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ArticleHighlights for 2013
… have compiled what we feel are the key historical events of 2013. We have determined which of these events qualify by their subject matter, cultural ……
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… January 1976, a group of people with Mosima Sexwale are taken by two cars a Fiat … in Swaziland to Tim Maseko’s house who is the principal of St Christopher…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline
… The Yusuf Dadoo timeline includes the history of one the leading members of the South African communist movement. Starting at the beginning of the South…
Learning about local history through pictures
… In this lesson we will investigate the history of different local areas and local events using these … Did you know that a picture says a 1000 words; what a…
ArticleNational Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR)
… National Initiative for Reconciliation (NIR) is a network of Christian individuals, congregations and organisations … It was launched in 1985 by Michael…
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,…
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…
ArticleMcGill University Project
… with South African History Online (SAHO). Over the course of two months, 16 students in this programme liaised with a team of SAHO researchers and who…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
African Art Centre
… . Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first 30 years of its existence, and since has been directed by Sharon … the KwaZulu…
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…
ArticleInqaba ya basebenzi
… published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' … campaigns for a national minimum wage and…
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…