlongwane booklet in his “Monday missives” – letters to…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
Chairperson, Your Excellency President Castro; Your Excellencies the Ministers; Your Excellencies Ambassadors; Distinguished Guests; Comrades and friends:…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
"Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
A. The Mineral Revolution ↵ In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold Rush. We will also discuss how…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Into this sketchy collage which is Lesotho,…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
she's going to travel very far I was born in 1925 and grew up near Hermitage Street, on the hill in Paarl. We were four brothers and four sisters. My father,…
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in South Africa", 1907…
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in South Africa",…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
Address by President T Mbeki at Press Conference following Meeting with President Kikwete of Tanzania, held on 7 April 2006, at Presidential Guesthouse
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the press. First of all let me say I'm very happy indeed to have President Kikwete with us here. When we went to Dar-es…
PlaceSada
Sada (Xhosa word meaning “at last”), a Township about 30km North of Seymour and 3km South of Whittlesea, was first established in 1964 as a “dumping ground” or…
Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSSA)
The Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa was founded in 1938 in Krugersdorp by the representatives of 20 amateur dramatic societies in…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
From the outset a large number of Indians were employed in non-sugar growing activities. A small group was employed as domestic servants and they were…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson South African history can legitimately be described as the…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that he 'unconditionally…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the Government that the Non-European people can no longer go on tolerating …
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…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The prosecution wanted the maximum sentence – and we expected it: death. But in a…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
It helped enormously that I had a post to go to. Ronnie Kasrils was meticulous in requiring me to provide real information showing that I could indeed handle…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education This chapter looks at how archaeology and the…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rohihlala Mandela between 1977 to 1982 I got to know…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Over these two weeks it is impossible to tie the diary format to entries on particular days. Maria…