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ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
To many, modern mathematics and Africa are not synonymous. Open any school mathematics book and the role of African scholars has been relegated to the category…
ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
As Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans for many centuries the maps that were created were by and large grossly inaccurate. They are still a fascinating…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
On 17 March 1992, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to participate. The aim of…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… members of the NEC operate a banking account; Keep such books of account as may be necessary to record clearly the … from the office of the Treasurer General…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… in which large numbers of women burned their pass books, actions which were met with severe repression; the … ensure that all South Africans over the age of…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Honoris Causa Degree Ceremony, at the Salón de Diputados, Old Congress, Santiago, Chile, 7 June 2005
Rector of the Universidad de Chile, Luis Riveros, Prorector, Jorge Litvak, You're Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: I am very…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari…
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
Archbishop Emeritus Denis Hurley, centre, at the freedom march in 1989 with other religious leaders. On the morning of the 17 August 2009, my copy of The…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1652 Arrival of Malays 1 J S Mayson, describing the Islamic life in the 19th…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… of the Jewish community in South Africa. Although several books on the latter subject have adequately covered some …
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Statistical Analysis of Resisters Studying the…
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Vendenayagum Lawrence petitioned the Natal…
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Natal Indian Patriotic Union was comprised…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would depend on how the reader defines the…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… Executive members, operate a banking account; Keep such books of account as may be necessary to record clearly the …
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… apartments, on each and every occasion packages of IUEF books and materials arrived at precisely the correct address …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the British Government called upon the dominions in the British Empire to come to its assistance. The South…
The Detention Weapon
… security legislation. It is currently on the statute books. Section 28 provides for long-term (12 months) … to state officials. Although still on the statute…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
 1947 "Joint Declaration of Cooperation" Signed by Dr A.B. Xuma, President of the African National Congress, Dr G.M. Naicker, President of the Natal…
Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… There is little information on their assistance in books on Gandhiji, except for some references, partly …
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… education because there was no money for school fees or books. When the families were not even allowed to plough, …
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
… statements, had to be conducted in English. There were no books in Afrikaans dealing with the problems of workers. The …
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
The gallery, Stevenson, was founded in 2003 after two of its founding directors Michael Stevenson and Andrew da Conceicao, visited Documenta 11, and felt that…
PlaceHawston
Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily between the sea and the mountain. It is thought that long ago the Quena …
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
The most significant memorial [to Sir John Herschel] is the Herschel obelisk. On 28 November 1838 the Cape Governor, Sir George Napier, presided over a public…
PlaceSarepta
The Rhenish Missionary Society (Rhenish – of the river Rhine) was one of the largest Missionary Societies in Germany. Formed from smaller Missions founded as…
Solitary confinement
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner That was terrible. I spent a year in solitary confinement. I stayed there for…
The start of mass campaigns
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1948, the same year that I joined the ANC and the trade union the…