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BiographyHyman Meir Basner
… M Basner was born in Russia in 1905, and moved to South Africa at an early age. Basner and his mother joined other family members in South Africa in 1912…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… to the urbanisation taking place in the cities of South Africa at the time. Sindiso's grandparents, however, were … first intimation of what Apartheid meant…
BiographyTony Sithembiso Yengeni
… (Lesotho, Botswana, Zambia and Angola) in Southern Africa. From Botswana Yengeni headed for Moscow in Russia to … an ANC member in Lusaka, Zambia. When he…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… , Xhosa , Ndebele and Swazi (Nguni) societies of Southern Africa. Her father died when she was five years old, Miriam … that she began to build a reputation…
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
… seven stanzas to Nkosi Sikelel' I-Afrika ("God Bless Africa") in 1927. It had been composed in 1927 by Enoch …
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… our deepest aspirations and the blueprint for a new South Africa. 1984 saw us take bold steps forward on the road to … liberation, social justice and genuine…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa The time has come for all of us to leave this … to act against apartheid, for a democratic…
BiographySindiwe Magona
… and being a domestic worker. She traversed South Africa’s racially-defined socio-cultural-economic spaces … author, poet, playwright and story-teller in…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
… that sought to pursue justice and human rights in South Africa, the Legal Resources Centre, he challenged the … the Technical Committee on Constitutional…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… by Peter Hunt, In 1974 Mafela co-starred in South Africa’s first Black feature film, “Udeliwe” with Cynthia … “I did not take note of that”. At that stage…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… followed by arid desert. The Nile is the biggest river in Africa and is the result of the joining of three rivers from …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… this cradle of western civilization and the people of Africa. This is the relationship that historians and scholars … widely and rapidly to many parts of the…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… Charter adopted in Kliptown in 1955, believing that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white. That … about negotiation or the industrial…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… in its most crucial period. He was at the same time South Africa's, and perhaps the continent's, most distinguished … became the first African to earn an LLB…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… priest. He obtained a degree from the University of South Africa that enabled him to teach. He joined the African … in political protest against Apartheid…
BiographySue Williamson
… England in 1941. Her family immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art Students' … of surviving in an often hostile and xenophobic…
David Pratt
… from London in the United Kingdom to Johannesburg, South Africa when Pratt was two years old. He developed epilepsy at … relationships. Pratt was a staunch…
BiographyBiddy Partridge
… Partridge was born in 1950 in Kenya and raised in South Africa. Biddy Partridge first began work as a freelance … Women by women: 50 Years' of Women's…
Speech on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
… all in the name of the liberation movements of southern Africa, in the name of SWAPO of Namibia, the Patriotic Front … of Zimbabwe and the African National…
Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference "Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa", 04 December 1987, Arusha
… to act against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa. We disperse and shall attack the apartheid enemy of … The more the agents of this system kill, be it…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg , South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… we ourselves are deeply concerned to see the peoples of Africa thrive and prosper and are activists in the struggle … colonial domination and military…
African Statistics Day
… Body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Joint African Conference of Planners, … plays in all aspects of social and economic…
BiographyAlexander Leor Fattal
… Comparative Area Studies, focusing on Latin America and Africa. The summer of 1998 he worked resettling Cuban, Bosnia … 2002, Alex became The AjA Project’s…
BiographyJosiah Khiphusizi Jele
… to the north eastern corner of the Republic South Africa. Prior embarking on their mission, Jele had a brief … researched and analysed political developments…
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa: It takes place between two major events in the … only to the Zimbabwean people, not only to the…
BiographyDorothy Masuka
… was captured. Masuka moved to live with her aunt in South Africa in 1947, aged 12 and was enrolled at St Thomas Convent … musician and has since been…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… 1900 from Russia to England. Bernstein relocated to South Africa in 1932 where she worked in advertising agencies, later in publishing and journalism. In…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 9 February 1977, Volume 102 and Volume 103
… Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa, … Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 9 February…
BiographyMadi Gray
… parents were immigrants from Germany, who came to South Africa during the inter-war period. Being a refugee from … Socialist Party and the National Party in…