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A foot soldier remembers the Mandela family by Horst Kleinschmidt, December 2013
… A foot soldier remembers the Mandela family by Horst Kleinschmidt, December 2013 …
ArchiveViolence in the family: issues in the counselling of battered women
… Violence in the family: issues in the counselling of battered women …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… party, the ANC continues to enjoy dominance on the South African political landscape and in parliament. 2000 January, … Dumisani Makhaye, Kwa-Zulu Natal MEC…
BiographyDr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe
… Njongwe was one of the most dynamic leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action … of Z. K. Matthews , membership in the…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally … Centre in Wemmer Pan, a safer place to swim. There he…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… Province (now Western Cape ), the only official area for African accommodation in Cape Town in the 1930s. She grew up … her prospective suitors, Mildred was…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… a way of giving new impetus to the struggle. 1960 Both the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist … the 300 magisterial districts, including…
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… Native Union” is a document that mapped out a strategy for African people in reaction to developments designed to … Indeed, during the early 1930s the ANC’s…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… assumes control of University College of Fort Hare.African students are prohibited from attending formerly "open … The Group Areas Development Board begins…
A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African
… A White family is killed in their caravan whilst camping on the … Bashee River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei. Forty African …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African coastline and basic trading takes place between the … their land), with eventually only the…
ArchiveThere should be houses security and comfort for all: Abolish group areas
… be houses security and comfort for all: Abolish group areas … be houses security and comfort for all: Abolish group areas …
Thousands form a human chain in a symbolic protest against the Group Areas Act
… to Johannesburg in a symbolic protest against the Group Areas Act. … form a human chain in a symbolic protest against the Group Areas Act …
A State Presidential Proclamation widening the Group Areas Act preventing multi-racial sport
… Presidential Proclamation, widening powers of the Group Areas Act, is published in a bid to prevent multi-racial … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… The South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) was formed in 1916 … that some units of SANLC were used in the battlefront areas where they had more…
South African and World leaders
… South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich … for others. To read more about other remarkable South African leaders, visit SAHO's People page…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, … PAC’s African…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… and pneumonia." - Sol Plaatjie, first Secretary of the African National Congress , describing the lives of black miners in 1914. On 12 August 1946 African…
ArticleAll African Convention, 1958
… ' The All-African Convention: The Awakening of a people ' - By I.B. … important meeting which was held in 1935, when the All African Convention was formed…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established on 25 May 1963, was the … (AEC), intended to work…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… publications. Zukiswa Wanner (1976-) Writer. Feminist. African. Mother. Lover (Wanner, 2015). This is how Zukiswa … closest to her, was born in Lusaka,…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… The Origins and formation: The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 after … decided to break away from the National Union of South…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly … regionally and nationally. The body first emerged as the African Student Movement, and…
BiographyProfessor Brij Maharaj
… widespread international recognition for his research on urban politics, mega-events, segregation, local economic … of South Africa. He is the Chairperson of…
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning … and democrats who had fought for the principle that South African…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing … 1994. The organisation was initially founded as the South African Native National Congress …
South African Labour history
… and Unions 1920's" Laws on labour passed by the two South African governments in power in the 1920s … South African Party and the National-Labour Pact…
BiographyJohannes Maswanganyi
… If Seoka was confused by the demands and practices of the urban art market, Maswanganyi took these on and became his … to collect older pieces and later…
BiographyJabulani Sam Nhlengethwa
… Transvaal). Forced removals in the area made his family relocate to Kwa-Themba. He spent much of his childhood … iconography but the new medium created a…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… the movement were released from Robben Island. 1980 South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) declares the year as … and other black townships in the…