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The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… Yet common sense as much as class analysis would lead one to believe that the view from the lower terrain of the … his adversaries, and he rcserveth wrath…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… before he was given leave of absence from Parliament, he, one evening, drove for several hours looking for his home at … capable political leader, an…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… They must have thought the police were firing blanks. One woman was hit about ten yards from our car. Her … 'My God, she's gone!' Hundreds of kids were…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… recounted such a visit. He also mentioned the name of one De Lange who was present. After the Italeni incident in … of the Potgieter-trek were entitled to…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… was the world like around 1600? Europe is considered as one of the world’s major super powers which played a … role in Southern Africa’s development. For…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to another developed soon after the invention of … creation of a formal postal system developed…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… History in Africa, 6 (1979): 155-175) and Brian WiUan's chapter "Language and Literature: Preserving a Culture" in … from the ANC. The ADP's creation,…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… were born in the area or had worked continuously for on one employer for 10 years and if they had not been found to … . Albertina Sisulu was the wife of…
Black ViewPoint - The New Day by C.M.C. Ndamse
… University of Fort Hare. PRINCE BISMARCK once said that one-third of German university students broke down from … has been a password from generation to…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… One pound a day for the factory worker who today cannot buy what he makes. One pound a day for the miner who earns his phthisis and goes … passes, beerhalls…
South African Constitution 1996
… of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for … in this country. The Constitution is…
ArticleThe Constitution
… Republic of South Africa The Republic of South Africa is one, sovereign, democratic state founded on the following … discriminate directly or indirectly…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… uncertainty. During 2014 the continent experienced one of its most turbulent years in its recent history, … of the great potential it holds. Tourism Tourism…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… roles. Although it is riddled with humourous scenarios one is nevertheless confronted with the reality of the masked … Following this success Zukiswa in…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… measures passed by the apartheid government in the 1950s. One of the factors that loomed large in the general elections … housing schemes soon after World…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
… exciting. Just as we arrived three men walked in, each one holding a sheet of paper. Someone whispered that they … children at this school are to please…
Covert operations
… known as 'informal or extra-legal' repression. The deeper one goes, the murkier the picture becomes and the hazier the … the destabilisation of South Africa…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
… of the National House of Traditional Leaders, The Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions, Leaders from all sectors, Members of … investigate the possibility of a…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… children about what happened, and so it was passed on from one generation to the next. In this way history was kept … recognise how important oral traditions…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… because of its sensitive nature and associated secrecy. One of the conference’s key aims is to provide a space for … Africa . The conference will include two…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… movement. This in turn led to clashes with the DAC. One of the organisation’s biggest impacts was in regards to … audiences and how to increase them, among…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… on 27 April 1994 to govern South Africa’s first democratic one-person-one-vote non-racial election. …
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… of Ethiopianism in West Africa. “Ethiopia has need of no one. She stretches out her hands to God.” (Emperor Menelik, … against colonialism. It has come to be…
ArticleRock Art
… in 'Believing and Seeing' (1981), that in "Bushman" art one finds intentional meaning where eland, trance figures, … zigzags and other geometric figures…
Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
… What is it that fascinates us so about South Africa? One thing, we would suggest, is that when Americans look at … system which its author believes is the…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… men linked to Poqo in Paarl were charged with the murder. One of the accused, 48-year old Johannes Notyawe, a Poqo … confrontation a policeman named Moyi was…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… for their works inspired and empowered the oppressed. One of these artists was South African poet, Mongane Wally … Act [1] . In 1967, the South African…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… regional traditional folk music met and began to flow into one another. Western instrumentation was used to adapt rural … by street performers in the…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… was a shortage of types. Virji Damodar Mehta (who would one day found his own printing press, Universal Printing … averaged at about 2000. The highest number…
Document 77 - Yu Chi Chan Club , Pamphlet No. II: The Conquest of Power in South Africa [1963]
… of crisis. In other words, any revolution in Europe had one, almost fatalistically constant factor, i.e. the position … campaigns in times of economic crisis…