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BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
… 1984 when he returned to the United Kingdom. In the late 1980s he lived in Canada and the Netherlands where he wrote …
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a primary school pupil…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… and organising demonstrations during the 1970s and 1980s. He joined the ranks of the United Democratic Front, …
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… an active cricketer for the rest of his life. In the late 1980s, he became involved in sports administration once more … clinic which travelled across the…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Two of our most loved women leaders, Mary Moodley and Lilian Ngoyi, died at the end of the 1970s. They had both…
BiographyDolly Rathebe
Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… in the Western Cape were highly politicised during the 1980s, a central issue faced by activists was expressed as … of the focus of this chapter on…
BiographyJudith Mason
Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She matriculated from the…
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
Three documents, fundamental changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s, particularly in the African…
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…
BiographyMimi Coertse
… in Europe, and to start careers of their own. During the 1980s, she initiated the "Debut with Mimi" series. …
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… in an interview. Mnguni spent time in France in the late 1980s, exhibiting his images to Europeans who had only just …
ArchiveThree decades of South African school history textbooks: historiographical influence, change, and continuity from the 1970s to the 1990s
Honours thesis in History submitted to the University of Cape Town by Lynda K. von den Steinen.
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… , which had been banned in 1960. From the mid-1970s to the 1980s, she immersed herself in feminism, socialism, as well …
BiographyDaniel R Koza
Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow crossed Gordon's.Drawn into trade union work and the…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
BiographyIsaiah Stein
Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during his teens, he…
BiographyR. Daniel
Associated with the trade union movement from the early 1930s, he was known as a Trotskyist in his political leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with the…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… was constantly harassed by the security police. In the 1980s, he was arrested at the headquarters of the Methodist …
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… characterized the upsurge in trade union activity in the 1980s. Among other activities, they organised May Day …
BiographySylvia Neame
… after which she joined the staff of the University. In the 1980s, Neame married Gerhard Jahn. She returned to South …
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown and later established a successful business…
BiographyBishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu
Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu (nee Hlabisa). His father was a policeman and a farmer. His father died when he was a…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the mid-1980s. The formation of Natal Indian Congress The Natal … the NIC was revived with a focus on civic work. In…
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… eMalahleni Civic Association. During the dark years of the 1980s, the State of Emergency saw him in and out of prison as …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru. Awards 1980s 1980 14 November, Awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award …
BiographyElijah Nkwenkwe Loza
Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza was born in 1918 near Alice in the Ciskie,where his father was tribal headman.After completing secondary education, he went to Cape Town…
BiographyBarney William Ngakane
After living for some time in Orlando Township, Johannesburg, Barney William Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in…
ArchiveOxford: 1950s: enforcing apartheid
Brown, red and black poster. Quote from Bram Fischer. Photographs of scenes from apartheid. Issued by the Apartheid Museum. Short bits of history and…