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40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… that were involved is neither here nor there. History must be recorded as it happened, not as it is wished … organizing the Soweto Uprising. Whatever the…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
… place to stay. Plettenberg Bay has a relatively long history for a South African town, having been regularly … 15th and 16th centuries. Signs of their…
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in the history of the ANC as it was banned along with other …
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 … It is a paradox that the place where Southern…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… due to its complicated and multifaceted patriarchal history. El-Saadawi noticed this patriarchy in practice when … was owned by her husband.” Fast forward…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… a new attitude in the schools, especially towards history. She had been talking to one of her school teacher … 'But I can understand them. We have to teach…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… work, it is through the lens of South Africa and its history of apartheid that J.M Coetzee’s Waiting for the … of the time, Mother to Mother appeals to the…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… work, it is through the lens of South Africa and its history of apartheid that J.M Coetzee’s Waiting for the … of the time, Mother to Mother appeals to the…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… Moreover, the legal system places importance of the sexual history of the woman, if she has a tainted reputation then … seriously. Many commentators maintain…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… Particular care is needed when considering a country whose history is framed by society’s attachment of axiomatic … danger when one considers the country’s…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… three Dutch Reformed churches between 1850 and 1899. The history of the three churches also reflects the differences … of a common enemy. One cannot, however…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… Agnes Wood, the author of Shine Where You Are: a Centenary History of Inanda Seminary, 1869-1969 , the first 100 years … the Bantu Education Act of 1953 1972…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… from the book, From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of South African Politics. The Launch of MK and the … Morogoro Conference (1969) ushered in a…
PlaceMatroosfontein
… from the City Bowl. This Suburb has a deep, poignant History, and is a fascinating Area, to explore and discover. … This Suburb has a deep, poignant History,…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President's Council a chance
… chance as a start on the road to a negotiated future. The history of the President's Council could be traced back to …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission's finding
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference "Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa", 04 December 1987, Arusha
… during this week which will go down as a watershed in the history of our struggle. Apartheid is Death As we close our … thanks and see them as no less…
Closing Speech at the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 December 1987
… during this week which will go down as a watershed in the history of our struggle. Apartheid is Death As we close our … thanks and see them as no less…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
… they, too, are part of our heritage. They are part of that history and continuing reality of our country which has meant … himself to disappear for ever into…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
… remember the salient, the dominant fact of South African history, namely that all the monuments, all the celebrations … in earnest determination to reverse…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… less. It is a question of the Third World starting a new history of Man, a history which will have regard to the sometimes prodigious …
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… had absorbed Sam Goldberg all his life. His knowledge of history was immense. He read and read. All the librarians in … of us all. It’s a story that begins…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… the life of Oom Gov was intricately interwoven with the history of this country. He was born in 1910, the year of the … Oom Gov, it is the importance of…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
… scenarios I have painted, you would think Mbeki’s place in history was guaranteed. One would not expect unanimity on … said”. As Mbeki noted coyly in his…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… History of Cato Manor Cato Manor was established in Natal … visitors with an ideal opportunity to explore the city’s history by visiting both museums and…
PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… - Knysna - seems to have been universally accepted. "The History of Knysna begins with a handful of Dutch settlers who … his humour and hospitality were…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
… of power. Compatriots, today, we enter a new era in the history of our nation, imbued with a resolve to do everything … Let us build a nation that remains…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
… that patience is also borne out of the sense of time and history with which the environs of this university are … to our universities to lead the recovery of…
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
… was not required to muster a definitive and comprehensive history of the past three decades. Nor was it expected to … of doom by bringing an end to this…
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… remember the salient, the dominant fact of South African history, namely that all the monuments, all the celebrations … in earnest determination to reverse…