The interviews in this book offer firsthand insights into women’s participation in the armed struggle against apartheid.
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A 26-member theatre ensemble aims to bring history to light in a fresh way.
If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state’s plans for an ‘independent’ Zulu kingdom, South Africa’s history would have unfolded very differently.
A new book delves into the issues faced by a 1971 international tennis tour, and calls for injustice to be recognised.
The activist and writer has been erased from South Africa’s history - but new academic work seeks to restore his voice.
Weiss witnessed atrocities in Germany and South Africa and railed against them, becoming a towering figure as a writer and poet.
Fifty years ago the council was created to fight for marginalised communities to participate fairly in sports. Their dream remains unfulfilled.
Struggle songs are relevant even in the post apartheid context because they continue to be an important way in which people deliberate on issues.
The students who marched on 16 June 1976 did more than simply register a political opinion.
The relationship between South Africa and the West, especially the US, has a complex history. Not least because the US designated those fighting the apartheid regime, as terrorists.
The greatness of an institution lies in acknowledging both the light and the shade in its ongoing journey as a great South African university.
For her, art was a weapon in the struggle and a tool for education. She used every opportunity to build movements and to archive experiences in writing.
Klaaste was distressed by what was happening in black communities, where residents faced state terror and political violence. He sought to restore values such as self-help and neighbourly conduct.
Four decades later, post-apartheid South Africa barely recalls the Medu Art Ensemble’s contributions to the liberation struggle. But that could be changing.
South Africa’s famous toyi-toyi was adopted from Zimbabwean troops, who learned it in Algeria – showing the interconnected nature of Africa’s liberation struggles.
The revered trombonist, composer and cultural activist never wished to be ‘the state composer’ but remained political until the end, in service of the people.
That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
Although a commited veteran of the ANC, Mlangeni was no party apparatchik. He was outspoken against endemic corruption in government.
Brutus’s life was closely interlinked with the rise of apartheid and offered a way to look at resistance to this system.
South Africa’s history shows that mobilising white privilege can be a useful tool for advancing the struggle against racism.
Kontributor teratas
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in English, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Dundee
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Researcher and founder member of the History Workshop, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City, University of London
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Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor Emeritus of Law, University of South Africa
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Research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Chercheuse postdoctorale, Université de Lausanne, Section d'histoire, Université de Lausanne
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Professor, University of Oxford
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Professor, University of Sussex
