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BiographyBoy Seopa
Boy Seopa was 18 years old when he was banished on 21 July 1953 from his original residence at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal …
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… so prominent in the Indian passive resistance campaign of 1946, was the main organiser of the march. Most of the women …
Political executions
Name Execution date Remarks (reason for execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher…
BiographyIsaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had settled there to escape the regiments…
BiographySathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima 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…
BiographyMohamed Hajee Joosub
Joosub was born in Ranavav in India in 1862. He was the youngest of five children fathered by Hajee Joosub, a merchant, farmer and herbalist. Hajee Joosub…
BiographyHermione Stephanie Lombard Faure
Stephanie Faure was born on 9 September 1894 in Pretoria. She was the daughter of Jacobus C. Faure who was a civil servant of the Transvaal Republic, and his…
BiographyTheo Mthembu
Theo Mthembu was born in Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal on 27 February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
Basetsana Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is memorable as it coincided with the first…
BiographyIan Mkhize
Ian Mkhize was born on 3 October 1941 in Nhlazantshe Township in Pietermaritzburg. He spent his formative years in Ixopo and matriculated at Sobantu High in…
BiographyDawid Kruiper
Dawid Kruiper was born in the Kalahari National Park (now Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) in 1936. He referred to himself as “Die Ou Ram” (The Old Ram). He was…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the…
BiographyElsie Nair
Elsie Nair (nee Goldstone) was born in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) in 1927. After completing her primary school education, she joined her mother who…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
BiographyDonald James Woods
Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After completing his…
BiographyMagnus Malan
Magnus Malan was born in Pretoria on 30 January 1930. His father, Avril Ire de Merindol, was a professor of biochemistry at the university of Pretoria, and…
BiographySophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn was born in 1938, in Villageboard, a mixed area that had different nationalities living side by side. She was raised in the…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… in the organization of the mine workers strike of 1946. As a devout Christian, Matseke was active in the …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation…
’Racism, apartheid and a new world order’, Speech by Oliver Tambo in acceptance of the Third World Prize 1985 on behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Kuala Lampur, 5 May 1986
Minutes of the Joint Meeting of the National Executive Committees of the African National Congress and the All-African Convention, 17-18 April 1949, signed by signed by C. M. Kobus
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting held on 25 June 1976, between Officials of the Department of Bantu Education, West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board and Representatives of the Urban Bantu Council
Minutes of the meeting
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
Awards Archbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid,…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Campaign emulated by other similar campaigns such as the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign, the 1952 Defiance Campaign …
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… discrimination since its formation in 1945. On 19 November 1946, during its first session, the UN General Assembly …
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
The legendary German general was known as the "Desert Fox for his brilliant military exploits in north Africa during the Second World War. He was born in…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
This article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the…