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BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… and another four in his arms. His throat had been cut. His right hand was missing. He had died from blood loss, …
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… are no longer our individual possession, but belong by right to our Nation, the symbols and makings of history so … de Beer, M. (1988). Who did what in South…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… Independence of Angola (UNITA), which was established in 1966 and founded by a prominent former leader of the FNLA, … not appeal to the Bakongo people, who…
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
… a democratic country after all, and every man can decide what he wants to discuss and what he does not want to … be able to prescribe to presidents and…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
Solly Mokoetle was also known as Solly Mpoli in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) circles, Solly Mokoetle left the country during the first half of 1976. As the influx…
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
… Mathunjwa was dismissed. At the meeting workers felt that what happened to Mathunjwa was not right, and 3 000 workers resigned from NUM. The resigned …
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
… Belville South, in the 1970s. This marked the start of what was to become a lifetime’s work for the betterment and … prominently than “the correct way to…
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
Mduduzi Richard Shabalala (Mdu) Shabalala was born in Lamontville, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 24 July 1965. His father was a prominent civic rights…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… did not qualify for, as his father was not of royal blood. What irked him further was the book’s claim that he was … security policeman, reportedly with…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… respected them as leaders of their own people in their own right, and obviously this should be the case since these … position and we made it possible for…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in what was considered “White South Africa”. Included among … forcibly removed and the land expropriated…
BiographyMabel Palmer
… she retired from teaching in 1936 that Dr Palmer undertook what would be her most notable accomplishment – spearheading …
BiographyElizabeth Komikie Gumede
… died in 2016. She lived in Chiawelo in Soweto, Gauteng, right until her death. Gumede is remembered for her …
BiographyMary Thipe
… their wives and children at home. She was also involved in what became known as the Potato Boycott of 1959, a boycott …
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
… in 1895 and worked for a few months with Messrs (spelled right?). Dada Abdulla & Co. He moved to Johannesburg early in …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… passes away. 9 December, The NIC began organising what was described as 'the biggest political meeting ever … point, Kajee warned, and you do feel the…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… University graduate, he had been an activist of the right wing organization, Ossewa Brandwag appointed ostensibly …
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, the eldest son of Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected peasant farmers of Rayi,…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… and the vehicles. It later turned out that they had been right as the police had found documents pertaining to the … the apartheid Group Areas Act for…
BiographyBabette Brown
A tireless advocate for justice and equality in South Africa, the United Kingdom (UK), and all over the world, Babette Brown was born in 1931 in Johannesburg,…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… authored several other books, including Quranic Lights (1966-2012), Nanima’s Chest (1981), A Treasure Trove of … was that both Mayat and her husband were…
BiographyLewis Baker
Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their…
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
… arena. Naidoo received considerable attention from right wing extremists (and possibly racist government …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… but once I was in a house in a canning factory compound, right opposite a police station. Liz arranged for [my wife] …
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… nationalism and engaged fierce battles to defend the right to hold meetings on the Johannesburg City Hall steps. … used to smuggle covert material to South…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Dawood married Fatima Seedat , a revolutionary in her own right. One particular story related by Phyllis Naidoo …
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… University of Natal in 1967 (where Steve Biko began his in 1966) and it was here that she met and fell in love with … members of the community would accept…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to Meadowlands…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian…
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)…