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ArticleMaps of Africa through the centuries
… unknown, the unfathomable and ultimately the conquerable. Map Description 1554 The earliest obtainable map of the whole continent of Africa. Because it was…
Maps through time, Polokwane
… Polokwane Today If you would like to see Polokwane map today go to http://g.co/maps/ahpma Browse historical to …
Maps through time, Durban
… Durban Today If you would like to see Durban map today go to http://g.co/maps/z2em5 Browse historical to …
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 as a reaction to inequalities and injustices in British-controlled Kenya. The response of the colonial administration was a…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
The Community Arts Project (CAP) was established in Cape Town in 1977. Originally located at 17 Main Road, Mowbray, the facility moved to the old St. Philips…
Maps through time, Pretoria
ArticleSouth African Party (SAP)
The White man's task
Maps through time, Nelspruit
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
After World War II, the process of decolonization of the African continent gathered momentum as Africans increasingly agitated for more political rights and…
INTERVIEW WITH DRUM, MAY 1953
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
Document 125 - NTERNMENT OF MAX GORDON (c. 1941)
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and policemen formed an organization, Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). A month later, it was…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS - May 1994 - December 1996 Introduction The South African elections of April 1994 have been widely hailed as a …
Exhibition: Kathy - the man behind the public figure
Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
die man wat die groot trek veroorsaak het
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, who has died, was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a tumultuous global century, and into the local conditions…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela to a May Day rally
Letter from W. G. Ballinger to Mampurie (Self-Mampuru, 1 May 1941
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history, being a day of commemoration and celebration of the…
Letter from Max Gordon 6 to Fanny Klenerman 7, 21 December 1940
United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism", Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
Letter from John Gomes24 to C. F. Glass 25, 31 May 1927
Letter from the Communist League of America toT.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
The French Revolution Activity
… Activity 3: The Radical Stage (1792-1794) Look at the map and answer the questions that follow (the map shows what Europe looked like at the end of the 18th…