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ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
… Bloemfontein ultimately played an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became the meeting … Thaba Nchu. The…
BiographyTemba D. A. Mqota
… Born in 1928, Temba D. A. Mqota was a student. He joined the African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian struggle against the "Ghetto" Act. He…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 24 May 1994 Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker, …
BiographyCharles Du Val
… manager and long-time associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape Town at the end of 1879. They toured South Africa until 1881, when … months. Before Du Val’s…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… South Africa: The Cordoned Heart is considered as one of the seminal photographic exhibitions and books of the 1980’s. … Labour and Development Research Unit…
Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music
… EXPERIENCE a unique sound! Buy a CD by the Insurrections Ensembles , a collection of poetry-music … between Indian and South African artists. It explores…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… Actress Yvonne Bryceland, née Heilbuth, was born in Cape Town on 18 November 1925. She worked as a newspaper … talents were first recognised through her…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… Africans resisted colonial rule from the outset, trying to hold on to their land, but were not … by 1900. Only Ethiopia and Liberia remained free. After the…
BiographySathima Bea Benjamin
… Benjamin was born into a humble family in Claremont , Cape Town in 1936. Deeply influenced by the cosmopolitan culture she grew up with in the shadows of ……
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to … a higher civilization has been slammed…
BiographyTheophilus Dymond Field
… was born in Tunbridge Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in … He held solo exhibitions at the Riebeek…
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
… Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He … While working as a sales agent…
BiographyNicholas Hlobo
… Born in 1975 in Cape Town , Nicholas Hlobo grew up in a Xhosa family and attended university at the former Technikon Witwatersrand. Though originally ……
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the song … country arrived in Pretoria, some from as far afield as Cape Town…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took … political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It was broken up…
ArticleThe “Wind of Change” speech
… "The wind of change is blowing through this continent and, … policies must take account of it. ... As I see it, the great issue in this second half of the…
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, … ANC…
BiographyDr. Philip Blaaiberg
… Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of … As a newly qualified dentist Blaaiberg settled in Cape Town where he…
BiographyFatima Seedat
… Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended … had in South Africa. She joined the Communist Party in Cape Town, and it…
BiographyRev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse
… Allan) was born on 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven children of Maria and Charles William … ranks.In 1945 he graduated…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province ), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she…
Diana (Di) Bishop
… Diana Bishop was born in Cape Town . She made her first political statement at age … eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic. During the…
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
… Isaac 'Ike' Osler Horvitch was born on 9 October 1920, in Cape Town, South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were … past. His grandfather, a Talmudic scholar,…
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… Scots Presbyterian missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January … this study, she took up a post at…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) … by freedom songs and the thumbs-up sign (introduced by the Cape…
BiographyJane Alexander
… and exposed bone, whiteless eyes and deformed mouths. The three figures wait on a bench, almost casually, pitting … in the collection of the South African…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … is a South African domestic worker for a…
BiographyFrank Wiles
… was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. … was esteemed in official circles. He lived…
BiographySheila Cussons
… Sheila Cussons was born at the Moravian Missionary Station near Piketberg , Western Cape . She matriculated at Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria , … and stayed in…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… intersectional story about three Xhosa men that is told in the setting of the mountains of the Eastern Cape during a period of the male Xhosa initiation,…