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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…
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…
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 …
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…
BiographyRichard Rive
… Six, which was a Coloured, or “mixed race”, area under apartheid. With the aid of a scholarship, Rive attended high …
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 …
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 …
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…
BiographyColine Williams
… closed, students sought to educate themselves and work towards overthrowing the racist and oppressive apartheid regime. Williams was involved in student…
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…
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…
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from South Africa during Apartheid. She endured harsh punishment under…
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…
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. …
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… in both South Africa and America Key Words: Miriam Makeba, Apartheid, Civil Rights, United Nations, Manhattan Brothers, … with her family and headed to…
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…
BiographyMabel Balfour
… Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the … anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist,…
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, …
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…
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…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… University studying history and art history and hopes to work in a museum or auction house. Project: Evidence of … design, fiction writing, drawing, and…
BiographyPule Mabe
… 2014 [3] . Mabe is also a very controversial figure, with his name linked to several scandals. In 2013 he was part of a … two-million-rand worth of assets…
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, …
Victor M Mgadi
… National Congress(ANC) during the uprising agaisnt the Apartheid regime. He was also an Umkhonto we Sizwe (also … MK operatives trying to cross the border…