Apartheid Archives - Page 2 of 11 - The Ulwazi Programme

uKesval ‘Kay’ Moonsamy (5 July 1926-21 June 2017)

Ngokudlula emhlabeni kuka Kesval Moonsamy ngesonto elidlule lelizwe lilahlekelwe ngenye yezingqalabutho zentando yeningi. Ubaziwa kakhulu ngelika ‘Kay’, uMoonsamy wayeyilunga lezinhlangano eziningi zepolitiki, waba yilunga lenyunyana esemncane kakhulu. Eneminyaka eyi 14 waqala ukusebenza eRhodesian Timbers Limited lapho azizwela khona ukungabikho kobulungiswa nokungalingani emsebenzini ngenxa yebala. Wabe eseba yilunga leNatal Indian Congress (NIC) kanye neCommunist Party of … Read more

Umdlalo wekhilikithi ngesikhathi sobandlululo

Abomdabu baseNdiya baseThekwini bazithola bevalelwa wonke amathuba futhi bekhishwa ekubeni ngamalungu ezinhlaka zemidlalo kuya emahhotela. Inhlangano eyaziwa ngeSurat Hindu Association yasungulwa kusaqala iminyaka yama 1900 ngemizamo yokuvikela amalungelo abomdabu bevela eNdiya. Lenhlangano yasiza ngezinhlelo eziningi njengokutholakala kothisha bolimi iGujarati ababevela eNdiya, kuya kwezenkolo kanye nokusungulwa kwamaqembu nezinhlelo zemidlalo njenge Bharat Cricket Club. Umdlalo wekhilikithi wafika … Read more

Usuku olungajwayelekile lukaNcibijane

Njengoba silindele ukungena onyakeni omusha kubonakala kuyisikhathi esihle sokuxoxa indaba eyenzeka eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule yokweqa kukaDonald Woods eNingizimu Afrika. Ngalesosikhathi uWoods wayengumhleli wephaphandaba laseMonti, i-Daily Dispatch wayenikwe isigwebo seminyaka emihlanu sokungasebenzi ngemuva kokuboshwa kwakhe esikhumulweni sezindiza ezama ukubaleka. Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi ephikisana nohulumeni uWoods wabona ukuthi indlela izinto ezenzeka ngayo eNingizimu Afrika sezifinyelele lapho engasakwazi … Read more

The Market Photo Workshop

It’s all about the art this week! A few days ago we wrote about Cape Town based-artist, Kemang Wa Lehulere, and his focus on historical perspectives, and today we look at the work of the legendary Market Photo Workshop (MPW). Founded by the late David Goldblatt in 1989, MPW was the first South African institution to offer … Read more

The TRC Twenty Years On

This week marks twenty years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) presented its final report. The TRC began formal hearings on the 15th April 1996, receiving submissions for amnesty from ordinary citizens, members of the police, former members of government, as well as ANC comrades. Out of 7112 petitioners*, 5392 people were refused amnesty, with … Read more

Road to Democracy

Road to Democracy 1990-1994 South Africa was under the policy of Apartheid from around the 1940s up until 1994. However from 1990 there were some changes that led to the birth of a democratic South Africa and the development of Government of National Unity (GNU). Therefore, this argument is critically discussing on whether the road … Read more