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BiographyDora Tamana
… South Africa. Tamana and her four sisters had to help work on their father’s plot, before and after school, where …
BiographyEsther Susanna Mentz
… South Africa in 1937. After her return she did pioneering work in the cultural field. She was involved in various …
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… who felt deeply for her people who suffered under the apartheid regime. She was intensely committed to the struggle … extensive evidence about the atrocities…
BiographyEmsley Manne Dipico
… . In 1994, Dipico became Premier of the Northern Cape. His tenure ended in 2004. Premier of the Northern Cape … for odd jobs to augment earnings at home and…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… was made to leave the family home and forced to find work. Thus at the age of 16, Mildred started employment as a … Africa. For the next five years, she was…
BiographyLungile Kepe
… during the Defiance Campaign for defying railway apartheid regulations. He was arrested twice for addressing …
BiographyThomas Kgope
… and demonstrated basic techniques. Kgope continues to work as an electrician. Exhibitions: 1987: Waterkloof House …
BiographyRichard Rive
… Six, which was a Coloured, or “mixed race”, area under apartheid. With the aid of a scholarship, Rive attended high …
Statement of Comrade Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the President of the ANC, on the Occasion of His Installation As the Chancellor of the University of the North 25 April 1992
… Mandela, the President of the ANC, on the Occasion of His Installation As the Chancellor of the University of the …
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the Republic, Cape Town 23 April 2004
… of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the …
BiographyElizabeth Komikie Gumede
… of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, Elizabeth Komikie Gumede was born in 1921. … of the PAC and APLA was the driving…
BiographyColine Williams
… closed, students sought to educate themselves and work towards overthrowing the racist and oppressive apartheid regime. Williams was involved in student…
BiographyLeonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso
… at the Sao Paulo Biennale. He was also commissioned for work for the State Theatre, Pretoria. …
BiographyJoan Hoskyn Davies
… 1909, where her father was a doctor. In 1935 she started work at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
… where they were ambushed by Eugene De Kock and his Vlakplaas assassins. [2] At the Truth and Reconciliation … Commission (TRC) , De Kock described himself…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… control was largely absent as both parents were forced to work. Juvenile delinquency rates were extremely high. After … was a different man to different…
BiographyLouis Botha
… he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His vision of South Africa included both British and Dutch. … of World War I. A great man of…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… Hungary, where the British Communist Party had found work for them at the Budapest Radio. In Hungary, they both … and decided to return to London. Here…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… both Somuth Africa and America Key Words: Miriam Makeba, Apartheid, Civil Rights, United Nations, Manhattan Brothers, … with her family and headed to…
BiographyFiona Kirkwood
… in 1997. She has been recognised internationally for her work and leadership in Fibre Art in SA. She has many works in …
BiographyJoyce Patricia Nokhuthula Khoza
… prints on numerous exhibitions held in SA and abroad. Her work is represented in public collections in SA as well as in …
BiographyJosepha Selhorst
… to Europe, living there from 1971-1980 and studying mosaic work and stained glass. In 1986 she returned to South Africa. …
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
… of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa"by O. R. Tambo, …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… she became fascinated and involved in the trade union work of her uncle Rev. Marawu. She attended school first in … During this time Malange was also…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He is influenced by one of his lecturers, Cecil Ntloko, a follower of the All-African … 1954 After moving to Johannesburg, Sobukwe…
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from South Africa during Apartheid. She endured harsh punishment under…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined … the US government,” he says. “He was…
To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, Mr. John Vorster, as interviewed on SABC-TV by Chris Rencken. Here are extracts from that interview
… To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, …
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
… like the feminist writers who preceded her, Emecheta's work focused on the politics of race, gender and sex based … Commonwealth Writers. She returned to…
BiographyAntjie Krog
… the Allan Paton award for best South African non-fiction work and the Booksellers Award in 1999. An award from the … 2000 was awarded to her, recognizing the…