Africa
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| A-0061941 | article | Address to the International Labour Conference | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0059677 | article | The turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0059270 | article | United Democratic Front (UDF) | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0016886 | article | Football in South Africa | 22 Mar 2011 | – |
| P-0016809 | place | Zimbabwe | 21 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| A-0016649 | article | 1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0008865 | biography | Biddy Partridge | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0008345 | biography | Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli | 1898-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0008280 | biography | Krotoa (Eva) | 1643-1674 | ✓ |
| B-0008231 | biography | Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada | 1929-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0008068 | biography | Ruth First | 1925-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0007922 | biography | Cheryl Carolus | 1959 | ✓ |
| R-0153403 | archive | Interview with Jackie Cahi, 14 February 2022 | 4 Mar 2026 | – |
| R-0153410 | archive | Interviews with Mac Maharaj, 21 June 2016, 11 July 2016 and 3 November 2019 | 5 Mar 2026 | – |
| P-0124461 | place | Robben Island, Cape Town | 22 Nov 2017 | ✓ |
Address to the International Labour Conference
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983,…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an historic…
PlaceZimbabwe
The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 Years. Bambandyanalo is an Archaeological site in present…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
BiographyBiddy Partridge
Bridget June Partridge was born in 1950 in Kenya and raised in South Africa. Biddy Partridge first began work as a freelance…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western…
BiographyRuth First
Journalist, academic and political activist, Ruth Heloise First was born on 4 May 1925. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants Julius…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s…
ArchiveInterview with Jackie Cahi, 14 February 2022
ArchiveInterviews with Mac Maharaj, 21 June 2016, 11 July 2016 and 3 November 2019
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
These days a trip to Robben Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town. Forget palm…