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BiographyJonas Dinous Matlou
Jonas Dinous Matlou was born 2 June 1920 in Diepsloot north of Johannesburg. He became an early member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)…
George John Golding
George John Golding was born in 1906 in Ladismith in the Cape, he attended Zonnebloem College and became a teacher and school principal in Oudtshoon,Heidelberg…
BiographyS. Mac Lepolesa
As a trader in the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national ANC deputy-speaker. He was a…
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 9 September 1970
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 5 May 1970
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 3 March 1970
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 6 June 1970
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 7 July 1970
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 1 January 1970
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ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 8 August 1970
ArchiveSechaba Volume 4 Number 4 April 1970
BiographyBuyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi
Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi was born on 24 February 1967 in Guguletu, Cape Town. He completed a full-time diploma course in Fine Art at the Community…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… these charges were eventually acquitted June. 1970 In the 1970s, South Africa experienced a literary revival of black voices that had been silenced by…
BiographyMadi Gray
… While Mngqikana ran the ANC office in Stockholm in mid 1970s. Gray came in 1977, worked for about two years, and …
BiographyNelson “Nana” Mahomo
Nelson "Nana” Mahomo was born in 1930 in the Orange Free State, the son of a Dutch Reformed clergyman, he attended Kroonstad High School in the late 1940s…
BiographyVivienne Ncakeni
Vivienne Ncakeni was born in Brakpan, she was educated in the Transvaal and Natal and trained as a teacher. She returned to Brakpan to teach in the late 1930s…
BiographyJ. Congress M. Mbata
J. Congress M. Mbata was born in Johannesburg in 1919 and studied at St. Peter's Secondary School, at Fort Hare, and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… Simmerpan, Germiston. [37] Further growth in demand in the 1970s meant that ESCOM built new power stations, most of … Arnot (which still supply electricity…
BiographyLeslie Massina
Leslie Massina was born in 1921 in Pimville, Johannesburg, Massina left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective…
Dan Tloome
Born in the Orange Free State, Tloome became involved in trade union work in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party. In 1941 he was chosen vice-president of…
BiographyOscar Mpetha
Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a dock worker, waiter, hospital…
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
Selloane Ethel Leisa was born on 22* February 1914 in Ga-Marishane, Northern Transvaal, (now Limpopo Province). Upon completing her schooling, she moved to…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… the virus began to exist in the USA from the 1960s/1970s. HIV was found in tissue samples from a Norwegian …
BiographyJanub Gool
Janub Gool, also known as 'Jane', was a founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active figure in the All African Convention and the…
BiographyRichard Ernest van der Ross
Richard Ernest Van der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village township. He attended Welsh High School in East London where…
ArchiveOxford : 1980s : Total strategy - reform or repression?
Photograph of Casspir. Issued by the Apartheid Museum.