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ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… and further educating one another on the country’s history, dictatorial leadership and the imperialist forces at … became simultaneously a celebration of…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… lengaung, rather than Manguang denotes leopards. The history of Manguang township From the early days of … section on Mangaung was adapted from: Abrahm, S (n…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… Land dispossession lies at the heart of South Africa's history and heritage of inequity. The new ANC was created … Massacre. It opened another chapter in…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… intellectuals, a polymath writing works on physics, history and anthropology as well as politics and criticism. … BC. She was celebrated for her beauty and…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… country have helped to shape the way that South African history has unfolded. One of these many organisations is the … Africa. The ANC Women’s League has had…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… Land dispossession lies at the heart of South Africa’s history and heritage of inequity. The new ANC was created … Massacre. It opened another chapter in…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… marked one of the most important turning points in the history of the organisation's existence up to that time. The … at the Treason Trial in Pretoria. ©…
EventGovernment declares that five 'non-White' South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… colleges played a tremendous role in shaping the history of South Africa during the liberation struggle. …
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The …
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… during the 1980s. 1. The Soweto uprising and banning of SASO and other Black Consciousness (BC) organisations led … Transvaal. According to Diliza Mji, a…
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… the biggest and most powerful labour organisation in our history. We recognise that battles won in industrial disputes … of our struggle today. We salute…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… the general election of September that year. However, the history of the DP goes back to 1959 when a number of liberal … This organisational history is a…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… the country launched a new struggle to deal with a history of pervasive human rights violations while at the …
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… Because of South Africa's long colonial and apartheid history, the ethnic and racial terms that have been used to …
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… remains one of the worst crimes against humanity in history and is referred to as the Holocaust. The Second World …
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… June 1976, Soweto Youth Riots. Picture: Bailey's African History Archives. The UDF took little notice of township …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… defiers who began the campaign did so with a sense that history was being made. For the first time Africans and …
PlaceKnysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
… along the Coastline with its valuable nutrients! The History of the Knysna Lagoon is very interesting! First … Land, for the Jetties to be built. Up to this…
PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
… River . Although the rolling hills are now peaceful, the history of the area is one of intense bloodshed and warfare. … region is also famous for its deep…
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… to the West. Matatiele, is a charming Town with a rich History. The Town invites you to explore its best-kept … and National Monument, offer a captivating…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… men whose names and deeds have enriched the pages of human history, men whom future generations will regard as having … own, encompassed some of the…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
… paintings. His motifs were drawn from his everyday life, history, his surroundings and politics. Muafangejo died of a …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… to all South Africans who care deeply about their history, and take a keen interest in the diverse and … story that either re-wrote or else virtually erased…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… referred to as the ISL -Jhb) was a turning point in the history of the South African radical movement, firstly … Branch), 23 destined to become one of the…
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 …
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… about one language, a master language whether connected to history and territory or to the aspiration to universal … arrangement as befits the libretto that…
Communique of the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, presented by O. R. Tambo at a Press Conference, Lusaka 25 June, 1985
… an occasion will constitute yet another milestone in our history. It is most satisfying, especially in our present … years as we feel our way forward. "In…
Second National Consultative Conference Communiqué, 25 June 1985
… an occasion will constitute yet another milestone in our history. It is most satisfying, especially in our present … years as we feel our way forward. "In…
Speech on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the ANC, Lusaka by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1972
… Turning Point January 8, 1912 marks a turning point in the history of the people of Africa - it signifies the end of an … victory for the oppressed black…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… Cape Town, I thought we should pay some attention to the history of our people, many of whom lived in this part of our … Bushmen. Many of us, South Africans,…