An online reference directory of African films, with synopsis, film excerpts, commentaries, and film-related news. "The library consists of award-winning works from more than 80 producers including Senegalese Ousmane Sembene and Djibril Mambety, Yousef Chahine from Egypt and Haile Gerima from Ethiopia."

An extensive archive of online speeches, complete books, biographical summaries, photographs, and other documents by leading and historical figures from the ANC archives and from those in South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle in general, as well as selected speeches by prominent world leaders in support of the struggle.

"...a civil society initiative committed to deepening democracy through the use of memory and archives as dynamic public resources. Established under the auspices of the University of Cape Town and the Nelson Mandela Foundation..."
--See especially: In the Headlines -and- Resources

A web-zine offering articles and reviews on art trends in South Africa, links to news on current and recent exhibitions; plus related websites. "ArtThrob is South Africa's leading contemporary visual arts publication, reporting on the national arts scene and the involvement of South African artists in the international art world."

A brief biographical sketch of this well-known South African writer-director, commentaries on Fugard's plays, and a host of links to related web pages and sites.

A general book news and events portal for South Africa and the wider world.

News on events in southern and eastern Africa; plus information about publications are featured on this site. "...aims to promote and advance the learning of the philosophy, theory and human meaning of African instrumental music and dance practices in classroom music education in SADC countries."

This site includes a bibliography of children's books, and works on the history and criticism of children's literature in English and Afrikaans.

This publication is the electronic version of a quarterly magazine on music and popular culture in South Africa and global Africa. "CHIMURENGA magazine is. streets villages pages. & sometimes even pagers. It's an advertising-free revue of arts.culture.politics and the relations that these enjoy around Africa. It is another kicking initiative by the Pan African Market aka Kalakuta Republique."

This is the official site of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa, with general information about the church's activities, a directory of dioceses, and an archive of discussions.

The exhibition is open from June 20 to September 26, 1999. See also the NMAfA Home Page.

Feature story on a project in South Africa of the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University.

"de arte" is part of a library of "Unisa Press Online Academic Journals." Selected full articles and tables of contents only.

A collection of online texts by one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

This site still provides access to downloadable copies of the conference papers.

This site offers general information about the museum and its collections. "In 1989 ex-residents of District Six envisaged a museum to commemorate the area and honour the people who fought against the forced removals and Group Areas Act. On 10 December 1994, the District Six Museum opened with its first exhibition 'Streets - Retracing the Past'. The Museum provides a space for the community to come together and share their experiences and retrace their memories."

"The Durban Art Gallery collections include everything from current and historical art and artefacts of KwaZulu-Natal to English masterpieces, from anonymous carvings, clay pots and beadwork to the works of celebrated South African artists like Andrew Verster and Penny Siopis. The Gallery celebrated its centenary in 1992."

Hilgard Schoeman, an "expert" in South Africa, explains and displays examples of Zulu beadwork.

Keynote address at the Annual Meeting of the South African Sociological Association, Durban, South Africa, July 7-11, 1996.

In partnership with the UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives and the Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique.
"It will consist of at least 5,000 pages, digitised and presented as academically rigorous clusters of material, and will electronically publish two of her books currently out of print. This resource will be freely accessible worldwide, accompanied by a website with secondary material including conference items and short academic essays about First’s life and work."

The complete online book about South African women's lives and their struggle against apartheid. Originally published in 1978 and revised in 1985.

An extensive listing of holdings--the bulk of which is concerned with Indians (and other South Asians) in South African history, with some on Luthuli and other Africans...featuring online documents--including research papers, MA and Ph.D. theses, bibliographies; plus, related links.

"H-SAFRICA is the H-Net discussion list dealing with the culture and history of South Africa."

The website includes the online guides to records on deposit at Howard University and to a small selection of collections in South Africa, such as those at the University of Fort Hare. "[In 2001...] This project began as an effort to identify, locate and describe documentation about the diasporic relationship between blacks in South Africa and the United States."

This online booklet is part of a larger collection of essays on African Sculptural Art by Dr. Roese.

The site includes information about the library, research and teaching programs, related links, and publications--including: African music journal. (Online), 1954-2008. "Founded in 1954 by Hugh Tracey, ILAM is the greatest repository of African music in the world. A research institution devoted to the study of music and oral arts in Africa, it preserves thousands of historical recordings going back to 1929 and supports contemporary fieldwork."
--Search the ILAM catalogs

A university-based blog in South Africa featuring commentaries and interviews. "...an experiment in global conversation based in the South...to be a critical node in the re-territorializing of global intellectual production."
--See especially: The Johannesburg Salon. Edited by Lara Allen and Achille Mbembe. Volume 1 (2009) -and- Volume 2 (2010)

The site provides information on this annual festival and links to highlights from the previous programmes since 2000.

"...an independent, non-governmental organisation...established in 1986, the primary aim of Khanya College is to assist various constituencies within working class and poor communities to respond to the challenges posed by the forces of economic and political globalisation...offers assistance through providing educational and training workshops, publications and research to organisations and individuals in these communities."
--See especially: History Programme -and- Jozi Book Fair

Local history of East London, founded in 1847.

The web site contains a synopsis of the television program, photos, interviews, anecdotes, a chronology, and information about ordering the video and transcripts and the teachers' guide.

The official web site of the very popular South African reggae music artist, with biography, discography, videography, song lyrics, press cuttings, and a few short audio files.

Brief information on the Upper Limpopo River valley iron age archaeological sites in South Africa and Botswana which pre-dates the Great Zimbabwe ruins in Zimbabwe.
--See also: University of Pretoria's digital repository on "Mapungubwe Collections" and its
Mapungubwe Museum--Collection

A directory portal with links to all major museums and cultural societies in South Africa.

"Founded ...in 1851, the Natal Society has served the scientific and literary interests of the community of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, for more than 160 years. It founded a museum (now a leading national institution) and the largest privately-owned library system in the country (now run by the city’s Msunduzi Municipality)."
--Natalia: journal of the Natal Society Foundation. (Online) -- Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: The Natal Society Foundation, 1971-

The website features information about public rock art sites in South Africa, plus information on research, museum-related activities, and publications. See also: Rock Art Research Institute (University of the Witwatersrand) below.

The complete online book by one of the founders of the South African Native Congress, forerunner of the ANC. Originally published in 1916.

The web site features general information about various projects, conference reports, and a searchable catalog of the archives on southern Africa held in Scandinavia.

"To bring together prehistorians, palaeontologists and geologists from one end of the continent to the other." The 14th Congress of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association of Prehistory and Related Studies will take place at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in July 2014.
--See also: past congress proceedings

"[Founded in 1995] The purpose of the PANSALB is to promote multilingualism in South Africa." The site includes general information about the Board's activities, annual reports, and events relating to South African languages.
-- See also: SAlanguages.Com & other sites below

A website that celebrates the works of South African contemporary artists, with sample images and background summaries on dozens of artists. 'Pelmama -- is an acronym for the "Pelindaba Museums of African and Modern Art", a project initiated by The Haenggi Foundation Inc., Johannesburg, an association not for gain established in 1978, following on the Soweto riots.'

15th Poetry Africa, October 17-22, 2011
The site offers information on the upcoming poetry festival and conference; plus highlights, biographies, and bibliographies from previous festivals: 2002-2009.

A brief history and information about the Robben Island museum; plus related links. [The museum was] "established as a National Monument and a National Museum by the Cabinet of the South African Government in September 1996. As of January 1997, the Island has been administered by the Department of Arts & Culture, and the public has been able to participate in tours to historic sites such as the cell where [former President] Nelson Mandela was imprisoned."

Information about research programmes, publications, and related links are available on this website.

One can read the current issue and back issues since June 1999. "Safundi is a peer-reviewed quarterly publication dedicated to comparing the histories, cultures, and modern experiences of the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa."

This site provides general information about South Africa's 11 official languages (and several unofficial ones), with brief grammars, pronunciation guides, suggested textbooks, bibliographies on academic research, and links to related web sites for each language.
-- See also: Sesotho on the Web (below) and Xhosa & Zulu

This promotional website includes some sample images of the sculptures of Lucas Sithole, information about works for sale, as well as biographical notes. 'Lucas Sithole was the first black artist in South Africa to have a retrospective show in a public museum and a university gallery.'

The complete online book about the rural conditions of the South African majority and their struggle against apartheid in South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s by one of the historic leaders of the ANC.

"...a visual archive of rare and sometimes unusual South African audio documents as artifacts. The aim of the project is to provide a searchable database as a resource for those researching South African audio history."
--See also, two "sister projects", the blog sites: flatint -and- Electric Jive

SAHA was formed in 1988 by the United Democratic Front and the Congress of South African Trade Unions to collect & preserve documents from the struggle against apartheid during the 1980s. The SAHA website offers online finding aids to their collections, descriptions of archival projects, highlights from public exhibitions and related events, online publications (free downloads with registration),  as well as several "virtual exhibiitions":

-- ECC: 25 Years Since the Launch of the End Conscription Campaign

-- Hear Our History: An Introduction to Learning and Teaching Oral History

-- UDF 25 Years: Commemorating Years Since the Founding of the United Democratic Front

The site offers historical summaries, illustrations, maps, photographs, bibliographical sources, and exercises. "This course provides a brief introduction to South African politics and political history using internet-based resources. It introduces students both to the types of internet resources that are available on this topic and to their use. Students can develop research skills using the web through simple web-based exercises."

"...covers the history of South African rock music from the 1950's up to the early 2000's."

"South African Voices is a three-volume work that includes: A Long Time Passed, Created in Olden Times, and The Way We Travelled: Oral History and Poetry. This work consists of electronic audio files and transcribed written texts of oral traditions and histories, poetry, folktales, and stories in Xhosa, Zulu, and Siswati collected, transcribed, and edited by Professor Harold Scheub.

"SACOD promotes and empowers filmmakers and distributors of audiovisual content to communicate development issues." The site features a catalogue of new and recently released films -- documentation on special projects -- events calendar -- and related links.

A full-text electronic version of the 1900 book in plain text, HTML files, or PDF format.

'The full text --without photos or illustrations-- of all articles published during the last eight years of the magazine - from July 1992 to October 2000. In addition, three indexes produced in 1996 — covering June 1985 to November 1995 - are available as a research tool.'

A collection of online texts, plus biographical information on Oliver Reginald Tambo, the former leader of the ANC for 30 years.
--See also: University of Fort Hare, ANC Archives below

"The multi-phase project will document, present and interpret key aspects of the archaeological and cultural heritage of Kruger National Park." The site features especially:
-- Visual resources -- interviews --and-- online texts (plus short list of books).

This site provides information about the programme, the participants, and related links.
--See also: old site for information about previous festivals

Documents, chronologies, speeches by the chairs of the "UN Special Committee against Apartheid", and articles by E.S. Reddy about the UN and the international anti-apartheid movement.

The web site for various historic manuscript collections and libraries....including The Killie Campbell Africana Library.

A collection of links to sites with e-books, full text journal articles, theses, and working papers, and other resources...especially on Xhosa linguistics.

Launched on October 6, 2009, this web site features daily political satire videos, with puppet characters, created by Thierry Cassuto and Zapiro [Jonathan Shapiro], produced and directed by Thierry Cassuto, written by Thierry Cassuto, Ben Trovato, and Steve Francis.

"Jonathan Shapiro...was editorial cartoonist for Sowetan from 1994-2005 and appeared in the Cape Argus 1996-1997. He has been editorial cartoonist for the Mail & Guardian since 1994, the Sunday Times since 1998 and since September 2005 also appears three times a week in Cape Times, The Star, The Mercury and Pretoria News."