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ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move away … The ANC leadership had always stressed…
ArticleBonani Africa Online Exhibition 2010
… Many of the essays in the Bonani Africa 2010 Exhibition that straddle the twin worlds of social comment and the exploration of the everyday. The space…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… I was born on the 11th of September 1965. I grew up in Johannesburg in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria where I obtained a BA Degree…
ArticleDISA Archive
… scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during … the first democratic elections in…
The National Tree
… family is primeval and has been present in this part of Africa for more than 100 million years. The species is … along the southern and eastern Cape coast,…
Grade 4 Archive
… that is no longer required in the curriculum. Origins of major world religions reflected in SA: Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives…
ArticleMaritime history and heritage: shipwrecks
… Shipwrecks have always held a specific allure. The promise of hidden treasure, the unexplored and underwater adventure … provide maritime archaeologists with…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… industry in significant numbers from 1960 while the number of Indian men employed in clothing factories, until then in the majority, started to decline. In…
Why did so few Black South Africans make films before the 1990s?
… There are less than a handful of black directors who made films before the 1990s. The … for this are the same reasons that kept black people out of other…
ArticleAfricanist News and Views (1968-1973)
… and Views, published by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania (South Africa), expressed the Pan-Africanist … the struggle for liberation. The first…
Malcolm Phafane
… As a photography student, my immediate subject of choice became my community. Given its rich history, … certificate in the student portfolios category. My…
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… A panel of judges consisting of Omar Badsha, Mary Corrigall, David Goldblatt, Thembinkosi … has awarded the following photographers with a prize of R20 000…
Vakalisa Art Association
… Art Association was founded in 1982. It was a network of Black cultural workers that operated in the Western Cape . … renown poet, writer and publisher, was…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
… Amphitheatre Stadium Area of Masakeng* Area of Mochanaeng* Arthur Ashe Bara Hospital* Beerhalls Blue … Tiro (before he moved to Barolong High School because…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… other documents that have been collected since the arrival of white settlers. These are collected primarily for … The various archive depots contain valuable…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… 1936 Hermanus Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July). [i] 1954 Matriculated from … military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) Luthuli…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Year Date Name Affiliation Place of death Description 1984 15 July Ngalo, Johannes (26) … Anthony Katlehong Police informed victim's family of death in…
ArticleEuropean Revolutions Timeline 1768-1848
… French Revolution. 1799 Napoleon takes over control of France. 1815 Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated by England and Prussia. … 1814-1815 …
OSEO report on Allan Boesak
… Office of Serious Economic Offences Report The Scandinavian donors … ANC did not want to do this. The next step was the release of the Bell, Dewar & Hall…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where … Noel and Virginia Gcabashe. A year after the…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
… an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became the meeting place for … South Africa for many years to come. After…
ArticleNokukhanya (Bhengu) Luthuli’s Life Timeline
… Began formal education at Ohlange Institute 1914 Death of Nokukhanya’s mother, Nozincwadi, (also known as MaNgidi) … mother Nozililo died 1936 Albert…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way out of town, on high ground which sloped upwards towards a … and…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… and director (Molo Fish): November 2002. "The lion's share of monies earned from local cinema releases and television … Communications Officer. David Wicht,…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Project: Lawyers for Human Rights: Promoting a Culture of Human Rights Meredith Ashworth Meredith Ashworth is from … cultures, travel and human rights. …
David Lurie
… Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has … Awards: he has been granted several Arts…
David Lurie
… Town, 1951. Has a BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a self taught photographer. Lurie has … Awards: he has been granted several Arts…
Mawanda Isaac Mbongela
… 1986. Resides in Vereeniging and is in his third year of study at the Vaal University of Technology. Exhibition: VUT Exhibition, Museum Africa, Johannesburg…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… November at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, and the Convention for a … I) started its first plenary meeting…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
… A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte … While on a choir trip to the United States (US) Institute of the…