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2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… the whitewash seeped into their homes when it rained. 17 In September 1927 the municipality shut down many wells in … to Deputy Commissioner, South African…
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Industrial Conciliation (Natives) …
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 34 - Letter from the Executive …
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
By Sara We salute one of our best known heroines of South Africa, Albertina Nontsikelelo (Blessings) Sisulu, on her 70th birthday in October. Albertina…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
Few alumni know this, but one of South Africa’s most important civil rights leaders is part of the University of Minnesota family. One hundred years ago,…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew PLANS FOR 1944 "WE meet at a time when … South Africa's Radical Tradition: 1907…
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
… regions or islands, including rural areas". On June 17, 2003, European Commissioner Michel Barnier presented a …
PlaceNigeria
… power and forced Shonekan's "resignation" on November 17, 1993. Abacha dissolved all democratic political … him the title and responsibilities of Acting…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… of our justice system. JASENTA MAPULENG MAFISA Mapuleng, a 17-year-old student was the third child of Moekane Mafisa and … INVOLVED IN A CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… resources required to house the township population. In 1950, Ernest Oppenheimer visited Orlando. He was appalled by …
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April 1974 hailed a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique,…
Zulu Community
… and ‘Asian’ suburbs, as a result of the Group Areas Act (1950). In terms of this act African Durban residents were to …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The African National…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahara Desert region, the people develop the use…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… preserved for more than 3,000 years. It took Carter 17 years to fully excavate King Tut’s tomb. A gilded coffin …
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… evil system whose legacy we are still working to reverse, 17 years after obtaining freedom and democracy. I had an …
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… grand plan. He came to South Africa in 1870 at the age of 17 in the hope that the climate might be kinder to his …
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
… unverified. It has not issued a single tweet. Yet it has 17 493 followers queueing up to be the first to lap up his …
PlaceLimpopo Province
… Most of the businesses operate normally from 09:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m and also accept credit cards (e.g. Visa). National …
Address at the Dinner in honour of South African Olympians and Paralympians: Bryntirion Estate, Tshwane: 11 December 2004
… the Modern World. For three heart-stopping minutes and 13.17 seconds, four young compatriots swam their hearts out for …
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer … 50s. Action for unity When I started my…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
The Tribal Model of DemocracyIn his speech from the dock, at his 1962 trial for inciting African workers to strike and leaving the country without a passport,…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class people extend beyond the workplace per se. Although workers sell their labour power for only a…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… in Mthembu-Mahanyele v Mail & Guardian Ltd and Another [17] is instructive in this regard. Lewis JA at para 42 … (2) ... [13] Khumalo Holomisa (note 3 above)…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… of Blood River. Cachet gave a sermon on Exodus 17:15 taken from a passage describing the victory of the … Israelites over Amalek. The passage chosen from…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
Khami Ruins National Monument and World Heritage Site, is located to the west of the Khami River, 22 km from the City of Bulawayo. The property, located on a…
PlaceVredehoek
… as “whites-only areas” under the Group Areas Act of 1950 . Ludicrous though it sounds, white housing developments …
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined where it would lead…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
A reflection on photography I intended this book as a documentary to show what life is really like for Africans. The government will probably ban this book…