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'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
Sol T Plaatje’s ground-breaking work Native Life in South Africa was published 100 years ago in 1916. Janet Remmington, Brian Willan and Bhekizizwe Peterson…
Invitation to Book Launch and Panel Discussion
In conclusion
“the hardship of the workers made me determined never to give up” When we first went to Hondeklipbaai and Doringbaai the workers were suffering. People in the…
Spro-Cas: Motivations and Assumptions by Peter Randall
The Writer's Movement in South Africa by Njabulo S. Ndebele
Staffrider: An informal discussion by Mike Kirkwood
Azikwelwa (We Will not Ride): Politics and Value in Black South African Poetry by Anne McClintock
PlaceThe Old Durban Prison
The Old Durban Central Prison no longer exists, but it was used extensively during the earlier apartheid period to house political dissidents. The former…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
As important as the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Gandhiji which is observed on January 30, 1988, is the eightieth anniversary of his first…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
A press release from the Poetry Africa festival, which ended in Durban last night, touted the presence of Mafika Gwala as the “exciting re-emergence of the…
A short history of Indian education by C. Kuppusami
Is there an Indian Question in Post-Apartheid South Africa? by Rehana Ebr.Vally
A 'Public Health Nuisance': The Victoria Street Early Morning Squatters Market, 1910-1934 by Goolam Vahed
Bamboo Square: Documentary Narrative of the 'Indian and Native Cantonment' at the Point, 1873 to 1903 by Brian Kearney
My case against SAIC participation by M. J. Naidoo
125 Years -The Arrival of Natal's Indians in Pictures by Joy B. Brian
Language Shift, Cultural Change and Identity Retention: Indian South Africans in the 1960s and Beyond by Rajend Mesthrie
A preliminary study of the first decade of The Leader with particular reference to it's stance on the passive resistance campaign of 1946 by Prashanta Maharaj
Memories of the Struggle: Australians Against Apartheid
How Free Is FREE?: Reflections on Freedom of Creative Expression in Africa
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
Michael Hathorn was detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an extract from the prison diary that he kept…
PlaceAppelkooskop, Ficksburg; free State
Mountain North of Ficksburg. Afrikaans for 'apricot hillock' referring to the wild apricots that grow there. Used to be known as Abrikooskop!
PlaceApiesrivier, a River Which Flows Through Pretoria
River which has its source in the Fountains Valley and flows through Pretoria. Said to have been named after the large population of Vervet monkeys that lived…
PlaceApiesdoring, a Mpumalanga Railway Station
A Railway Station between Lydenburg and Steelpoort. Afrikaans for 'monkey thorn', the Afrikaans vernacular name refers to the high leafy crowns, of trees,…
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
Village at the site of the present Port Nolloth. The Khoikhoi name Aukwatowa; for 'where water took away the old man'. Its location was marked by Bartolomeu…
PlaceAnzac, a Railway Siding near Brakpan
A Railway Siding, on route between Germiston and Brakpan. The name is derived from all the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Anzac Cove in Turkey…
Mafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch Invitation
PlaceAnn Shaw Mission, in the Eastern Cape
Wesleyan Methodist Mission Station 2 km South-West of Middledrift. Established in 1853 for the Xhosa under Chief William Kama by Rev. William Shaw, and named…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
Stream rising between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well known, primarily referring…
PlaceAnniskop, Hill in Karoo-Namibia
Hill some 13 km North-West of the confluence of the Annis River with the Orange River. Near the hill is the joining of the Orange River and the Annis River…