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Yusuf Dadoo. Some facts of his life - Vladimir Shubin
30 November 2025
Yusuf Dadoo. then the SACP Chairman, one of 15 members of the Central Committee and one of 7 members of the Executive ha...
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The Struggle that Toppled Apartheid by David Whitehouse, 17 November 2006
27 November 2025
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The Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
18 November 2025
The Role of London in the Anti-Apartheid movement, specifically in relation to the SACP and the ANCThe international asp...
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The Story about Africa’s “First Woman Billionaire”
14 November 2025
Where does Isabel dos Santos's wealth come from? Her country's resources are basically treated as her family's property.
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Kole Omotoso, the Nigerian writer, scholar and actor who inspired a continent
12 November 2025
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Kenya’s forgotten Mau Mau freedom fighters and the impeached deputy president that stood up for them
3 November 2025
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Omar Badsha: an ordinary South African whose struggles and triumphs offer insights into broader social movements—Sean Jacobs reviews Available Light by Daniel Magaziner
15 October 2025
Omar Badsha worked exclusively with available light. His approach to photography mirrored his broader approach to life a...
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The South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today
23 September 2025
The South African Council on Sport (SACOS) was the sports wing of the anti-apartheid liberation movement. It was es...
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What genetic analysis reveals about the ancestry of South Africa’s Afrikaners
19 September 2025
The story of human history is one of migrations over the globe and admixture – the exchange of DNA – between populations...
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Peter Randall: a pioneering publisher who established the radical Ravan Press in South Africa
8 September 2025
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Feya Faku as I knew him – a tribute to the great South African jazz trumpeter
28 August 2025
A tribute to the great South African jazz trumpeter by Darius Brubeck
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Establishing the Constitutional Assembly
13 August 2025
After South Africa’s first democratic elections, the newly elected parliament would double as a Constitutional Assembly ...
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Natal Indian Association (NIA)
10 August 2025
The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers In...
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Reimagining unity: The imperative of National Dialogue 2.0 in SA’s political crisis
28 July 2025
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Academic rigour, journalistic flair by Siona O'Connell (The Conversation), 5 June 2025
23 July 2025
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Seeing and Being Seen by Patricia Hayes
14 January 2025
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Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
4 April 2024
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Depa...
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International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
4 April 2024
With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nati...
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Zolani Michael “Msamaria” Mcetywa: the unassuming activist by Thamsanqa D Malinga
11 March 2024
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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
8 March 2024
Professor Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died o...
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Eddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
6 March 2024
Born in 1942, Edward Charles Webster dedicated his life to understanding and advocating for the rights of South African ...
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Death of Nat Nakasa: Jumped or Pushed? by Roseinnes Phahle
21 February 2024
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Zuleikha Mayat - South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
20 February 2024
Mrs Zuleikha Mayat was a remarkable pioneer, writer, public speaker, civic worker, human rights champion and philanthrop...
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Roseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
25 January 2024
Born on 21 March 1936, Roseinnes Phahle grew up in Alexandra Township. From 1950 to 1952 he boarded at St Peter’s School...
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A Native of Nowhere:The Life of South African Journalist Nat Nakasa, 1937-1965 by Ryan Lenora Brown
25 January 2024
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Timeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
19 January 2024
1955 The Freedom charter is adopted. This was the statement, charecterised by its demand that “ the people shall gove...
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Hoosen Coovadia
13 October 2023
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Jerry Coovadia: the South African doctor who led the fight against HIV in children by Professor Glenda Gray
7 October 2023
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Hoosen Mohamed (Jerry) Coovadia - Citation
7 October 2023
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Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond by Professor Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
3 October 2023
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St James Church Massacre
2 August 2023
A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm...
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Projecting radicalism
4 July 2023
Noni Jabavu was one of South Africa’s most trailblazing writers. Her commitment to elite ambivalence makes it difficult ...
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Mukami Kimathi and the Scramble to Own Mau Mau Memory
25 May 2023
The struggle for control of Mau Mau memory and memorialisation resurfaces with the burial of Mukami Kimathi.
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Biography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
25 May 2023
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance gr...
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Cuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
2 May 2023
Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communi...
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The 1973 Durban Strikes: Building Popular Democratic Power in South Africa
17 April 2023
By the end of January 1973, workers in around 100 factories and other workplaces went on strike, including more than 6,0...
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Josie Mpama - 1903–1979
11 April 2023
This study discusses the life and political struggles of Josie Mpama (1903–1979), a leader in the resistance against col...
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Articles by Professor Brij Maharaj
3 April 2023
Articles are written by Professor Brij Maharaj Please click on a Link to access the article you choose to read.
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The Integrated Community Apartheid Could Not Destroy: The Warwick Avenue Triangle in Durban
31 March 2023
This paper focuses on the Warwick Avenue Triangle (WAT), an inner city community, and attempts to explain how one of the...
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Urban struggles apartheid local and civic and the transformation of the state: the case of community organizations in Durban
31 March 2023
The pressure for change at the local level from civic, community, ratepayers and residents' associations has significant...
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