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The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries to Southern Africa at the end of the 18th century…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Despite the low percentage poll in the election,…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 Jon Soske Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly authoritarian figures like Donald…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
For over two hundred and fifty years the African people fought wars of resistance against the European invaders in defence of their motherland - South Africa…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades leaders of the South African Communist Party, COSATU and the…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
"Today on the Western Front,” the German sociologist Max Weber wrote in September 1917, there “stands a dross of African and Asiatic savages and all the world…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
PlaceDrakensberg Mountain Range, Lesotho
"Kahlamba" is an alternative name for the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa.The range is more than 200 kilometres long and combines rugged…
South African and World leaders
South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by side and even together in South…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
This article was written by Carly Spagnola and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Since the beginning of the…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
Abstract Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani was a jazz musician who performed during the apartheid era. He played for almost his entire career in exile before passing away…
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
Sons and Daughters of Afrika! We of the African National Congress meet once again to review South African and world events; our Congress policy of rights and…
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Natal Indian Congresswas formally launched…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I grew up. Unusually, it was a freehold area…
Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 09 May 1986, New Delhi
Today, I stand before this august and eminent assembly to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The question I have pondered without results from the…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South Africa…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
Today, I stand before this august and eminent assembly to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The question I have pondered without results from…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
Programme Director, Cde Mondli Gungubele; Bishop Msibi, Senior Pastor Ntlhoro and other Pastors of Church of Warriors of Christ; Our dear sister Kgatiso, the…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
The Chairperson, Deputy President Comrade Nelson Mandela, Members of the National Executive Committee, Regional Convenors and members of the Regional…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 1 Dr Abdurahman rose to deliver his…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
Honourable Minister of the National Intelligence Services, Ronnie Kasrils, Honourable Deputy Ministers, Chairperson and members of the Parliamentary Joint…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Hertzogian Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu The theory of Segregation as a solution of the 'Native question in South Africa has…
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
Let these images be a tribute to the many artists who have died too soon and too young. Empraim gatane, Cyprian Shilakoe, Julian Motau, Thami Mnyele, and to…
VI - The Inquest
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The inquest was postponed until 14 November. At the end of October, two weeks before…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This document, dated 10 July 1909, was submitted…
49. The certificates are burned
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 16 August 1908, a crowd of Indians, as well…
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (referred to as the 'Ghetto' Act in the next document). The Natal Indian…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a…
59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A convention was held in Johannesburg on 28-30…