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Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… the post-colonial university, an authorised centre of knowledge production? In one form or another, this question has been at the centre of discussions in…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, destroying all settler resistance…
PlaceLibya
… history, has more recently been known for the 42-year rule of the mercurial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - and the chaos that … springboard for migrants heading…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… The Geneva Conventions, are comprised of four treaties and three protocols, which establish the standards of international law for the treatment of civilians…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… CAPETOWN. Dear Roux, I posted you yesterday copies of the resolutions passed at the Anti-Pass Conference with three paragraphs of general report at the foot…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… information showing that I could indeed handle the post of Special Adviser in the Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry. It is a technical ministry and … a…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… We are currently in the continent of Africa. The country located furthest south is called South … A law promoting Apartheid has just been passed. A majority…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, which means thorn…
PlacePeddie
… Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Peddie is a historic little town which lies 50 km South-West…
PlacePilanesberg Game Reserve
… Game viewing in a Malaria free environment. A wide variety of accommodation is available to suit your needs. The diversity of Pilanesberg’s accommodation…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Alice) and Fort Beaufort! Dimbaza is a symbol of the 'surplus…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… The end of World War I was followed by a global depression that … on strike. The reasons for the strike were a reduction of wages and the preference for…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you may wonder … with people, but no one…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… Behind the imposing grey granite walls of the National Mutual Building of Australasia, on Church Square, lie over 150 000 historical … in the Iziko Social…
PlaceNorthern Cape
… largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was part of the Cape Province (under old Provinces ). "With only…
PlaceMauritania
… Mauritania, Country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Culturally it forms a transitional zone between the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa…
EventPretoria receives city status
… was established in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers who named it after his father Andries Pretorius. Andries Pretorius became a hero…
Chapter 9. The Struggle against Sweating - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… cause bitter resentment among the workers, and nearly all of them are punitive in character. Before Union each of the four provinces in South Africa enacted…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… Members of the Hani family, Premier Noxolo Kiviet and members of the provincial executive, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Executive Mayor of Chris Hani…
New tactics in the revolt
… the partial stay-at-home which kept at least 60 per cent of the labour force away from work, the SSRC was forced on to … two days at the same place. On 11…
PlaceMapungubwe
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … years ago, Mapungubwe appears to have been the…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… From the hypnotic effects of the circular motions of the spiritual dancing of whirling dervishes to the mesmerising qawwali [1] …
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… People of South Africa, Today we mark World AIDS Day. As South … we participate in the World AIDS Day events as part of our ongoing support for the…
Citizenship and Justice: rethinking Political Theory and Political Philosophy
… A project of the Centre for Humanities Research, the Dept. of Political Studies and the Dept. of Philosophy, UWC invites you to a Reading Group and Seminar …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… on a black grape. He was working with the demonic energy of a man to whom time had become the only wealth worth possessing. He knew something of the despair…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
… The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr Jeff Radebe, … and regional Leadership present, The Treasurer-General of SANCO, Mr Roy Moodley,…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… which ended in Durban last night, touted the presence of Mafika Gwala as the “exciting re-emergence of the respected Black-consciousness era poet.” “Crap,”…
Place(The) Gambia
… neighbouring country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip of land, 25 to 50 km wide, that surrounds the Gambia River . … over, they maintained that name. A…
PlacePiketberg
… The small, farming Town of Piketberg also sometimes spelt Piquetberg in the past. Is located at the foot of the Piketberg Mountain Range. It is surrounded by…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in…