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BiographyThuse Majalla Moerane
Thuse Majalla Moerane was banned for five years under the Suppression of Communism Act in March 1966.
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… convinced he had found the East Indies. Columbus claimed San Salvador, Cuba and Hispaniola for the Spanish crown where … Americas The Caribbean Islands…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… joint initiative with the Alexsan Kopano Resource Centre [San Kopano] and the Alexandra Chamber of Commerce to run …
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Naransamy "Naran" Naidoo (Roy), was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 March 1935…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Car bomb carnage in SA's worst-ever urban terror attack, Rand Daily Mail, 21 May 1983
BiographyJack Madikane
Robben Island prisoner Banned person. Dimbaza. Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) Issued Period(s) [30 June 1972 to 31/7/1973]
BiographyNobuhle Hilary Mohapi
Nobuhle Hillary Mohapi, the widow of Mapetla Mohapi who died in detention, was banned for five years, in 1979, under the Internal Security Act.
BiographyFrantz Fanon
Early years He was born on the 20 July 1925, in the Caribbean Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle…
Janet Burnside Soga
Janet Burnside Soga was born on 18 March 1827 in Hutchesontown, Glasgow. She was the eldest daughter of Alan Burnside and Isabelle Kirkland. The 1851 Scots…
BiographyDean Hutton
Dean Hutton is a genderqueer artist living in Johannesburg interested in portraiture as co-authorship; social media as narrative; technology as self-reflection…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
In 1964 a young South African student and photography enthusiast, Norman Owen-Smith, took his Leica camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
… found in the Area, dating back some 1.5 Million Years. The San people also lived in the area as far back as 100 000 … cattle, migrated South into the area…
Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
Albie Sachs SA Constitutional Court Judge interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane Johannesburg, Constitutional Court, 24 March 1998 Taylor: The…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
PlaceQuaqua
… Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, means "whiter than white" in the San language and referred to the Sandstone Hills of the …
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which the push for independence from Britain…
BiographyAli Bacher
If Ali Bacher's commitment to cricket had ended after his playing days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the…
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most likely to exert…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
It is obvious that when the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and prepare for all the challenges the organisation would face in terms of…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes Elliot. He was one of…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a…
Sonnie Bhugwan
Former secretary of Natal Indian Youth Congress. Served with five-year banning orders in 1964, and again for five years from 31 December 1968 to 31 December…
BiographyNtsoane Jackson
Restricted to Mphahlele, Thabamoapo, N. Transvaal. He was detained in 1963 and charged in August 1964 with sabotage as alleged member of MK. He was convicted…
EventSwaziland welcomes SA's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
The Swaziland government welcomed South Africa's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claims the territory is historically…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African…
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…