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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…
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…
BiographyMaboza Mackay
Member of the Pan African Congress
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…
BiographyThakorprasad Chotalal Metha
Banned under the Suppression of Comunism Act
BiographyMpumelelisi Synod Madlebe
Member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).
BiographyDr. Joseph Meidlinger
A member of the Congress of Democrats, was banned for 5 years
BiographyFiroz Cachalia
Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company Law from Witwatersrand University. Cachalia is currently…
BiographyMonica Matshediso Mokgoro
Banned for 5 years under the Suppression of Communism Act.
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…
PlaceQuaqua
… Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, means "whiter than white" in the San language and referred to the Sandstone Hills of the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Dr. A.B. Xuma makes a statement entitled “ Africans and San Francisco ”. June, Moses Kotane, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo and …
Ugandan military ruler Idi Amin, 78, who presided over an eight-year reign of terror from 1971-1979, where an estimated 300 000
WWII: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade is called up for continuous training, to be followed by other units, including the SA Artil
Herbert Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, is born in Somer
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu was a Minister in the Presidency of South Africa and parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). Mthembu was born on 5…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province. Boshielo joined…
BiographyThabo Motene Marera
Thabo Marera was born in Soweto on 18 September 1972 and matriculated at Anchor Orlando North High School. After studying drama at the Natal Technikon he went…
BiographyEthel Edwards
On 2 January 1907 The Cape Argus Weekly Edition published a photograph of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands…
BiographyGerrit Viljoen
Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his birth his father was the editor of…
BiographyNimrod Boyce Tantsi
Nimrod Boyce Tantsi was born in Johannesburg in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during…
BiographyMaggie Mikula
Maggie Mikula was born in Durban on 19 August 1941. She attended St Mary’s School in Durban and matriculated in 1959. She then went on to study for a Diploma…
BiographyDerek Andre Hanekom
Derek Andre Hanekom was born on 13th January 1953 in Cape Town, the son of an Afrikaner clerk, he graduated from Hoerskool Jan van Riebeeck in 1970 before…
BiographyWilliam Stewart Ainslie
William Stewart (Bill) Ainslie was born on 10 April 1934 in Bedford (Eastern Cape). Studied at the university of Natal, Pietermartizburg (BA) 1952-1955 and (BA…
BiographyThinus Mathee
Mathee was born in Harrismith. After completed his schooling, he completed his national service in the SA Army. While at school, he developed a keen interest…