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26 February 2024
The SAHA reading room will be closed to researchers from March until the end of April 2024. During this time SAHA’s paper-based and ephemera collections will be relocated to the Wits Education Library.
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28 April 2022
On 6 April, the South African History Archive was officially relaunched at Wits university by its Vice-Chancellor Zeblon Vilakazi.
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17 February 2021
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15 October 2020
Resistance has been an unavoidable part of our lives as people of African heritage. So much so that it has become fashionable to remember our experience in terms of struggle. This collaborative project between SAHA and DTA is not that kind of project.
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22 June 2020
The South African Coalition for Transitional Justice (SACTJ) notes with deep concern the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) that it does not intend to pursue charges against two apartheid Security Branch police officers, Seth Sons and Ne
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30 May 2020
In a precedent setting judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday 29 May 2020 the South African History Archive SAHA prevailed in a six year long battle for access to information.
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18 March 2020
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16 March 2020
Following the declaration of a national state of disaster by President Cyril Ramaphosa, we thought it prudent to help unpack the Disaster Management Act No. 57 of 2002 which enabled the announcement made by the president.
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25 February 2020
On March 3, 2020, SAHA and the SARB appear before a court of law once again. This time, to argue and appeal lodged by SAHA following the March 2018 ruling from the High Court.
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21 January 2020
The inquest into the death of Dr. Neil Aggett has been re-opened and commenced on 20 January, 2020.
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