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Reimagining unity: The imperative of National Dialogue 2.0 in SA’s political crisis

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Academic rigour, journalistic flair by Siona O'Connell (The Conversation), 5 June 2025

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1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban

On Thursday evening, 13 January 1949, violence erupted in the Indian business area in Durban. On the first day there was...

Seeing and Being Seen by Patricia Hayes

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Natal Indian Association (NIA)

The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers In...

Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi

Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Depa...

International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall

With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nati...

Zolani Michael “Msamaria” Mcetywa: the unassuming activist by Thamsanqa D Malinga

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Obituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024

Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died o...

Eddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024

Born in 1942, Edward Charles Webster dedicated his life to understanding and advocating for the rights of South African ...

Death of Nat Nakasa: Jumped or Pushed? by Roseinnes Phahle

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Zuleikha Mayat - South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity

Mrs Zuleikha Mayat was a remarkable pioneer, writer, public speaker, civic worker, human rights champion and philanthrop...

Roseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew

Born on 21 March 1936, Roseinnes Phahle grew up in Alexandra Township. From 1950 to 1952 he boarded at St Peter’s School...

A Native of Nowhere:The Life of South African Journalist Nat Nakasa, 1937-1965 by Ryan Lenora Brown

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Timeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present

1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall gove...

Hoosen Coovadia

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Jerry Coovadia: the South African doctor who led the fight against HIV in children by Professor Glenda Gray

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Hoosen Mohamed (Jerry) Coovadia - Citation

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Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond by Professor Anthoni van Nieuwkerk

St James Church Massacre

A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm...

Projecting radicalism

Noni Jabavu was one of South Africa’s most trailblazing writers. Her commitment to elite ambivalence makes it difficult ...

Mukami Kimathi and the Scramble to Own Mau Mau Memory

The struggle for control of Mau Mau memory and memorialisation resurfaces with the burial of Mukami Kimathi.

Biography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin

Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance gr...

Cuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola

Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communi...

The 1973 Durban Strikes: Building Popular Democratic Power in South Africa

By the end of January 1973, workers in around 100 factories and other workplaces went on strike, including more than 6,0...

Josie Mpama - 1903–1979

This study discusses the life and political struggles of Josie Mpama (1903–1979), a leader in the resistance against col...

Articles by Professor Brij Maharaj

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The Integrated Community Apartheid Could Not Destroy: The Warwick Avenue Triangle in Durban

This paper focuses on the Warwick Avenue Triangle (WAT), an inner city community, and attempts to explain how one of the...

Urban struggles apartheid local and civic and the transformation of the state: the case of community organizations in Durban

The pressure for change at the local level from civic, community, ratepayers and residents' associations has significant...

Restructuring the Apartheid City - Cato Manor - A Prime Urban Reconstruction Opportunity

Cato Manor, in the city of Durban, was identified for urban reconstruction and development, with promising prospects for...

The Erosion of Residential Segregation in South Africa: The 'Greying' of Albert Park in Durban

In South Africa, the Group Areas Act, which emphasised racial residential segregation, was one of the key instruments us...

The Group Areas Act and Community Destruction in South Africa - The Struggle for Cato Manor in Durban

In South Africa, attention has been drawn to the destruction of Sophiatown in Johannesburg (Lodge 1983) and the razing o...

Race, Ethnicity and Conflict in the Indian Diaspora

The Indian diaspora can be regarded as an international phenomenon, with a presence in more than 100 countries globally....

Hamba Khaya - Go Home to Mumbai - Tracing the New Indian Diaspora

Indians in the indentured diaspora were always vulnerable, in both colonial and postcolonial times. This essay analyses ...

The Historical Development of the Apartheid Local State in South Africa: The Case of Durban

In Durban, there was a strong historical alliance between the Council and the white working class. The Council was parti...

Apartheid, Urban Segregation, and the Local State: Durban and the Group Areas Act in South Africa

There has been some speculation about the origins of the Group Areas Act (GAA), one of the key instruments used to enfor...

The Local State and Residential Segregation: Durban and the Prelude to the Group Areas Act

Conventionally, residential segregation in South Africa is associated with the ascent to power of the National Party, an...

Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa

Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The...

Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier

The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of inde...

The sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone

When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could ...