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BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His … Sastri College in 1939. Meer studied Law…
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… synonymous. Open any school mathematics book and the role of African scholars has been relegated to the category of ‘ethnomathematics’, as if mathematics…
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… were married in the 1950's. During their seventeen years of marriage they lived with Buys' mother and six brothers for … times. Groesbeek claims that Buys…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife … He was succeeded by his…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is … barriers that prevent South Africa’s…
Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961
… most important occasion not only in my life, but in that of my dear wife, Nokukhanya, who shares with me this honour. … I will now, Mr. President, humbly…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… attracted to Marxism at 19 years and he became a member of a liberal study group in 1940. The group was left-wing and multi-racial, mostly Indians, many of…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left school at the age of 15 to support the family. Her first job was at a “canning … married a fellow factory worker in…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
… During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National…
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
… Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who … was born, his parents moved to the…
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… mass media in this country, creating a nation wide network of cinemas and theatres. He also created the first radio … SABC emerged. Lionel Ngakane[Link to…
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
… Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg , daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She accompanied him to ……
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… On the morning of 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake deformed…
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… The United Nations Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The group suggested the creation…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… in the Eastern Cape Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount chief…
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
… his high school career Coetsee attended the University of the Orange Free State where he completed his BA and LLB in … council for extra-mural studies and…
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… The official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media, appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tabled its report. The Commission…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham Mangali Xuma and Elizabeth Cupase Xuma, devout members of the Wesleyan Church. Abraham, a…
BiographyJonathan Shapiro
… in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town. Could not imagine a career in architecture, so … in the South African Defence Force (SADF …
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… in local and world politics - particularly politics of the Soviet Union as well as the relationship between … return to South Africa he was assigned to the…
Comparison between racial policies of Nazi Germany before 1938 and apartheid laws in South Africa
… The ideas of Social Darwinism also affected South Africa. Because of South Africa's long colonial and apartheid history, the … African, coloured, Indian -…
ArchiveMessage of symphathy and solidarity to the families of comrades that were murdered and the organisations of which they were active members.
… Message of symphathy and solidarity to the families of comrades that were murdered and the organisations of which they were active members. … Message of…
ArchiveReport of the Information and Propaganda Sub-committee of the General Executive of the Black Sash for the year 1956 to 1957
… Report of the Information and Propaganda Sub-committee of the General Executive of the Black Sash for the year May 1956 to April 1957, … Report of the…
ArchiveEarnest appeal by the President of the Non-European Unity Movement to the Leaders of the Non-European people of South Africa
… Appeal by the President of the Non-European Unity Movement to the leaders of the Non-European people of South Africa, referring to previous appeal to form…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… 1967 and began her tertiary studies 1971 at the University of Zululand . She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science … country in 1976 to complete her MB ChB…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Friday, August … system. There was looting and police shooting. A large body of…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… Letter from Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to US Secretary of State, Alexander M Haig, regarding relations between South … Letter…
Address at the Launch of the Millenium Labour Council, 7 July 2000
… Chairs of the Millennium Labour Council, Zwelinzima Vavi and Leslie Boyd, The Minister of Labour, Mr Membathisi Mdladlana, The Director of the … and develop…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… in 1994, we were all still celebrating the fresh victory of democracy. At that meeting we took stock of the challenges ahead that we would face together. Our…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
… situation, having failed to establish itself as the means of coordinating and federating all revolutionary activity, it … The Spear [Umkhonto] or Poqo from…