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Reflections of South African Student Leaders: 1994-2017 by Luescher, Webbstock and Bhengu
4 March 2024
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Robert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
4 March 2024
Poet, scholar, botanist, auxiliary soldier, journalist, politician, talented sportsman and grandson of a famous Herero l...
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Death of Nat Nakasa: Jumped or Pushed? by Roseinnes Phahle
21 February 2024
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State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
16 February 2024
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos...
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2023 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2023
9 February 2024
State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 9 February 2023 Speaker of the Nationa...
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Dr Zuleikha Mayat: An Appreciation by Saleem Badat
5 February 2024
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January 8th Statements - Statement Of The National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 112th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, January 8th 2024
29 January 2024
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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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Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
7 January 2024
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner What is it that fascinates us so about South Africa? One ...
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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 Coovadia: an icon of South African health
7 October 2023
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Hoosen Mohamed (Jerry) Coovadia - Citation
7 October 2023
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Reg September - Liberated African
2 October 2023
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The Politics of The South African Communist Party 1962 – 1990 - A Critical Analysis of Aspects of its Theory and Strategy
18 July 2023
This study is a critical exploration of the ideas of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The thesis focuses on fou...
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Ikwezi - Number 13, October 1979
13 July 2023
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) produced Ikwezi, a publication, to present the nature of the national struggle in Azan...
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A Language for the World - The Standardization of Swahili by Morgan J. Robinson
7 July 2023
This intellectual history of Standard Swahili explores the long-term, intertwined processes of standard-making and commu...
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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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Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
17 April 2023
TK: So com, could you tell us about your history and how you came into the struggle? Harry Gwala: Well, my history is...
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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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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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My Life by Stephanie Kemp
31 March 2023
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The Erosion of Residential Segregation in South Africa: The 'Greying' of Albert Park in Durban
30 March 2023
In South Africa, the Group Areas Act, which emphasised racial residential segregation, was one of the key instruments us...
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The Group Areas Act and Community Destruction in South Africa - The Struggle for Cato Manor in Durban
29 March 2023
In South Africa, attention has been drawn to the destruction of Sophiatown in Johannesburg (Lodge 1983) and the razing o...
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Hamba Khaya - Go Home to Mumbai - Tracing the New Indian Diaspora
29 March 2023
Indians in the indentured diaspora were always vulnerable, in both colonial and postcolonial times. This essay analyses ...
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The Historical Development of the Apartheid Local State in South Africa: The Case of Durban
28 March 2023
In Durban, there was a strong historical alliance between the Council and the white working class. The Council was parti...
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The Local State and Residential Segregation: Durban and the Prelude to the Group Areas Act
28 March 2023
Conventionally, residential segregation in South Africa is associated with the ascent to power of the National Party, an...
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Genocide Masquerading: The Politics of the Sharpeville Massacre and Soweto Uprising
19 March 2023
“Genocide Masquerading” uncovers the implications of US foreign policy on the rise and decline of apartheid, looking spe...
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Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa
19 March 2023
Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The...
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Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
16 March 2023
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatr...
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Neville Alexander and South Africa’s New Left, c. 1957–1964 by Allison Drew
15 March 2023
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Welcome to Mitchell's Plain by Ludmila Ommundsen Pessoa
24 February 2023
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The exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo
21 February 2023
In August 1960, Dugmore Boetie fled South Africa and entered Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of...
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My Family - A Historical Journey through the Seasons by Afzal Moolla
14 February 2023
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Conflicts between Host Communities and Mining Houses in Bojanala Platinum Disctrict Municipality, South Africa, 1994:2020 by Sediko Daniel Rakolote
14 February 2023
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