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ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert … these things they must learn their lesson the hard way.”…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… as head prefect in matric. She was a member of the South African Black Students Association and immediately embarked … especially the Black Consciousness…
Ida Fiyo Mntwana
… as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the African National Congress Women’s League and a leader of … from Western Native Township. She was…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
… in business until 1965 when the Durban City Council forced African businesses to move out of the area. Mkhize joined the … passes for women in 1931 and 1936…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… America, 1993. She has written music for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC-TV) series Gcina & … as part of her nationwide reading road show to…
BiographyHestrie Cloete
… In 1998, at the age of twenty, Cloete was already an African champion and had taken part in the World Cup where … All-Africa Games (1995 and 1999), three…
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
… his brother studying at university took him to the South African Students Organisation (SASO) meetings. Here he … on his return to Durban he joined the …
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… of John Langalibalele Dube – the first president of the African National Congress. Dube’s weekly called Ilanga lase … India which enabled Ghana (then Gold…
BiographyDeton (Tito) Zungu
… who brought it to the attention of Jo Thorpe at the African Art Centre, Durban where his work was first … (Vita Art Now). Awards: 1971: Art SA Today (award)…
BiographyMax Yergan
… was asked to aid in drafting the constitution of the All African Convention. He had a reputation as a forceful and … York and joined Paul Robeson in founding…
BiographyMabel Balfour
… Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. … and canning workers. After many leaders from the South African Congress of…
ArchiveCelebrating 50 years of South Africas Freedo
… the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Johannesburg on 26th June 1955. 1955 - 2005. 26th June, South African Freedom Day. …
BiographyTracy Payne
… , CT, 2013 'Changing Faces: Profiling Portraits in South African Art', Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, 2013 'Dinner … The Expression of Containment in…
BiographyJoel Joffe
… in 1956 and six years later was called to the South African bar. In his autobiography, Mandela described Joffe’s … “the general behind the scenes in our…
BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
… he continued studying and in 1892 became the first African to pass the Cape Civil Service Examination, passing … In 1894 Mbelle became a clerk and the…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… Education, was quoted as saying: “I have not consulted the African people on the language issue and I’m not going to. An African might find that ‘the big…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… has also made her an important inspiration for more recent African feminists [1] . Njinga was born around 1582 in the … “Njinga of Matamba in a New…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… graduating with majors in Political Science, English and African Studies. He subsequently completed a BA Honours in … both on campus, and in the National…
BiographyDaniel R Koza
… of Gordon's Trotskyism,Koza became deputy secretary of the African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union (ACDWU) in … leanings. In the 1940s he was…
BiographyEthel Ruth Prowse
… Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil … a year later she was elected to be a…
BiographyBernard Lazarus Sigamoney
… promoter in Durban. Sigamoney took a break from South African politics in December 1922 and travelled abroad to … continued throughout his life. In 1940 he…
ArchivePress statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union.
… Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union. …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… Party of South Africa might have on Afrikaner, and later African, working class. However the Act was not solely … Act No 74 of 1982. Criminal Procedure Act,…
BiographyWilliam Philip Schreiner
… of Gottlob and Rebekah Schreiner. He studied at the South African College, Cape Town and furthered his studies at … and against the Second Anglo Boer War, or…
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
… on to Ga-Rankuwa. He is an ardent and active promoter of African langauges. Author, medical doctor and political … and The secret in my bosom were…
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
… Africa in 1930. In May 1940 he volunteered for the South African Armed Forces and was assigned to the Air Force … and Acting-Chair of the General Council of…
BiographyGraeme Williams
… photographer. In 1991 he started contributing to the South African documentary collective, Afrapix. Williams later went … evident in his work is a unique…
BiographySue Williamson
… immigrants that came to Cape Town from other parts of the African continent to secure new lives for themselves and … has participated in several major…
BiographyZanele Muholi
… that which is systematically erased from both South African and international narratives: lesbian weddings, trans … project to commodity the black female…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… was a member of the executive committees of the South African National Council for the Blind and the South African National Council for the Deaf. These…