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In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost
… are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost …
The 600-ton cargo ship The Duke of Northumberland, en route from Madras to London, is wrecked near Cape Agulhas, CC. No lives a
… Madras to London, is wrecked near Cape Agulhas, CC. No lives a …
The head of the United Nations (UN) commission on Rwanda concludes that genocide in the country in this year cost 500,000 lives
… that genocide in the country in this year cost 500,000 lives …
BiographyHelen Zille
… the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader, Steve Biko's death in 1977 , which she discovered was due to police … [Accessed: 29 July 2013]| Zille, Helen,…
BiographyAchmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor, an award winning novelist and poet, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He lived with…
The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that
… Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that …
The constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at the inaugural conference and Steve Biko is el
… (SASO) is adopted at the inaugural conference and Steve Biko is el …
Steven Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town is attended by some 15,000 people. Twelve Western diplomats are present, including
… Steven Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town is attended by some …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… period of unemployment, Fula started writing. His early writings comprised mostly of poems, letters to the press, and …
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
… of all Unity Movement materials, including the complete writings of I.B. Tabata in an archive at the University of …
BiographyDon Mattera
… plays and children stories. He was awarded the Steve Biko Prize for his autobiography. Mattera has worked as a …
BiographyAllister Sparks
… that the committed Apartheid opponent, Steve Bantu Biko , had been beaten to death by the police in 1977. He …
ArchiveSettlers and Laborers: The Afterlife of Indenture in Early South African Indian Writing by Nienke Boer
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… I encountered Ruth First for the first time in her writings, specifically her article The Gold of Migrant Labor, … who spoke truth to power, and some of whom…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… country. It is therefore not easy for me to talk of Steve Biko as a person without bringing in and revising the … From the Archive | Steve Bantu Biko … From…
BiographyMuntu Myeza
… the Diepkloof Residents Committee, a trustee of the Steve Biko Foundation, and as a board trustee of the Northern …
Ebrahim 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 grew up in a large…
BiographyArthur Maimane
… by Henry Nxumalo who later became known as Mr Drum. His writings were heavily spiced with American colloquialism, but …
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
… for his ability to master the most abstruse political writings.Starting to work at 17 in Krugersdorp, Kotane was …
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… of Torture; For Their Triumphs and for Their Tears; Steve Biko; Death is Part of the Process. Some of her more famous …
BiographyVirginia Engel
… This conference introduced her to people like Steve Biko and Barney Pityana , and organisations like the South …
BiographySandile Dikeni
Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He…
The government is reported to have paid the family of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, R65, 000 in settlement of claims
… have paid the family of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, R65, 000 in settlement of claims …
On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people including his brother, his sister
… On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people including his brother, his …
ArchiveBiko, the State and the SA Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) and now the Medical Association of South Africa (MASA): Editorial comment
… Biko, the State and the SA Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) …
ArchiveUnder African Skies (Live from The African Concert, 1987) by Paul Simon
EventThe constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading party members … (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading party members … (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural…
BiographyEve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to…