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The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… wasn’t much in common in Zuma or Khwezi’s testimonies. But one thing that was consistent is that Khwezi wore a kanga at the time. The garment – one that…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… were required to be racially segregated, separated from one another by open spaces and with separate access roads” … click here . 1925 Rolihlahla Mandela…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… have gone to extreme lengths to canonise Mnyele. In one room, the central attraction is a glass box containing a … Politics and art do not always make good…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later years to struggle … squeezed between capitalist…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… In the haste to usher the humiliated chief to safety, one of his bodyguards shot and wounded three of the mourners. … of whitening skin lotions and hair…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… at the request of Pixley Seme. Letanka went on to become one of the directors of the company that published the … . Prominent Xhosa poet Samuel Edward Krune…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… The original gravel road dates back to 1776 and is one of the very oldest passes in South Africa! The … on the R 43. The Town of Stanford, is on the site of…
ArchiveAddress at Commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer, by Nelson Mandela, 5 June 2005,
… important that I am asked to come out of retirement just one more time. And so the life of a retired old man trickles on and on. This is one event, though,…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… which they occupied was 'uninhabited and belonged to no-one', that the survivors of the Mfecane were conveniently … a complicated procedure and so the Boers…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… he had visited as a child. He stated, “I am amazed by one thing that I’m glad never left me – that is the beauty of … from school in Grade 4, having just…
Khoisan Identity
… the past’. This address held special significance as one of the first official recognitions of Khoisan communities … issue of Coloured registration and…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… farmyard animals soon thereafter. In 1914 the Briton was one of six Union-Castle ships commissioned in Cape Town to … for a while, only to be recalled to…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… system of indenture: Henry Polak Fortunately there emerged one journalist, Henry Polak, who was determined to expose the evils of the system of indenture. As…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… African jazz musicians. The Jazz Epistles quickly became one of the most influential jazz bands in South Africa. … Africa in the early 1973 and began…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… educational and Historical value, and being located near one of the Country's largest Cities, they benefit a number of … 76 hectares) but filled with endemic…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… in Bloemfontein, Free State. In Pretoria, the theme is “One world, One hope”. 1997 Number of Aids deaths drops in the US for … of what is now a global…
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
… Town, when the biggest bookstores in the city meet under one roof in the name of bargain reads. Now this is a big … prices than anywhere else in the Mother…
PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
… business node and tourist attraction. Rosebank is one of a kind in that it has effectively combined a … as well as night clubs. The Zone@Rosebank has become…
ArchiveTheir right to share a future - without war
… Black and white poster with images of two children one black one white. Names Sipho and Peter. …
EventSoweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving
… with two counts of reckless and/or negligent driving and one of drunken driving after being involved in two car … calling him a good cop who should not be…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought after. As a speaker…
ArchiveOpen the doors of learning: protest meeting
… in Cape Town. Words at the bottom of the poster: Each one teach one. …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… his chosen career, law. 1942 December, Meets Pixley Seme, one of the founding members of the ANC, on a train bound for … of the ANC, held at Springs. 6…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… dissolve and also paved the way for Shaka Zulu. Shaka was one of the sons of Senzangakhona, a ruler of the Zulu people. … and the Colony. He sent a…
Banishment
… corrugated little house, which was really very dirty. No one stayed there it appeared and you could even see holes in … on the floor I saw a mouse turn…
ArchiveApartheid Education
… A2 pink and black on white; litho graphic two students one white one black sign not equal; no text …
ArchiveThe people of the United Nations demand independence for Namibia now
… poster. Artwork of map of Namibia held in two hands, one white, one black, and surrounded by barbed wire. …
ArchiveEnd racist conscription
… Black, white and yellow poster. Artwork of two hands, one black and one white tearing up call up paper. ECC logo. …
ArchiveANC 70 jaar strijd tegen apartheid
… Orange poster with multicoloured artwork of two warriors one black one yellow with spears and African shields. Title in white …
ArchiveKopanang le thusaneng
… Back and white poster. Artwork of African women, one carrying a chicken, one carrying a bowl of fruit and the other carrying a hoe. …