SAHO global search

1940-1990

Ernest Cole

… Kole, in Eersterust, Pretoria. He left school when Bantu Education was introduced, and unsuccessfully attempted … South Africa was nurtured. After Drum , he…

B-0007955

1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… of the founders and first chairperson of the Johannesburg Bantu Musical Festival in 1946, which received sponsorship … but lost his job for opposing the…

B-0080979

1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… mid-1940s he served as administrator of James Donaldson's Bantu Welfare Trust,the largest donor to the African National …

B-0008210

1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

… Church had a direct influence on the formation of the Bantu Presbyterian Church in 1923, the African Branch of the …

B-0065037

Jackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane

… that there were many difficulties in establishing the Bantu Affairs Department [BAD] in Thembuland. A Commission of …

B-0149302

Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana

… Despite his position, he also seemed to be against the BA (Bantu Affairs). It was claimed that his mother, Majojo ka …

B-0149276

Mngqingo Pikani

… [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] betterment and the Bantu Authorities (BA) were rejected in the presence of the …

B-0149319

1976

Twalimfene Joyi

… He also allegedly said that “all those who accepted Bantu Authorities and other schemes brought by the Government …

B-0149262

1925-1988

Dr. Connie Mulder

… Minister of Information and later became the Minister of Bantu Administration, which was renamed Plural Relations, …

B-0008706

1925-1988

Cornelius Petrus Mulder

… Minister of Information and later became the Minister of Bantu Administration, which was renamed Plural Relations, …

B-0068155

1935

Anderson Khumani Ganyile

… involved in the burgeoning Pondoland rebellion against the Bantu Authorities Act,lending his assistance as secretary to …

B-0094552

1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… wrote  Education for Barbarism,  a pamphlet attacking the Bantu Education system. On the expiration of his ban in 1961, …

B-0068521

1919-2017

Peter Henry Abrahams

… find work at the market he saw a man reading the newspaper Bantu World . This paper intrigued him, as he had never seen … becoming an author offered to help…

B-0085147

1971

Piet Mokoena

… no answer, giving a lie to the Deputy-Minister of the Bantu Administration Department’s (BAD) claim that a banished …

B-0149346

Alex Tikana

… and at Matanzima.  He was strongly opposed to BAD (Bantu Affairs Department] and collaborators and was described …

B-0149299

1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… Rustenburg Bus Service Pty Ltd. He was president of the Bantu Sports Club and a prominent member of the Bantu Methodist Church. In 1943 he was a member of…

B-0007816

1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… 1972, Tiro delivered a speech that sharply criticised the Bantu Education Act of 1953 . This later became known as the … of the history books prescribed by…

B-0009149

1947

Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer

… year, he was the co-founder, with former Transkeian leader Bantu Holomisa, of the United Democratic Movement (UDM). In …

B-0008549

Elias Monare

… Youth League  (ANCYL) promoting opposition to the  Bantu Education Act ; he had initiated an association, …

B-0080861

Theophilus Tshangela

… were met by the Minister. He observed that: The Bantu Commissioner at Mafeking says I can go home, but he …

B-0149247

1901-1968

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews

… Course", Ilanga lase Natal , November 4, 11, 1927 "Bantu Law and Western Civilisation in South Africa: A Study … in 1981) "Africa holds her own". An…

B-0008500

Aubrey Mokoena

… He became aware of politics at a very young age through Bantu Education . He remembers how one day they were suddenly … longer provided with meals at school…

B-0149453

1942-1993

Chris Hani

… jobs after they protested against the introduction of Bantu education. This played a further role in developing … over the takeover of Fort Hare by the…

B-0064845

1885-1959

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

… took part in the joint Council movement,the European-Bantu conference, and was a founding member of the South …

B-0008190

1924

Ben Baartman

… had led to an application by the security police and the Bantu Affairs Department (BAD) that he be banished elsewhere. …

B-0079888

1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… as the first African art teacher in Natal, at the Loram Bantu Secondary School. That same year he registered to do a … and political activists. He joined art…

B-0008719

1915-2004

David Wilcox Bopape

… Nelson Mandela . The founding meeting was held at the Bantu Men's Social Centre in Eloff Street, Johannesburg, and … by the police. After  Dr. H.F. Verwoerd …

B-0007870

1902-1996

Jane Gool

… while in exile she produced two works viz “The Crimes of Bantu Education” and “The Dispossessed Peasantry in South … on 6 May 1996 in Cape Town. Publications…

B-0122124

1933

Mildred Lesiea

… drawn into political activity against the introduction of Bantu Education . Local meetings were organised by the … School was the first school in the Western…

B-0083813

1879-1924

Alfred Mangena

… same year he published the first issue of the Advocate, Bantu-English weekly, in Pretoria. The newspaper faced …

B-0141684