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Mahomed “Chota” Motala
Mahomed Motala was born in Dundee on 14 June 1921. In 1938 Motala matriculated at Sastri College and studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at…
Moses Mbheki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, is born in Thornhill, Pietermar
Seretse Khama is asked to renounce his chieftaincy of the Bama-Ngwato tribe, Bechuanaland (Botswana), by the British colonial g
Moses Mbheki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, is awarded the Soviet Order of
Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with their National Party Secretary Ge
BiographyJo Ractliffe
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of…
BiographyBerni Searle
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI When Berni Searle was asked by the Brooklyn Museum of Art what her …
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
Yunus Ismail Mahomed was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up in Jeppe, attending…
BiographyLesedi Billy Masetlha
Lesedi Billy Masetlha was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng).He was one of the six children in a family with roots in…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Magubane, Peter. 1960. "Sharpeville Massacre." BAHA. Baileys African History Archive. Sharpeville, … Mbete Magubane, Peter. 1960. "Sharpeville Massacre."…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… opposite the Sharpeville police station. (Photograph © BAHA) Much of the art produced during Apartheid that in some …
ArchiveLimillione tsa batho li ne le le mahlomoleng ka baka la ho bolauoa ha mohale oa bona- batho bangata ha ba ea mesebetsing(article written in Sotho language)
BiographyJabu Sithole
Jabu Sithole was born on 23 October 1949 in Lamontville, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where he attended primary school until age seven when he was struck…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life Struggle', Ravan …
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. Nyoka was…
BiographyNongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
Violet Weinberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
From the hypnotic effects of the circular motions of the spiritual dancing of whirling dervishes to the mesmerising qawwali [1]performances of the likes of the…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
ArticleAbout Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Project
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition is a national competition that has taken place annually since 2006. Each year it is open to secondary school…
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
Amphitheatre Stadium Area of Masakeng* Area of Mochanaeng* Arthur Ashe Bara Hospital* Beerhalls Blue Fountain Diepkloof Convent* Diepkloof…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
Shamar Abduraghman Maduna Abednego Chiloane Abel Sibene Abishayi Mkhonza Abner …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
… as a medium of instruction, July 1976.© Mike Mzileni / BAHA This chapter explores these issues through the words of …
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… as a medium of instruction, July 1976.© Mike Mzileni / BAHA This chapter explores these issues through the words of …
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
List of Speakers: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa conference
Name OrganisationAyanda Dlodlo Barry GilderMISTRADumiso Dabengwa ZAPUGraca Machel TBC Janet CherryUniversity of the Western…
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
Youth P SSRC 1 back to resources > "To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
Eric Clifford “Cliff” Drysdale was born in Nelspruit on 26 May 1941.[i] He was widely regarded as one of the best tennis players South Africa has ever produced…