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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…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… - even built the first South African nuclear plant! In 1976 France signed a contract for the construction of the … said in April 1968 the South African Prime…
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…
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 …
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date . George Cato (1854 - 56) Edward Snell and … Williams (1972 - 74) AD Adams (1974…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… church leaders like Fr Trevor Huddleston, Desmond Tutu, Beyers Naudé, Frank Chikane and others had spoken out … O’Malley P. ‘1968’ , from Nelson Mandela…
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1984, and former presidents FW de Klerk and Nelson …
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… such as Chief Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Nadine Gordimer, F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela had …
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… United States, gaining a variety of college certifications from sociology, theology, philosophy and theology. At the … following the mass internal migration…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… organisation of workers, which gained further momentum from this ferment. Workers were coming in numbers to Bolton … which led to a series of strikes in…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… the process further. The committee consists of members from the Transvaal TASC, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and … Steering Committee’, which now consists…
BiographyIrma Stern
… On her return to South Africa, equipped with influences from German expressionism she had her first exhibition but … on the artist: Many of Stern’s paintings…
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… and for the Durban District branch. In 1947, he withdrew from active politics in order to concentrate on his legal … Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . Buthelezi…
BiographyBob Hepple
… Hepple attended Jeppe Boys High School in Johannesburg from 1945 to 1952 and then the University of Witwatersrand … He was admitted as an attorney in South…
Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile
… raised on a farm by his parents. Stofile matriculated from Newell High School in Port Elizabeth . After that he … a textile factory as a machine operator…
BiographyBarend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus
… for 20 years. Members of the JMWU gained immensely from Erasmus's leadership. He won longer sick leave … of South African Council of Transport Workers (SACTW…
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
… Her husband moved again to Algeria to work for the ANC from that country. Later, together with other women ANC … ways, opening her home to political…
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… Leather Workers Union in 1949. As a result, he was fired from his job for his union work. Motsoaledi was one of … and Motsoaledi was among those affected. He…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s
… with the outside.” Throughout 1975 up to the first half of 1976, many people left South Africa mainly under the auspices …
Maduna Abednego
… Maduna Abednego was released from Robben Island prison on 8 October 1973. His prison number was 1/5392. He was from Zwelithsa Township in King Williamstown. …
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… in Fidel Castro’s seizure of power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a non-racial ethos, and … at Quifangodo, Cabinda, Ebo and other sites)…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… his education, and in 1944 he graduated with a BA degree from Fort Hare University College. He then left to further … a new Commonwealth minister decided to…
BiographyRev. James Arthur Calata
… nominated for the Bishopric of the Transkei, but pressure from white clergy prevented his election. He played a … consultation and peaceful reconciliation…
BiographyHeidi Holland
… appear in Rhodesia on the front cover. She quickly moved from local magazine journalism to reporting for international … 1990, the day former President…
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
… After practising in London, his health broke down from overwork in 1878 and he migrated to South Africa and … territory, which became known as Southern…