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BiographyJames Ford
James Ford was born in Cornwall, England. He is listed as a member in the SASA Exhibition of Pictures catalogue of 1904, but there is no record of him ever…
BiographyJames Mata Dwane
Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and strong…
BiographyVera Ponnen
Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she went to Johannesburg…
BiographyMargaret Nash
Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal…
BiographyNana Henrietta Moabi
Nana Henrietta Moabi (nee Radadi) was born in Lichtenburg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province) on 18 September 1938. She completed her lower primary…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at…
I am an African by Thabo Mbeki, 8 May, 1996, Cape Town (video)
Something Torn and New an African Renaissance by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
ArchiveThe making of an African working class: Port Elizabeth, 1923-1963
MA Thesis in Economic History, submitted to the University of Cape Town by Janet Mary Cherry.
ArchiveAn Address at the Graduation Ceremony, University of Natal Pietermaritzburg, 1987
ArchiveA short history of the Non-European Unity Movement:-An insiders view
ArchiveThe ANC prison camps; an audit of three years, 1990-1993
The Last Mile: an intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela in 1992
ArchiveWhat does the west want for SA?: revolution or peaceful change?
ArchiveLet justice flow like water and integrity like an unfailing stream
White poster with black lettering and artwork. Quote from the Bible - Amos 5. Artwork of a woman kneeling down with a blue christian cross on her chest…
ArchiveBoycott is not an inflexible principle: Our struggle needs many tactics
Uprising that shaped an entire generation by Zwelinzima Vavi’s - Workers assembly
The commemoration of Sharpeville: An extract from a paper by Ali Hlongwane
SA signs agreement with Bophuthatswana regarding social pensions, grants and allowances.
SA signs memorandum of understanding on multiple co-operation with Israel.
Percy Albert Wagner (44), German trained SA geologist, dies in Johannesburg.
SA and Slovenia exchange notes regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations.
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
Dr Ernst Gideon Malherbe was born on 8 November 1895 at Luckhoff. He studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding…
Johan Erasmus, SA rugby flank, is born in Despatch, Eastern Cape.
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional boxing career in 1980. Matlala’s first crack at a world…
Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia by Melvin E. Page
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
David Phaswane Mogano was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) in 1932.Upon completing his high school studies he left for…