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BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… in place, President Lula’s administration became one of the most popular in the history of Brazil. According …
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… for amnesty was refused by the TRC.Jack has been named as one of a group of powerful Eastern Cape businesspeople that …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… in several demonstrations, and in September Macozoma was one of 43 students from KwaZakhele who were arrested …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… of people he could associate with as a banned person. At one stage, he was forced to sell eggs and worked as a …
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… In 1971 Ndebele married Mpho Kathleen Malebo. They have one son and two daughters. Ndebele began studying at the Roma …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… cultural diversity is expressed in a number of ways; one of the most famous is the different cultural influence … is the Domba, or python dance which is held…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… two members of the special branch outside our front door, one of them waving a warrant authorizing them to investigate … the mainstream media almost…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… in their domestic work outfits – all showed up to take part in the resistance against apartheid. The 1956 Women’s … better work, and establishing themselves…
BiographyPhillip Qipu Vundla
… a member of the Western Native Township advisory board and one of the principal organisers of resistance to the …
BiographyMtetunzima Ganyile
… was described in the motivation for his banishment as one of the leaders of the Pondoland revolt and ‘a strong …
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… undemocratic laws or land distribution has become integral part of the society, particularly from 2004 as generally … Municipal IQ recently shows that South…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th … Empire in the Middle East mentioned below is no…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… armed resistance movements in South Africa and the region. One of its key aims is to provide a space for telling stories … would like to encourage…
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… sacred and respect it as a gift of God. The most important part of the San's lives is fire. The men are responsible for … like their mothers. The San culture…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… and untamed, and time has virtually stood still in a part of the world known as ‘God’s country’ or Pondoland. The … and are very involved in welcoming…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
… Cato Manor Farm. Click to read: Contents and introduction Part One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Part Two Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Part Three …
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… in society today. The Declaration of the Rights of Man One of the legacies of the French Revolution is a document … called The Declaration of the Rights of…
ArticleNdebele
… The isiNdebele language, of which there are variations, is part of the Nguni language group. IsiNdebele is one of the 11 official languages recognized by the…
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… education in the township. In 1982 Lamontville was one of first Black townships in Natal to protest against high … the whereabouts of her younger brother,…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… total control over virtually of these two continents. One of the reasons linked to colonial expansion in Africa and … particularly by the minority…
BiographyRas Thomas Mokoka
… [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province]. Mokoka was one of the five members of the Bathlako counsellors, together …
BiographyStanley Basil Lollan
… Basil Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the …
BiographyDavid Thlolanyane Mabe
… Native Trust Farm, Vryburg , Western Transvaal. One of the five members of the Bathlako community, together …
Brett Eloff
… Editor for a men’s magazine. More recently, Brett was one of two South African photographers to have been nominated …
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… of the South African army at the port of Luderitz, then part of German South West Africa. She was returned to the … farmyard animals soon thereafter. In 1914…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… we shall see, women workers of all races, now a permanent part of the industrial scene, were not slow to play their part in this climate of unrest. Within…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University … a priority in the nineteenth century. Inanda Seminary…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… it was evident that Black people played an indispensable part in military operations. On the Boer side Republican law … assisted during the siege of…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… tools, Bantu languages and village life to the eastern part of the country. It is believed that they came here … groups because it wasn't as dry and hot as…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… national situation was frankly and exhaustively discussed. One of the resolutions of that January meeting of NEUM was … of some of its leaders between 1961…