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ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… Peter Limb Historians have largely neglected the history of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the … of the party in 1921 to World War II. I trace…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… in between working shifts? In this respect the labour of women was very important — for women traditionally maintain … the colour of their skin. This…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the Natal Women’s Organization (NOW) and former Deputy Minister of … positions in various organizations” (…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… unity in the context of deep divisions stemming from the colonial past, divisions driven in good measure by a struggle … free they must come to terms with…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… unity in the context of deep divisions stemming from the colonial past, divisions driven in good measure by a struggle … free they must come to terms with…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… She wrote major articles and books that would aid anti-colonial and anti-apartheid campaigns with the struggle … government for what it was. According to…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… the significance of the Alliance and its role in our history and our future. Chief Albert Luthuli explained at the … at liberating our people initially from…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 67th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1979
… people today, we call attention to the lesson of our own history, our own times; to the reality of our own … dauntless determination of our youth, workers,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… people today, we call attention to the lesson of our own history, our own times; to the reality of our own situation: … dauntless determination of our youth,…
PlaceNamibia
… any attack on South West Africa, which they viewed as the colonial territory of a friendly power. The Union Government, … with bomber support attacked the…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… been called to commemorate two significant events in the history of the peoples of Great Britain, Portugal and Africa. … won - freedom from all the cruel…
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… traditionally conferred to adorn brave warriors during colonial wars. 3. The green emerald - the core from which the …
PlaceRedelinghuys, Cape West Coast
… only too pleased that it remain this way!"- International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call … to celebrate acts of courage and…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… win awards both for her powerful writing and activism for women’s rights, which she calls human rights. Nawal … due to its complicated and multifaceted…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… parts of Cape Town. Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic mountain and … or rezoned into business residences - have…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… She attends Southern Methodist University studying history and art history and hopes to work in a museum or auction house. … fiction writing, drawing, and…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… George Christopher Cato. The area has a remarkably rich history of culture and politics. In the 1950s, the area had … South African police. The incident…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… and modern, conventions that discriminate against women. [2] [3] Reformist-feminists “present alternatives that … of her writing is inspired by Nigerian…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… Gutsche enrolled for a Doctoral Degree in Social History at the University of Cape Town which she completed in 1946. Her doctoral thesis on The History and…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
… comprises historical artworks dating from South Africa’s colonial past. How can we today view a collection that offers glimpses of our past through a…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… in Cape Town during a special event honouring Black History Month on 25 February 2011, Boesak linked the United …
BiographySydney Kumalo
… South Africans when such leadership was sorely needed. The history of South African art will continue to emphasise his …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… Jandrell Secondary School in Standerton, where he taught History, English and Geography. In 1952 he lost his teaching … A. 2012. “ Sobukwe Clause ” from…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… time, the trial was described as one of the biggest in the history of the province. They were convicted at the end of …
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… When Risquet quoted Castro’s assertion that “the history of Africa will be written as before and after Cuito … Portuguese colonialism ruled the roost in the…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 26 … 20 August 1928 Comrades, I should like…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… conference. We have met during a significant week in our history. On the 26th of June the historic Congress of the … persist. These affect primarily the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… the 20th Century would be the problem of the colour line. History has proved him correct. If he were still alive, … concerns African politics. I am sure that…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… New York World Fair for a 1962 image featuring Basotho women in the Maluti Mountains. In addition to running his own … anti-Semitism, and discrimination. The…
Address at the South African Millenium Trust Launch, Kyalami 19 November 1998
… religious or political bigotry. He speaks of the long history of poverty, human pogroms, unchecked epidemic disease, the rape of women and the scourge of…