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ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. Also associated with Brahmin class. www.boards…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom charter in 1955. 1980 SACTU declares the year as…
PlaceVredehoek
Vredehoek is a hillside neighbourhood at the base of Devil’s Peak. The stairways here were built in the early twentieth Century to connect homes to streets and…
PlaceDundee
The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represents a unique way of Historic storytelling because there are 2 separate interpretive centres,…
Statement by Reverend Gabriel Seteloane at the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in Atlanta to pay tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979
I stand here not as a diplomat, I am not schooled in that line; but I do stand here as a man who shares a profession with a man we are commemorating today,…
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
Back in the mid-1970s, when the writer was still feeling his way along the dark moral landscape that was South Africa, a South African colleague insisted we…
IFP 2019 Election Manifesto
A GROWING ECONOMY The development of an inclusive economy is an absolute priority. This is about human dignity. We need to get our nation working, to…
Address to the World Council of Churches Harare 12 December 1998
The Moderator Presidents of the WCC The General Secretary Delegates and members of the WCC Distinguished Guests It is a great honour, as an African, to…
Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
Madam SpeakerChairperson of the National Council of Provinces Deputy Speaker Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP Mister President Deputy President Members of the…
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas…
Business leaders pay tribute to Mandela by staff writer, December 8 2013
COMPANIES and business organisations on Friday reacted to the death on Thursday night of former president Nelson Mandela. Here are some highlights: ”¢ Mandela…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
Introduction Nelson's letters reflect the volumes that remain unsaid because of the censorship rules that prescribe and proscribe the thoughts of a prisoner…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
I wish to extend to you warmest greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia and the Honourable Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister…
XI - The Verdict
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The Deputy Attorney General also made a closing submission, in which he stated that…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Act 35 of 1906, which dealt with hawkers'…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 April 1895, Chief Justice Melius de…
74. The Freedom Charter, 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There were some 2 844 delegates present at 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 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
The Poor White problem spread to the factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. There was a constant flow into the…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites within the continent…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , "South Africa…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last legal conference in Johannesburg prior to…
ANC Today Volume 10 No.1, 15 - 21 January 2010
Letter from the President Let's work together to speed up effective service to the people Since 1912, the ANC has dedicated itself to the historic mission of…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
1935 15 December, Professor Davidson Don Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
In September and October 1977, the apartheid government stiffened its resolve to end the nationwide student unrest that broke out in Soweto in June 1976…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
Evolution refers to the slow process of human adaptation over millions of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the earliest…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
The Mali Empire (c. 1235-1600 CE)At its height, the Mali Empire stretched across more than 1.29 million square kilometres of West Africa, encompassing the…