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30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The agitation by anti-Asiatic vigilante groups…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
The African National Congress of South Africa, founded in January 1912, got a lot of support from Mahatma Gandhi, who had already begun his campaign of passive…
PlaceCentral African Republic
Diamond prospectors in the Central African Republic have found polished flint and quartz tools that are at least 8,000 years old. About 2,500 years ago local…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
How do we find out about the past? For recent events where there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this,…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
‘I am prepared to lay down my life for freedom’, Gumede, 1928. Introduction As the first President-General to represent the ANC officially in Moscow, Gumede’s…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - was a period of profound political, social, and demographic transformation in southern Africa…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
The Mughals were a powerful Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia.[1] The Mughal Empire controlled most of Northern India from the 16th to the…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
1895 The Kinetescope (invented by Thomas Edison) was a box in which people could see a moving image. The first Kinetescopes in South Africa were opened…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
IntroductionIn the years following 1994, South Africa has become well known for its culturally diverse population and heritage (Fraser, 2005:11). The ways in…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Sunday, December 5 Things have exploded in Nyanga. Isaac arrived here early this…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
I now turn to examine select aspects of SASO's organisation and its activities related to student and popular mobilisation and collective action. However,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Franchise Law Amendment Bill of 1894 sought…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A deputation of Indians went to see Lord…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 1 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner My childhood My father, Herman Maswabi, was a well-educated man. He came from…
ArchiveDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
Programme Director, Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, Acting Premier of Gauteng Ms Qedane Mahlangu, Family and friends of Steve Madi Mokone, …
PlaceHamburg Village
Hamburg is a small Town, with about 1000 inhabitants, in the Eastern Cape Province. It is located on the coast between the East London and the Town of Port…
PlaceStikland Cemetery
In a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km inland from Amanzimtoti and 35 km South of Durban. Established in 1853, Adams College…
PlaceHawaan Forest, Umhlanga
Across the M 4 the Forest rests on a 2 000 year-old sand dune. Sounds old enough but Hawaan, by contrast, stands sturdy on a sand Dune that is 18 000 years old…
ArchiveApartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easley
Apartheid’s Sporting Afterlifeby Clark Easley · Eleven Named PeopleThe challenge facing South African sport is no longer formal segregation but inherited…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Religion and Churches
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 24. A. M. LEMBEDE, "African National Congress and Churches," Umteteli wa Bantu, 29 July…
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President David…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Over these two weeks it is impossible to tie the diary format to entries on particular days. Maria…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
1856-1910 Masters and Servants Acts of 1856 These Acts, which had been passed between 1856 and 1904 in the four territories, remained in force after…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
Fellow South Africans: On the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we extend our greetings and best wishes to you, to the…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
Names: Mellet, Patric Tariq. Date of Birth: 1956 Place of Birth: …
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
Introduction The 1960s are often described as a unique period of activism, in which students were to find themselves at the cutting edge of social…