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BiographyJacob Mafora
… was a domestic servant and a gardener. He was President of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Orange Free State and ex-officio member of the ANC…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… ‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens Rachel Fenton … began to refer to an emerging ‘Afro…
BiographyZweledinga Pallo Jordan
… 22 May 1942 in B Location, Kroonstad, in the Orange Free State. His father, Dr Archibald Campbell Jordan, was an … and lecturer. Both his parents were active…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Patrice Lumumba gained the reputation of being a powerful and charismatic leader during his brief … (the former Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… Despite the National Party’s anti-Semitic exclusion of Jews from its ranks, Levin’s family were ardent supporters … and worked as a forensic psychiatrist for…
BiographyZanele Muholi
… communities in South Africa. “This is a time for a visual state of emergence,” she says. “The preservation and mapping of our … included in the exhibition…
Subbiah Moodley
… Subbiah Moodley is probably the most anonymous of the early uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the … morning he was transported to Kroonstad in the…
Magic of a mix of cultures
… Magic of a mix of cultures …
ArchiveCombination of forms of struggle
… Combination of forms of struggle …
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… rigid macro-economic targets set by government, regardless of their social consequences. Those policies having a … as a plan which envisaged an active,…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… The University of Cape Town is South Africa's oldest University! UCT is also one of Africa's leading Teaching and Research Institutions, with … the Cape Town…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… Those who formed part of the poorest section of the Indian community, such a labourers, artisans, market-gardeners bore the brunt of the effect of the…
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of…
BiographyBen Mclennan
… moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early schooling in Grahamstown , in … with his wife and young son, Mclennan…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
… Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now … youths from Soweto, he left the country to join the ranks of uMkhonto…
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… This article was written by Alexandra Larkin and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … project Abstract This essay sheds…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (the GRA, the Fellowship of True Afrikaners) was launched in Paarl, Western Cape on 14 … August 1875. The society was…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and policemen formed an … was renamed the Afrikaner Broederbond (AB). The formation of the AB was…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… are hosting this conference on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is … Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… obtained his BA Honours degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Province (now Western Cape), … as a way of expressing protest against the…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… through the multiracial and liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In particular, NUSAS was outspoken in its criticism of government…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women's…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… The South African Society of Artists celebrated its centenary on 26 September 2002 and on 9 December we mark the centenary of its first exhibition held at…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… The unique nature of slavery in the Cape Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at…
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
… Pottery production was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. … is still developing content for this…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… artists who were sidelined, staging large retrospectives of the likes of Dumile Feni and, more recently, Kay Hassan. Although this exhibition is obviously an…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This year, 2014, marks 20 years of…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… CCAWUSA (The Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini as the … response to a clarion call by the 1985…
The Choice of Termination Act is Enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… From February 1 1997, the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was enacted by the Parliament of South Africa, granting unrestricted access to abortion to ……