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This violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019

This violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019

10 September 2019

Every time there is violence of a particular sort in SA I think about 1949. In mid-January of that year a single inciden...

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa

6 September 2019

The king is dead, and we were wrong. He had not discovered the secret to eternal life; he was not the Bionic President. ...

Salif Keita’s incomparable call, Ryan Skinner, 25.08.2019, New York, USA

Salif Keita’s incomparable call, Ryan Skinner, 25.08.2019, New York, USA

6 September 2019

Salif Keita, the Malian musician, celebrates his 70th birthday and 50 years in the industry.

79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal

1 September 2019

From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1977 the G...

Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)

Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)

The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019

The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019

CHICAGO — Rarely are poets silenced when nations imprison them for speaking out. Mongane Wally Serote, poet and communit...

David Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019

David Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019

Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fierc...

Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016

Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, rich with ...

Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University

CITATION FOR SALEEM BADAT (Honorary graduand, Rhodes University, 10 April 2015) By Professor Paul Maylam Eight years ...

Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 book review by Ruth Edgecombe

The People's Past: Towards Transforming the Present by Luli Callinicos (Critical Arts Vol 4 No 2), 1986

James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016

This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in ...

Obituary of Trevor Makhoba by Valerie Leigh (Natal Society Foundation), 2003

A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss

Indres Naidoo Born: 26 August 1936 Died: 3 January 2016 Transvaal Indian Congress, Umkhonto we Size, African National...

The Voice and Gesture in South Africa’s Revolution : A Study of Worker Gatherings and Performance-Genres in Natal by Ari Sitas, 6 - 10 February 1990, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015

ABOUT two years ago, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba found himself facing an angry television audience at a recordin...

Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015

The Reverend Michael Scott was born on 30 July 1907 at Lowfield Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers.  In 1...

Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015

At 9:00 on Wednesday morning, only a few people in union T-shirts sat in the shade in Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald...

South Africa 1981

Going Full Circle on Khoekhoe Origins by Alan G. Morris, (The Digging Stick Vol 31, No 1), 2014, South Africa

The Gambia: 50 years of independence, 20 years of terror by Fatou Diagne (Pambazuka News), 17 March 2015

He claimed to be a different kind of soldier and promised not to hang on to power, and never to install a dictatorship. ...

David Webster’s role in the DPSC: a fearless defence of the principles of legality and due process by Glenda Webster

The curious case of the missing ANC members – and the crisis plan to win them back by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick),14 October 2015, South Africa

Remember when President Jacob Zuma got booed at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service? The ANC claimed those were not ...

Document on the Van Wyk De Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities compiled by Charles Nupen

Document on the Van Wyk De Vries Commission of Enquiry into Universities compiled by Charles Nupen

Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966

Oppressed people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham ...

Day of Affirmation Address at Cape Town University by Robert F. Kennedy

The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather

From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather C...

The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography

From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather B...

The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather

From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather I...

The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather

From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather C...

The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather

From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather C...

The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather

From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather C...

Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996

POM     So let me start. AG     I wonder whether we shouldn't get over the part we ha...

Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990

POM     When we were talking to one of the people yesterday in one of the townships, we talked to one 15 ...

Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990

POM     We're talking with Mr. Gumede on the 21st of August. I recall when we talked the last time yo...

Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991

POM     I want to go back to one or two things that I was a bit unsure of and this was, first on the ques...

Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992

POM     I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago when the violence broke ou...

Archibald Gumede Speech

South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016

Historically, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU w...

Propaganda and the Pursuit of Hegemonic Goals – The Myanmar and Zimbabwe Experience by Thabo Mbeki, 29 February 2016

Much has been written about how much the so-called international community expected the new South Africa born in 1994 to...