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ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… in The Road to Democracy in South Africa, Vol. 4 Part 1 [1980-1990], Pretoria: Unisa Press.|South African …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… Far from being a united force for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued by divisions and … between the European inhabitants of the Union on…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… by the launch of two important political movements. One was the South African Native National Congress (later … Resistance Campaign 1913-1914 ). Men and…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… by the launch of two important political movements. One was the South African Native National Congress (later … Resistance Campaign 1913-1914 ). Men and…
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… as the Grootkerk. This church has played an enormous part in the shaping of the Reformed Church tradition in and around Pretoria. It also had a very…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… first General Secretary of the organisation: ‘According to one of its founder members, it was the first of its kind to … where he mentored some of the…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… saw the formation of the Food and Canning Workers Union, one of the most durable in the history of South African … 1956. Sactu joined the ANC-led Congress…
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
… In February 1988,Mangope was taken hostage in a one-day military coup that was put down by South African …
BiographyManasseh Tebatso Moerane
… to travel abroad for Moral Re-Armament. Except for one brief trip to South Africa in 1962, he was abroad with …
BiographyVuyani Goniwe
… in a single coffin. The bodies were exhumed in July 2012. One of the bodies’ remains was that of Goniwe. His remains …
BiographyRebecca Bunting
… Rebecca Bunting (nee Notlowitz) was one of the founders of the Communist Party of South Africa …
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… reconcile Pretorius and Potgieter. 1854 Paul Kruger takes part in the campaign against Mankopane and Mokopane. 1855 … Kerk in South Africa is formed and Paul…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… and its contribution to the liberation struggle one must have a contextual understanding of what it means to … of Apartheid Racism and segregation have been…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… who later became the first mayor of Pretoria. It is one of the last remaining examples of the kind of elegant mansions which characterised this part of the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
… Fought for Freedom", straddles both categories. It is at one a reclamation of South Africa's history in its true and … ground. Our praise also goes to the…
PlaceKenilworth
… . A leafy suburb, upper Kenilworth is a well established part of Cape Town and homes here are large and expensive with … industry, office blocks and…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one of South Africa's underestimated artists, her … She has worked consistently all the…
ArticleSita’s story
… in Durban began from Phoenix. My father was the only one left to run the Settlement as my Grandfather has wished … decided to operate on my leg and remove…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… One morning, in the middle-class suburb of Johannesburg where … upheaval. In one picture we see an elegant bedroom, but part of the double-bed belonging to…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… We are a few days away from the celebration of one of our national holidays, Heritage Day. The opening of … Day, Workers' Day, Youth Day or National Women's…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… to relocate communities from an area with facilities to one without. A conference is called by the South African … residents. This article was written by…
ArticleZulu Family History
… for Zwelethini’s successor. He is unmarried and has one son. HRH Princess Ntandoyesizwe Zulu (by Queen … born 1985, married Sipho Nyawo, who paid 120 cows…
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… [4] Ho, A. 2021. Posthumous of bravery for Sizwe Kondile, one of South Africa’s forgotten heroes. Daily Maverick. 17 … Available: Posthumous honour of…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… “disablement is nothing to do with the body” (1996) is one that clashes with the historical focus of bodily … since been adopted by the government of South…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… “disablement is nothing to do with the body” (1996) is one that clashes with the historical focus of bodily … since been adopted by the government of South…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, … Linden is named after the Linden farm,…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… Cape Town at the turn of the century when it was built as part of a hotel and functioned as an events venue. The … a ballroom, a theatre and exhibition hall…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… her secondary school. It was at this time that she took part in musical activities. She joined a choir, and traveled throughout Europe performing. One of the…
PlaceBree Street 122, Cape Town
… under old NMC legislation on 15 July 1977. This house is one of the few remaining Georgian double-storied houses in Cape Town, and is therefore a vital part…
The non-governmental organisation Surplus People Project (SPP) says the department of land affairs should consider using expropriation
… of land affairs should consider using expropriation as a part of its land reform programme. The proposal was one of several in a pair of reports released in…