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ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Arianna Lissoni works as a researcher in the Wits History Workshop. Her research and publications focus on the history and politics of the liberation…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… by any means possible including fighting against marauding colonial armies in frontal wars of resistance; protest and … epitomized by the 1921 Bulhoek…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Leopold’s plans, and France was quick to engage in its own colonial exploration. French naval officer Pierre de Brazza … Republic of Congo. To add to this,…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… to monopolize for the next 34 years. During that time the postal and telegraphic business of Great Brak River was …
Activity: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… Islamic countries. dramatically transformed the role of women in those cultures. How did Mansa Musa's journey change … ://e-classroom.co.za/wp-content…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… accused. Money for the bail was raised within hours. The women provided two meals everyday for five years, for all the …
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… formation of the Constitution of the Natal Organisation of Women. Nyoka was a multifaceted member of the ANC and the …
BiographyGovin Reddy
… leaders. Reddy was a bright student graduating in history and continued to excel at sports. With growing … and at the time subversive, version of South…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… for gold in The South African Republic (Transvaal) and colonial expansion by the subjugation of independent nations. … of British ‘concentration camps’ which…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat … in Angolan politics after the collapse of Portuguese colonial rule escalated…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… of arranged marriages between men of 'distinction' and women of wealth to produce a 'gifted race' mental qualities … also affected South Africa. Because of…
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… to be able to judge if they are good or bad leaders. In history, it is also important to study the stories of the … which we can relax and enjoy the…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… further below. South Africa has experienced a long history of forcible removal of people as the result of racist … apartheid was implemented and was already…
PlaceOrigins Centre
… anyone interested in learning about the rich and diverse history of Southern Africa . The Centre is a world-renowned … dedicated to exploring and celebrating…
Address by President Mandela on Heritage Day Robben Island, 24 September 1997
… ideals we are striking out in a new direction. During colonial and apartheid times, our museums and monuments … Most people had little or no say in the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship . … Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
PlaceRetreat, Cape Town
… is a Suburb of City of Cape Town, Western Cape with a postal code. It is about 15 kms West-North-West of the …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… for nearly a hundred years. This was largely due to colonial expansion which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and … one; other Xhosa ethnic groups cooperated with…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
… new theatre forms that drew on the country’s cultural history, the onus fell on independent initiatives. Some rural … to stage struggle plays (drama about…
Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… in the City Hall. The enthusiasm with which the men and women received the speakers. All the speakers of that night … the Empire will always stand forth as…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… campaign at Wits University in 1974, and planning the ‘History of opposition’ campaign in the same year, which aimed …
BiographyArchie Mafeje
… in his life at the time was Livingstone Mqotsi , a history teacher. After completing high school, Archie …
BiographyMimi Coertse
… a successful career. She became the youngest singer in the history of the State Opera to be appointed to the permanent …
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… the longest period of banning (33 years) in South African history and endured the longest house arrest (18 years),he … T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… was on many occasions short-lived and quickly quashed by colonial authorities who were more often than not greater in … of the insurrection, aptly explained…
PlaceCameroon
… Cameroon can in many ways be considered a microcosm of the history of the African continent. Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural … between the people and their environment…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… Particular care is needed when considering a country whose history is framed by society’s attachment of axiomatic … refreshing analysis that recognises the…
Say It out Loud - Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… in the City Hall. The enthusiasm with which the men and women received the speakers. All the speakers of that night … the Empire will always stand forth as…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… took back control again. Angola only became a Portuguese colonial settlement after the decline of the slave trade in … the ‘native chief’ at Elmira. Source:…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… 40 000 people died and as many were incorporated into the colonial economy as wage labourers. Coming on top of the … Cape, the cattle killing was a turning…