The 'D'Oliviera Affair' of 1968/9 was a decisive event in precipitating South Africa's isolation from international test match cricket. In the view of many at the time—and since—Basil D'Oliviera, the South African ...

In the last two years the debate on democracy in South Africa has reached a new intensity. The unbanning of the ANC and other opposition movements occurred at the same time as the Cold War in Europe came to an end. ...

A number of impressive historical studies by a group of young South African scholars has recently appeared, seeking to apply new insights in tracing the effects of the imposition of colonial rule over the indigenous peoples ...

The imposition of Bantu Education in the 1950s has often been portrayed as the destructive action of a Nationalist government intent, for purely ideological reasons, on uprooting a successful and largely benevolent mission ...

During the afternoon of 17 June 1929, 6 000 African workers abandoned their barracks, backyard dwellings, rented rooms and kias, and made their way through the streets of Durban towards the Industrial and Commercial Workers' ...

Accounts of African political organisation in South Africa between the 1920s and 1950s have tended to veer between two extremes – institutional studies of national political organisations and micro studies of local struggles ...

An issue as topical and controversial today as it was as the beginning of the 20th centurv is who does the doctor serve? Does he (or she) practise medicine to heal his patients, make a livelihood and attain status in ...

The elections which were held under the Representation of Natives Act in 1937, 1942 and 1948 warrant examination for two reasons. Firstly, because they were the only elections ever held in South Africa on a national level ...