Prof Eddie Webster.
University of the Witwatersrand
Eddie Webster inspired generations of scholars with his vision and practice of critically engaged scholarship, in South Africa and worldwide.
Cover detail of the book Guerrillas and Combative Mothers.
UKZN Press
The interviews in this book offer firsthand insights into women’s participation in the armed struggle against apartheid.
Detail from the cover of the biography.
Gallo Record Company
The book tells the inside story of how they changed the sound of urban pop.
A hand painted advertisement for Coke in Arusha, Tanzania.
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Coca-Cola has often been entangled with key political moments in Africa since its arrival in the early 1900s.
People lie dead in the aftermath of the unprovoked shooting of peaceful protesters.
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Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.
Henry Bredekamp in 2010.
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The father of Khoisan revivalism became a public historian as his academic work met activism.
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi speaks in parliament.
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Buthelezi should not be dismissed as a mere stooge during apartheid. Yet, he deserves little praise as an advocate for human rights and civil liberties.
Nelson and Winnie Mandela, a day after he was released from prison in
1990.
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The early Nelson comes across as a man consumed by insecurity and ambition, plagued by inner strife and anger.
Wreck of the British ship Charlotte in Algoa Bay, South Africa, 1854.
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The word shows that language isn’t static, it evolves to reflect developments in a society.
President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates the new leaders of the ANC in the Western Cape.
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The 2024 general elections will show to what extent the new provincial leadership can start to turn around the ANC’s fortunes in the Western Cape.
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South Africa is one of four African countries participating in the tournament, which begins on 28 July.
Some 1971 tour players, from left, Hira Dhiraj, Hoosen Bobat, a Dutch friend, Jasmat Dhiraj, Charmaine Williams and Oscar Woodman. Williams toured at her own expense.
Courtesy the 1971 players/UKZN Press
A new book delves into the issues faced by a 1971 international tennis tour, and calls for injustice to be recognised.
From left Neo Magagula, Ntando Zondi, Senzo Radebe and Sibonile Ngubane in the forthcoming South African TV series Shaka iLembe.
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Shaka iLembe hits TV screens on 18 June. The Zulu leader has never been portrayed as a real man - hopefully this time he will be.
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at home in 1990.
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Jonny Steinberg talks about his intimate double biography of the famous South African leaders.
An illustration of an antique photograph of the British Empire’s mission work among the Zulu people of then-Natal province.
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Missionaries and African translators working on local versions of the Bible divided South Africa’s ethnic groups by language.
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Fifty years ago the council was created to fight for marginalised communities to participate fairly in sports. Their dream remains unfulfilled.
Church Wedding in the Eastern Cape, 1920.
Image courtesy Monica and Godfrey Wilson Collection BC880/African Studies Library/University of Cape Town
Before colonialism black South Africans viewed sex and morality very differently than today.
Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions sing political songs in 1987 in Johannesburg.
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Struggle songs are relevant even in the post apartheid context because they continue to be an important way in which people deliberate on issues.
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Royal women play important roles in succession disputes, such as the naming of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu’s heir.
A woman at a protest in support of victims of the Marikana massacre outside the South African parliament.
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Individual beliefs about the past and its relevance to the present strongly influenced awareness of the Marikana tragedy.