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BiographyJo Thorpe
… School. Jo then left home to drive trucks for the South African Army during World War II . After this she worked as a … In 1959 she was appointed regional…
BiographySibusiso Robert Duma
… Together they have held a number of exhibitions at the African Art Centre in Durban. Although Duma has built on his … ABSA L’Atelier Art Award 2010. SOLO…
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
… was a well known alto saxophonist in the 1950’s South African Jazz scene. He taught himself to play the saxophone … his peers and followers. He became the…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… of Pretoria and in February 1953, he joined the South African Department of Foreign Affairs. In June 1956 he was transferred to the South African Mission in…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in Pretoria. Probably the most dramatic escape in South African history, the detainees' exit from the country, … joined them. Moolla was later based in New…
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
… Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO) and later the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) where she served … Students Movement in the 1980s…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… to Pretoria without any medical attention. Three South African newspapers carried reports that Biko did not die as a … took one of these papers, the Rand…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… The formation of a trade union federation based on the African workers and upholding clear principles of non-racial … South African Congress of Trade Unions,…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 27 July 1987
… of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 27 July 1987 …
BiographyPaul Michael Sibisi
… 1976: Norman Dunn Gallery, Hilton College, Natal (Urban African Art). 1980: NSA, Durban (Members Exhibition). UZ (African Arts Festival). 1981: Gallery 21 …
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… Ilanga lase Natal in Durban. In 1956, he joined other African writers on the staff of Drum magazine , which was … (1965), Nkosi describes the Drum staff as …
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… University, where he was the first recipient of the South African Bursary to study at Churchill College at Cambridge. … in 1983. He served as President of…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… the Eiselen Commission with the task of considering African education provision. The Commission recommended … government’s Bantu Education Act, 90% of black…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… that much from the policy of segregation of the South African governments existing before the Afrikaner Nationalist … to whether they were white, coloured,…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
… newspaper that he produced for Black readers, the South African Spectator. He was also instrumental in shaping … Zaqueu Francisco. Zaqueu Francisco was the…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… During the 1970s Dlamini-Zuma became active in underground African National Congress (ANC) activities while serving as the Deputy President of the South…
BiographyDaniel William Alexander
… in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became leader of the separatist African…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… and Banning For many years there was tension inside the African National Congress (ANC) between those with more … the Freedom Charter , which was accepted…
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
… OFS President M.T. Steyn. Later, when the South African War broke out in October 1899, Hetzog's life changed … M. T. Steyn went to London in 1909 as…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… agree to be incorporated into a United South African Republic 1867 Schoemansdal evacuated by the Dutch and … 1901 British capture of Pietersburg during the…
BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
… he attained journeyman status. In 1938 he joined the South African Boilermakers', Iron and Steel Workers', Shipbuilders' … the pulp and paper industry, and…
Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo
… Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo, a South African lawyer who was an active opponent of apartheid, died … was widely known as M. D. Naidoo, belonged to the South…
BiographyT W Thibedi
… the Cape and, according to Roux, for some years the only African Communist in South Africa. An able and dedicated … Benjamin Weinbren he worked in the mid…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Nkosi Sikelel'i Africa, which later becomes the pan-African national anthem in South Africa during apartheid and, … Akwapim 6 is formed in Accra by six…
BiographyPambani Jeremiah Mzimba
… from 1860 and in 1875 was ordained as the first South African-trained black Presbyterian Church minister on 2 … declined to accept union with other…
BiographyPitso John Mosimane
… area, west of Johannesburg . He is a former South African football player and currently the coach of Mamelodi … of the longest serving and highly rated…
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
… participated actively in the struggle for the rights of African nurses, having suffered the indignities of racial discrimination herself. In 1962, the…
BiographyGraham Goddard
… Stevens and Appolis invited him to a meeting of some South African photographers. This meeting was to discuss … For Vulmani and Afrapix (which is now housed…
”India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations …
BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
… finish them. In 1935 he became president of the Transvaal African Students' Association and also joined the African National Congress (ANC). He was in the…