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ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… the captive labour force to their advantage, this time substituting existing labour with Indian women. African … the immense experience of dust, noise and…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… troops got involved directly in the fighting for the first time and rushed reinforcements into the battle. The siege was … large units to the border with…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… were to be held. Political parties were given a specified time to register, and only 19 political parties registered. … Cyril Ramaphosa , the Secretary…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… Christmas shopping in 1953 Image source During Christmas time, the street comes alive with decorative Christmas lights … South Africa participates in the…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… teacher demonstrated the various chemical reactions from time to time while we merely sat and watched. This was not to … It had the right balance of…
CAPS Grade 4: Intermediate Phase History - Term 1
… HISTORY - TERM 1 Topic: Local History Suggested contact time One term/15 hours This content must be integrated with …
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… and a free media. Liberation also brought for the first time, the promise of gender equality. The representation of … has ever been. However, our country…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… on 22 August 1939, discussed the amalgamation. At the same time a draft constitution was prepared and agreed upon and … to take place on the 27 August 1939. …
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… South Africa in the mid to late 20th century. During this time, Serote wrote many works that conveyed the suffering and … racism and oppression taking place…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… other chiefs against 'smuggling' weapons. It was at this time that Paul Kruger was appointed a Field Cornet, and he … even if only 30 houses made up the…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… Holland and Batavia stayed here for several weeks at a time. During their stay-over, they could enjoy boarding … a lack of organized entertainment in Cape…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… of the Manchester Guardian and the New Statesman at the time, I have no recollection of either his arrest nor indeed … for the new policy mandate which…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… city is Johannesburg, the country South Africa, and the time the last years of the colonial era in Africa. It’s … one another and interacting for nearly 350…
ArchiveChapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg
… would be very difficult to implement in a short space of time. For example, how do you provide for the feeding and … of political and worker action against…
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… Africa. Unending Resistance to White Domination From the time alien rule was imposed there has been - historically … that before an actual beginning can be…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… standpoint this was perfectly Christian and at the same time sound economics. The ministers of Queen Victoria thus … have dreamt of going into Union. They…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… for some of the high White officials in his spare time, my mother helped him in these tasks. While on duty in … My eldest brother, who was about 16 years old…
Imvaba Arts Association
… through workshops and exhibitions. It was formed during a time of extreme repression and under the State of Emergency. …
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… South Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and …
Political report by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the African National Congress, 17 June 1985, Kabwe, Zambia
… here, both singly and collectively, a responsibility and a challenge which we must all discharge with all due … had made during the six-day war of 1967. At…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… here, both singly and collectively, a responsibility and a challenge which we must all discharge with all due … had made during the six-day war of 1967. At…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… southern Nguni groups began to expand their power some time before 1600. Tshawe founded the Xhosa kingdom by … Wars, legislation reduced Xhosa political…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… later Murtala Muhammed`s heart would bleed for the last time, through fatal wounds opened by the hands of crazed … of the struggle to destroy the apartheid…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… the 2019 elections, Andile Mngxitama’s BLF faces a legal challenge over its election registration due to its explicit … but is contesting elections…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… to the warriors' spears, shields and headdresses. 27 As time passed, interest in "native photography" increased and … the Natives in their primitive state…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… begin anew, as forces allied to South Africa continued to challenge the new regime. The oil-rich province of Cabinda, … Force. Despite the obstacles, they…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… /Xam dictionary was produced by Dr Bleek at that time, but was only published years later. (DF Bleek, 1956. A … in Afrikaans, leading to gggarra. // Another…
PlaceKgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Where the red dunes and scrub fade into infinity and herds of gemsbok, springbok, eland and blue wildebeest follow the seasons, where imposing camel thorn…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means: 'Puff Adder'-(a type of snake). This town was named not for a…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… what many imagine is modern. In another place, at another time, he could easily have become a great classical scholar! … concrete situation. It implies that…