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BiographyAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo
… soon brought around by an incident in which she recovered from being gravely sick, and attributed this convalescence to … aimed to steer members of the…
BiographyPhaswane Mpe
… was at a time when South Africa was in transition from an Apartheid state to a democracy, with Nelson Mandela and other political leaders soon to be released…
BiographyBrian Percy Bunting
… . He became the assistant editor of the Gaurdian . From November 1952 to October 1953 he was a Natives' … He succeeded Sam Kahn and like Kahn, he was…
BiographyOliver Kgadime Matsepe
… of Chief Bloeu of the Kopa tribe. Although Matsepe came from a non-Christian family, he received his education at mission schools. From 1942 to 1949 he…
BiographyJosepha Selhorst
… an art lecturer at St. Francis College, Mariannhill, Natal from 1951-52. Selhorst made a number of study tours to Europe, living there from 1971-1980 and…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… family of 10. A consistent concern for human justice stems from Asmal’s childhood. Like the vast majority of South … was as a teenager when a White shop…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… World War. David was born on a farm approximately 25km from Pietersburg (now Polokwane). He grew up shepherding his … a ‘Blanket Campaign’ for a raise in…
BiographyJeremy Vearey
… English. Vearey found concentrating a challenge in school from a young age but was extremely active. He played rugby … and he helped his father selling meat…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from the University in 1973. By the time he received his … In 1975 he received a Master of Arts in…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… history of the Rustenburg area in a remarkable fashion. From humble beginnings, she climbed the educational ladder to … economy depended on the sale of…
BiographyArnold Selby
… and headed for Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana). From Bechuanaland, he made his way to Accra, Ghana, in an airlift organised to take refugees away…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
… purposes. She was to receive a ‘portion of earnings’ from her exhibitions and be allowed to return to South Africa … dubious. The first is that she was…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa , apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all of which … Abner Nyamede recognizes in Mgqwetho\…
BiographyStrinivasa “Strini” Moodley
… Indian Child Welfare Association. Moodley matriculated from Sastri College, Durban, in 1964. He then enrolled at the … party, was reason enough for the…
BiographyAmbrose Makiwane
… with other leaders of the SRC Makiwane spearheaded a march from Fort Hare to Alice in 1958 against theTreason Trial. He … Emergency declared that year, the…
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
… Representative Council and served as its president from 1952 to 1954. He was also vice-president of the National … newspapers, although often critical of…
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
… in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly removed from the area to Mamelodi where his political life began. One … became interested in current events and…
PlaceMandela House
… family photos. Nearby is the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (not open to visitors); Winnie Mandela has a property a …
BiographyChief Maqoma
… committed to regaining his ancestral home. Moving west from Ngqika's kraals, he slipped back into the so-called … River. Despite taking every effort to…
BiographyHelen Kies
… the same year the National Party (NP) came into power. From an early age, Kies knew that she wanted to become a … prominent activist. In 1956, her husband…
BiographyDumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula
… at Fort Hare University and obtained a BA(FA) (1982) from that university. In 1989 he obtained an Advanced Diploma in Adult Education from the UN and in 1996…
BiographyLaduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela
… the Ceza district where he received training as an inyanga from both his grandfathers and his father. From the 1950s he recorded Zulu cultural and religious…
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
… movements. She obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism, from Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1979. The South … her skills and received a master's…
BiographyEduardo Mondlane
… to study in the United States. He began with a B.A. from Oberlin, followed by an M.A. from Northwestern and a Ph.D. from Harvard. His academic field was…
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
… held in prison for two weeks she was finally acquitted from the marathon Treason Trial , along with 91 others in October 1958. In 1959 she was banned from…
ArchiveOppression And Suppression - A New Consolidation in South Africa
… in composing rival variations on an identical theme: the Vorster regime's 'new, outgoing and pragmatic approach' to …
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… United States, gaining a variety of college certifications from sociology, theology, philosophy and theology. At the … following the mass internal migration…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… 1930's when the White Government started separating Blacks from Whites . Blacks were moved away from Johannesburg, to an … became the largest Black City in…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… disability is any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the … in the mainstream of social activities. …
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… disability is any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the … in the mainstream of social activities. …