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BiographyBernard Mafiyeka
A National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa shop steward. Mafiyeka was gunned down by one of a group of four men who approached him as…
BiographyAnton van Wouw
Anton van Wouw was born in Driedergen, Netherlands on 20 November 1862. He is regarded as the father of South African sculpture. He decided…
BiographyAndrew Mokone
Andrew Mokone was banned for 5 years under the Suppression of Communism Act and prohibited from attending gatherings.
BiographyOrdway Qonda Msomi
BiographyEbrahim Badsha
Ebrahim Badsha was born on 13 March 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black artists in Natal. He…
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
Zimasile Ngqawana affectionately known as ‘Zim’was born in New Brighton a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the…
ArchiveThe Responsibilities of Restitution Research: The Case of Ridgeview Quarry (Cato Manor) by Glen L. Thompson, 27 October 1999
ArchiveUDF Rally Orient Hall Durban in Opposition to Mr. P. W. Botha's Meeting with Indian Leaders in Durban City Hall, 14 November 1983 (Indicated as 1985 in header page)
BiographyJames Lenkoe
BiographySamson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga was born in 1934 in the Nzhelele district of the former Venda ‘homeland’, now Limpopo province. However,…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
This project has been beset throughout by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition than initially…
ArchiveThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
It is with great difficulty that I find myself writing about a friend so recently deceased and who was so much part of my life for over…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
South African History Online Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas 23 August 2008 Fatima Meer's career at Natal…
ArchiveAri Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran
Sumangala Damodaran, author of The Radical Impulse, speaks candidly with her friend Ari Sitas (with whom she has collaborated on a number…
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