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BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… after diamonds were discovered in the Free State, and the notes were eventually withdrawn. The Basotho war Brand …
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… training at universities through bursaries. John Peffer notes how most Black artists “boycotted the event for its … to subsequent conferences and festivals,…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at…
ArchiveA note on the Agricultural and Plantation Workers` Union in Rhodesia 1964-1973
The National Assembly approves the South African Schools Bill by 232 votes to 71.
Anglo-Boer War 2: The British parliament votes an additional £12 500 00 for munitions.
The Netherlands Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of an oil embargo on South Africa.
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
There were lengthy deliberations around the restoration of citizenship to the residents of Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A Transitional Executive…
A 103-nation conference in Lausanne votes for a complete global ban of the ivory trade.
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban. She spent her pre-school years with her grandmother in the Northern Transvaal but…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian…
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was…
BiographyNoni Jabavu
Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… Dyani is best known for his membership with the Blue Notes, an interracial band that performed for a short period … double bass, apartheid, African National…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… many countries with multiple bands, most notably The Blue Notes and The Brotherhood of Breadth. Through this mutually … : Dudu Pukwana, Chris McGregor, Louis…
BiographyMuziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba
Trevor Makhoba was born in Umkhumbane, Durban in 1956. His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… among the black people of South Africa.” [109] End notes: [4]Julia C. Wells, The Return of Makhanda – Exploring …
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
… and financial aid, while fighting alongside them. End notes [1] Eileen Benjamin, “An historical analysis of aspects …
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… Kondile and his brother Mthetheleli Kondile. End Notes [1] Moosage, R., 2018. Missing-ness, History and …
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… White City, Jabavu. The Special Branch was present taking notes. One of the Security police was leaning against the …
BiographyWilliam Cock
… Settler', oil by Benjamin Franklin Source: Africana Notes and News, September, 1960 Vol 15, No 3, Africana … Cape Town. The 'Sir John St. Aubyn' Source:…
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly votes to end South Africa’s mandate over South West Africa.
BiographyMike Terry
Terry was an active member of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), which was born in 1960 after theSharpeville Massacre and succeeded the Boycott…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg in 1923. Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
BiographyRosa Hope
Rosa Hope's The Old Miii was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its …
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
Douglas G Wolton was a leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from 1931 to 1933. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to South…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
Siyamthanda “Siya” Kolisi was born on 16 June 1991 in Zwide Township in Port Elizabeth (PE), Eastern Cape. He was born exactly 15 years after the Soweto Youth…
BiographyKay Hassan
Kay Hassan was born in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a shebeen, defying apartheid laws and repeated…