http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry en director@archivalplatform.org Copyright 2013 2013-06-26T09:09:38+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/democracy_is_the_freedom_to_change_your_mind/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/democracy_is_the_freedom_to_change_your_mind/ Extract from a speech delivered by Helen Zille at the Democratic Alliance’s Freedom Day Celebrations in KwaZulu-Natal, 27 April 2013 Have your Say 2013-06-26T09:09:38+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_liberation_archives_and_human_rights_in_south_africa/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_liberation_archives_and_human_rights_in_south_africa/ Vuyani Booi suggests that liberation archives are not just mere records to be studied for historical purposes and argues that they may be used to build a responsible citizenry. Archival Platform 2013-06-25T19:17:18+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/number_in/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/number_in/ Lucelle Campbell writes about her quest to find the unmarked grave od an ex-Cape Town slave woman named Lydia Williams. Ancestral Stories 2013-06-25T19:14:14+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/family_photo/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/family_photo/ Emile Maurice, writes about the importance of remembering the richness and complexity of black life under apartheid and considers the role of family photo archives in acknowledging and honouring ‘ordinary people’ in public life. Ancestral Stories 2013-06-25T19:12:40+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/zilles_poaching_of_our_history/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/zilles_poaching_of_our_history/ In an article published on Politicsweb, Phatse Justice Piitso accuses the DA of ‘poaching the history of the struggles of our people’ aiming, as always, ‘to protect privileges accumulated by whites under apartheid’. Have your Say 2013-06-25T14:02:41+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_myth_of_the_struggle/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_myth_of_the_struggle/ Reflecting on Freedom Day celebrations, Dineo Skosana notes that analysis and understanding of these relations, the multilayers of the struggle, how colonial and apartheid policy incessantly shaped the struggle, and what the end result – freedom – meant to people at the time and now may help better understand contemporary national and local politics in South Africa. Archival Platform 2013-06-25T13:44:02+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/histories_lost/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/histories_lost/ Carolien Greyling comments on the parlous state of Mpumalanga’s Municipal archives and the repercussions this has for the future. Archival Platform 2013-06-25T13:39:09+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/archives_and_records/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/archives_and_records/ National and provincial archives are tasked with two key responsibilities: “the proper management and care of the records of governmental bodies” and “the preservation and use of a national archival heritage”. Jo-Anne Duggan considers the records relating to the change of street names in cape Town and concludes that when resources are scare and capacity limited it’s critical to strike a balance between these competing priorities Archival Platform 2013-04-30T06:20:12+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_role_of_interpreters/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_role_of_interpreters/ Responding to an earlier post by Lucy Campbell, Kobus Faasen compares the lives of three prominent indigenous women who were introduced to “the people from the sea” at an early age. Malinche (modern-day Mexico), Pocahontas (Jamestown, North America) and Krotoa (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa). Have your Say 2013-04-29T17:45:28+00:00 http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/dispossessed_evicted_and_ruined/ http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/dispossessed_evicted_and_ruined/ In the year in which South Africans mark the centenary of the iniquitous Natives’ Land Act, this poignant post, circulated to subscribers on Ben Khumalo-Seegelken’s mailing list,is a timely reminder of the traumatic impact of forced removals on individuals and their families. Have your Say 2013-04-24T12:22:43+00:00