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ArticleIndian South Africans
… project to build a comprehensive social and political history of this African community. Origins: South Africans of …
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… The multi-ethnic suburb has a fascinating and turbulent history. “Fordsburg was always a working class suburb,” Rich in History and bearing the scars of its…
PlaceCairo, Capital City of Egypt
… Cities! On the Nile River, Cairo is famous for its own history, preserved in the fabulous medieval Islamic city and … was built on a hill by the caliph- …
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… was the decisive entry of black students onto the stage of history. Until the 1960s, the number of Africans in schools … Thereafter, Tiro was briefly…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… the Jewish people of today, we have to be aware of the history of the Holocaust which so profoundly affected them. … racial or religious discrimination. What…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… declare to our people and the world at large that our history of struggle, in which the Indian community played no … and population group, you have a proud…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… for liberation and majority rule. Mapungubwe [link to History classroom lesson] The Mapungubwe hill site, situated … early complex African culture, and…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic with …
The Student Wages Commissions, the 1973 Durban Strikes, and the Politics of Statistics by Grace Davie
… end of the 1970s. Grace Davie is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York. She … the author of Poverty Knowledge in…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… the old section. It dates back to the Anglo-Boer War . The History of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain … in South Africa, it has a proud…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… in Pietermaritzburg's architectural landscape. Explore the History of the Comrades Marathon from 1921 when 34 runners … by those passionate about recording…
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
… was relatively unknown to historians of ancient history until his tomb was discovered in the twentieth … could all be used to provide greater insight into…
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe joins together three periods in our history: the first, the period of wars of resistance waged by … Germany. In no other part of the…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe joins together three periods in our history: the first, the period of wars of resistance waged by … Germany. In no other part of the…
Art Matters by Suzanne P. Blier, 05 December 2014
… individual or group bears blame. This reflects university history, structural differences, and the ways that race still … of African art at Harvard…
PlaceSierra Leone
… The country then became a single entity with a shared history, culture and language called: 'Krio' which evoked out … nation on April 27, 1961 . This was…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… the Central Committee with the task of preparing a short history of our Party, Fifty Fighting Years, which was … to our struggle will forever be inscribed in…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… The history of modern times is the history of nationalism. Nationalism has been tested in the …
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… host a man who has made such a significant impact on world history. Since the first stirrings of democracy in South … Trust in Johannesburg, South Africa, to…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… research efforts: Much research has been done on the history of the Lamont-Hussey Observatory. Dr. Patrick Seitzer … from SAAO in Cape Town and the members…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… No action has been taken to suspend the head of the SAP forensic laboratories, General Lothar Neethling, after a …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… amnesty applications and confessions from former SADF and SAP apartheid security personnel. We have also always …
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
… movement of recent years. A good starting point in the history of South African documentary photography is 1950s. … gave life to the campaigns and people who…
PlacePrince Albert
… in South Africa! (This Pass starts just outside Town.) HISTORY Founded in 1762, Prince Albert's History is deeply rooted in South African Heritage . The Town…
PlaceWorcester, Western Cape
… Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This town has a rich History covering a time when the Region was inhabited by … Breede River Valley , the Worcester…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the South African Communist Party Policy Conference, 27 September 2008, Randburg Towers
… place at the end of one of the most momentous weeks in the history of our country. The events of the past week have changed the course of history of our…
Undelivered statement by Albert Luthuli at the time of his Trial for burning his pass, 05 July 1960
… are not new or something born in recent years. The whole history of the African people since Union is studded with our … insult to injury, extended them, for…
ArchiveThe Legacy Of The Jazz Epistles, South Africa's Short-Lived But Historic Group by Simon Rentner, 27 April 2017
… Epistles may be deeply engraved in South African cultural history, and perhaps even celebrated throughout the African … "This story hasn't been told because…
PlaceWindermere
… with the winter rains and which entered their homes. Oral history accounts tell of this flooding as one of the many … showed that 90% were forced to move to…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… and friends. This is an important day in the political history of our country. It is a day which should give comfort … wish. To us as a democratic movement,…