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ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… this was a conscious decision taken by the Ndebele for political reasons, as the Pedi were never defeated by the … they also need to be read in the wider…
African History Books
… variety and diversity from a historical perspective. From political history to debates on gender, knowledge and …
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… Medicine. In 1968 the Bank of Sweden added the award for economic science in memory of Nobel. Nobel's family were … and application of dynamic models in the…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… at the time. He also acted on other matters on behalf of political prisoners and members of the African National … ttp://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event…
A volatile case of Afrikan vs. Indian in KwaZulu-Natal by Jackie Shandu, 7 April 2015, South Africa
… In its seven cardinal pillars and founding manifesto, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) set out to be the voice of … South Afrikan Indians occupy a…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… Namibian experience and not that of Angola. Transfer of political power to a democratically elected government was … on ad infinitum. Taken together these…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… overwhelming majority of women in Marikana rely on men for economic sustainability. The low living wage of the miners … were involved in the events at…
PlaceNigeria
… rule”; under this system, Britain ruled through existing political institutions rather than establishing an entirely … increasingly strong Igbo secessionist…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… Activity: Social, political and economic structures Roles of men, women, boys …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… (Militia). In South Africa the War had led to profound economic, social and political changes. During the War, South Africa experienced a …
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… Twelve years is a long time in our rapidly changing political situation. But it is a short time in the life of an … cannot be separated from the political…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… so today, because humanity has reached highest level of economic, scientific and cultural advancement, while poverty … certainty of peace allows people space…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… and interdependent realities of South Africa's socio-economic structure - became the sources of two complementary … violence became an essential ingredient…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… and leadership but over time it has transformed into a political entity that works to further women’s participation … structures and all programs designed…
Gigs, hustles and hope: work for young South Africans beyond the wage by Adam Cooper and Bernard Dubbeld
… divisions and inequalities, experience this new flexible economic situation and its associated precarity? How do they … promise of permanent work, and how…
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… he was denied a Lordship because of his outspokenness on political matters, especially when they affected medical …
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… of the volunteers who defied arrest. As a result of political activities, Mdluli was arrested in 1966 and …
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… and being an outstanding spokesperson for the release of political prisoners'. In that same year he was awarded a … and being an outstanding spokesperson for…
BiographyBilly Nair
… full time secretary of the Dairy Worker's Union. Nair's political awareness was fired by critical debates in his … Activist, Trade Unionist, Treason Trialist…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… magazine , where at various stages he held the posts of political reporter, sub-editor and fiction editor. Mphahlele …
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… with his oppressor. He was head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Durban Westville (now …
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… effectively enabled the apartheid regime to detain political opponents indefinitely and a protracted struggle … Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele .From Protest to…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… as their representative and many important Afrikaans political and cultural leaders supported him- particularly … was agreed that South West Africa should be…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… as a mobilising force for neighborhood, township, and political organisations. Football humanised the lives of … question, football in the ‘new' South Africa…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… extent of mentally condoning torture and assassination of political activists; to justify destabilization of South … action in all fields - military,…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… Natal Indian Congress (NIC), Kimberley Branch. Due to his political activities, her father was a listed person. The …
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… for sharing and for full participation in the educational, political and economic activities are granted and recognised. Already … they are subjected to…
Has Socialism Failed? by Joe Slovo South African Communist Party
… and distortions in the history of existing socialism, its economic failures and the divide which developed between … as forced collectivisation) brought…
PlaceSenegal
… with Soudan, on 4 April 1960. However, due to internal political difficulties, the Federation broke up six days … will remain one of Africa’s most important…
EventFidel Castro, president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, is born
… at the University of Havanna, where he also began his political career. In 1953, he led a failed attack on Moncada … States continued to escalate,…