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ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… in South Africa had huge consequences not only for the history of the country but also for world history in general. Gandhi’s campaigns forged a new form of …
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie? Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie?Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock of Cammisa Create.Wat Was Hie? is a powerful site-specific film…
PlaceSlangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
… The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be … The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) …
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
… Population, in 2018 of 28,127. --- Today in South African History 2 April 1983 Saul Vusumzi Mkhize (47) is shot to …
PlacePilgrims Rest
… 1970. It was changed then very little from its Historical History and is now a protected Historical Site. In 1986 the … in 1970 it was changed very little…
ArchiveObituary of Benita Parry (1931—2020) by Professor David Johnson
… Discussion, she developed her understanding of politics, history and literature in the reading groups, lectures and … In 1962 she returned to academic study,…
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…
PlaceHluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves
… The park is world renown for its conservation efforts and history. The Umfolozi was previously used as King Shaka's … largest population of White Rhino in…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… me so much about the black condition under apartheid, history. 3. It has never bothered me that he later criticised … in South Africa today. I will do so…
PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… HTI Building at 90 Cross Street. The Building had a rich History and was one of the first Indian Schools in the …
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
… was declared the richest strike in South Africa's history. According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as …
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
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…
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…