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BiographyHenry Selby Msimang
… with prominent Indian leaders in an effort to reconcile Africans and Indians after bloody clashes between them in … 1936 about the effect of the 1936 Land…
BiographyArnold Selby
… banning in 1953 under the Suppression of Communism Act. Africans were not recognized as workers, nor were their trade … member of the team. Jeannette and I…
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
CHICAGO — Rarely are poets silenced when nations imprison them for speaking out. Mongane Wally Serote, poet and community organizer who became involved in the…
EventJames Thaele, co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC) branch in Cape Town, passes away
James M. Thaele, radical politician, journalist, teacher and co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC) branch in Cape Town, died in Cape Town. He was…
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
… the students. He was elected to the Senate in 1937 by Africans in Natal and served in Parliament for about 15 years …
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
… helped draft the ANC's 1919 constitution and also the 1943 Africans' Claims.In the 1930s he was the government-appointed …
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… conference in Pietermarizburg on the grounds that non-Africans were being invited.He eventually found work as a …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… also the encroachment of white settlers on land owned by Africans. Dube had followed the debate regarding the poll tax … complete. At the same time numerous…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… and he became a popular figure amongst White South Africans. In April 1977 he was appointed Minister of Foreign … would renege on an undertaking to produce…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… state. This was a heavy blow to the LP. Two great South Africans, Alan Paton and Edgar Brookes showed their … widely respected and one of the longest…
ArchiveMandela, S. African businessmen come together at site of 1980 bombing, by Michael Hill, 6 February 1994
ArchiveRebels Shell S. African Army Base, by Caryle Murphy, Washington Post, August 14, 1981
ArchiveGeneral Programme: 100 Years of the South African Communist Party: Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa
ArchiveZuleikha Mayat - South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… where Sindiso began his primary education. At the end of 1947, Sindiso’s family left East London for Grahamstown , … 1950 had been encroaching on the lives…
BiographyRev. Mangena Maake Mokone
… of the two churches. The union was successful and South Africans were given the opportunity to study in America. Rev. …
BiographyRoelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
… Petrus (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a … potential of civil society by…
BiographyAnna Victoria Mangena
… nurse. She went to one of the few hospitals that did train Africans as nurses Victoria Hospital, Lovedale in the Eastern …
Samuel Malinga
… noted that he had seen a large number of such cases among Africans. 'His death would not have been hastened by …
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… On 25 May 1996, two South Africans - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, reached the summit … died on his descent. Until the end of apartheid, South Africans had…
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
… the importance of forging links with Black South Africans, who it was felt would take up important positions … on educational and vocational training for…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… the evolution of political consciousness among black South Africans, and Black Consciousness (BC) affirmed and fostered … political and also, (impossible…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… recommendations of the commission, which called for all Africans in the Cape to be disarmed. He had the "Peace … War . He used British troops to suppress…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… his actions led to his arrest and imprisonment. In 1947 he served a six months' sentence for occupying land … Naicker was in favour of co-operation between…
EventThe Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is published for the first time.
The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser was the first newspaper to be published in Africa. It was started by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
… candidates in elections and became a representative of africans in the Eastern Cape . She remained unbeatable as a … very few people who openly criticized H…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… . Although Andrews supported the cause of trade unions for Africans, in the 1920s he did not believe that the Commnist …
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… matters, and in 1943 he was one of the signatories of Africans' Claims. In 1944 - 1945 he was on the working …