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ArchiveI Write What I Like: Selected Writings
I Write What I Like (full title: I Write What I Like: Selected Writings by Steve Biko) is a landmark collection of writings by Steve Biko,…
BiographyWilton Zimasile Mkwayi
Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi was a trade unionist who served a life sentence for his involvement in Umkhonto We Sizwe. He was born into a…
BiographyThandi Klaasen
Thandi Klaasen (27 September 1931 – 15 January 2017)Thandi Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa Mvusi (known as Selby) was born in Richmond, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 18 June 1929, to Vunina (born Nxasana)…
PlaceOrange River
It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho (where it is known as the Senqu) it flows westward for 2200 km, where it finally reaches the…
ArchiveAmnesty hearing, Aboobaker Ismail, 6 May 1998
ArchiveChurch Street bomb - 20th May 1982 ... a blast from the past, by Kobus, Citizen Alert ZA, 20 May 2008
PlaceGoegap Nature Reserve, Springbok
This 7 000 hectare nature reserve, supports 600 different indigenous plant species, 45 mammal species and 94 bird species! This reserve is…
ArchiveWe were behind train violence, by Sharon Chetty, Sowetan, 27 October 1997
ArchiveVelaphi Msane, Amnesty application , AC-200-103, 13 December 1996
ArchivePolice amnesty application, JB 00282, 2
ArchiveCJ Botha, Amnesty application, 2 May 1997, 1
ArchiveCJ Botha et al. Statement, 29 November 1985, TRC documents
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
View of the Apartheid Museum. Image SourceThe Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the World…
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