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BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
Lauretta* (1) Ngcobo was born and brought up in a rural area of Kwazulu Natal called Ixopo. She is well known as a feminist writer during the early 50’s…
BiographyDr. Percy Yutar
Dr. Percy Yutar was born on 29 July 1911 in Cape Town. He was one of eight children in a family of Lithuanian immigrants. His father originally spelled his…
BiographyCijimpi Mnyandu
Cijimpi Mnyaundu, a trade union leader and African National Congress (ANC) member, who worked in Durban, was from the Makhanya Tribal Area, Umlazi District, on…
BiographyNomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela
While in exile, Ngwevela procured a Diploma in Political Science at the Pushkin International Institute in Moscow in October 1980. From September 1986 to…
BiographyAndrew Sibusiso Zondo
Andrew Sibusiso Zondo grew up in KwaMashu, Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). He attended Ngazane Lower Primary School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary…
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was…
BiographyAllister Sparks
Allister Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation settler, with his…
BiographyAbdulhay Jassat
Abdulhay Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was an affiliate of the Congress Alliance in the 1950s…
BiographyCecil Williams
Cecil Williams was born in Cornwall, England in 1906. Williams whose father was a blacksmith left Cornwall for Johannesburg in 1928. After his arrival, he…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…
ArchiveReport on the strike at Armourplate Safety Glass from 6th September 1976 to 1st November, being the first legal strike by black workers in South Africa
”Make accomplices of apartheid account for their conduct”, Statement at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, New York, 12 March 1964 by Oliver Tambo
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
This Joint Meeting between the representatives of the African National Congress and the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses, having fully realised the…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… while in London. He was tried for sedition following the 1946 African Mineworkers' strikes, a member of the CPSA …
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Germiston) 1946 1947 1955 European males .. …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…
List of deaths in detention
Detaining and imprisoning those who went against the Apartheid state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell resistance. As detention was…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11th April 1933 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London,…
Chapter 13
… culminating in the African Miners Strike of August, 1946, which was drowned in blood. The significant factor … to meet in Bloemfontein on the 6th and 7th…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… "The I.C.U. and the A.N.C.," Ilanga lase Natal, 26 October 1946. Rumour is widespread that the I.C.U.”Š 58 ”‰may stage a … and circumstances have…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worcester, Cape Province. While his date of birth…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and attend formal learning facilities such…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure of 1930 The (Amendment) Bill is introduced by Minister of Interior as a result of recommendations of Select Committee…
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… chairman of the Students Christian Association (SCA). In 1946 he was appointment Minister of the Dutch Reformed …
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
Nomhle Nkonyeni was born on 9 April 1942 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. She started her acting career at the age of 19 years. In 2002, she…
BiographyKlaas Matlala
Klaas Matlala was arrested in the fields where he resided at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province]…
BiographyLothar Neethling
General Lothar Paul Neethling was born in East Prussia. In 1948, the Afrikaners who were supporters of Nazi Germany during World War II came up with a plan to…
BiographyJoseph Hugo Saliwa
Joseph Hugo Saliwawas dismissed from the Native Affairs Department (NAD)in Lady Frere Eastern Province, [now Eastern Cape] ‘on account of unsatisfactory…
Robert Mokxotho Matji
Robert Mokxotho Matji was born on 22 August 1922 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He later moved to the Eastern Cape, settling in Port Elizabeth, where he…