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ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance … that was to become a force in the 1970s…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… illustrating the process of getting to the idealised “American Dream" Image Source Introduction Like communism in … President Warren Harding, elected in 1920…
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… Zululand. Mpande was viewed as a weak man in comparison to his contemporaries. Dingane (his half brother and predecessor) actually instructed his chief…
BiographyJoseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane
… Joseph Lekganyane was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) … the church developed when he became a…
BiographyAndries Ntsenyeho
… neck and in both thighs. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and five children. According to his sister, Lebohang Ntsenyeho, …
BiographyNgoako Abel Ramatlhodi
… Province). Ramatlhodi's father was a mineworker while his mother a housewife. He was nicknamed “Montsho” and had … two sisters and three brothers. Ramatlhodi…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… at the crossroads of southern Africa. In fact, in post-Apartheid South Africa the then Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, coined the term …
BiographyShaka Zulu
… populated by many independent Nguni chiefdoms. During his brief reign more than a hundred chiefdoms were brought … ruler of an insignificant small chiefdom,…
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
… South African vocal group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. His parents, Jonathan Mluwane Shabalala and Nomandla Elina Shabalala. He was well known for his unique…
BiographyBishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu
… only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu (nee Hlabisa). His father was a policeman and a farmer. His father died when he was a young boy and his mother died…
BiographyConny Braam
… an important role in the international struggle against apartheid and Braam was the leader of this organisation. This … Vula. Amsterdam, 1992; G.L. Klein, …
BiographyCecil Sols
… 1980s to early 1990s, helping to expose the atrocities of apartheid and to empower young black South Africans through …
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… Kennedy of the United States visited South Africa to show his anti-apartheid support to the South African people. He was hosted … recipient of the 1984 Nobel…
BiographyMongezeleli Ntenetya
… 1 after being shot 6 times by the police, including in his head, back, elbow and foot. He left behind his wife and three young children, as well as his…
Chief Dingiswayo
… in the Zululand area before Shaka brought them under his rule. Little is known about Dingiswayo's (also known as … (Dingiswayo's name before he took a new…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
… skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle. His grandfather was Mokgatle Mokgatle (Sekete) the paramount … northern Transvaal (Northern…
BiographyRosamund Everard-Steenkamp
… and a period spent in avantgarde circles in Paris. Her work was shown on the First Annual Exhibition of Contemporary …
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Project: Paul Simon’s Graceland and the Anti-Apartheid Cultural Boycott Kayla Buckley Kayla Buckley is a … high school social studies teacher in the future…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… King Cetshwayo’s place of birth was his father’s (Mpande) kraal of Mlambongwenya, near Eshowe. He … period in the history of the Zulu kingdom. At time of his…
BiographyMzukisi Sompeta
… the shoulder by the police. Mzukisi was the breadwinner in his family and supported his mother, father, sister, two brothers, two nieces, nephew and young…
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
… the youngest of nine children – five girls and four boys. His father, Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima, was a successful farmer. … result he became a farmer and hunter…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… from different political organizations detained by the apartheid government. In her first case, after starting her … of Durban Westville (now UKZN). In 1995,…
Potlako Leballo
… In 1940, while a student at Lovedale, he concealed his age and enlisted in a non-European transport unit of the South African Army. After the war, he…
BiographyColin Gardner
… 1933, in London, Britain. He came to South Africa with his parents in 1947. He matriculated at Maritzburg College, … Professor of English, Dean of the Arts…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… the custody of security police. The period leading up to his death, beginning with the June 1976 unrest, had seen some … events in South African history, the…
BiographyMichael Ngweyi
… was killed at scene 1 after being shot twice, once in his chest and once in his right arm. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… and pioneer filmmaker, accompanied Hertz for six weeks on his tour of the country to study the working of the … his son, John, who continued to expand and…
BiographyWilliam Frederick Nkomo
… and attended primary school in Mafikeng and Klerksdorp. His secondary education took place at St Peter’s School in … South African Native College (Fort Hare)…
BiographyThabiso Johannes Thelejane
… He was shot 3 times by the police – twice in the back of his head and in his buttock. He left behind his wife, two children and a grandson. He was the sole …
BiographyFranciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt
… was the son of a famous sculptor Jan Frans de Vriendt and his wife, Catharina Maria Philomina Eulaers. De Vriendt first … stage. He trained at the Theatre…