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BiographyBettie du Toit
… Bettie Du Toit was born on 15 July in 1910, on a farm in the former Transvaal Province. She was orphaned at three when … She was later appointed as the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… It wasn't all easy. As the Kombi was leaving Guguletu to join Lansdowne Road a group of young boys stopped it. Angela … without encountering trouble. I'm fed…
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
… Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most … soon. Even…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban , in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or … She became increasingly involved in…
BiographyVincent Baloyi
… Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in Soweto and … In 1972 he met Eric Mbatha and began studying…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… Timbuktu, French Tombouctou, is a city in the western African country of Mali. Often used as a popular term to describe a distant and mystical place, the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution
… Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution …
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… School and later went on to study Sports Science at the University of North West. In the African Junior Championships in 2009, Semenya won both … cup, also…
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). … drama. As a political activist he…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… On 13 November 1991, Nelson Mandela announced that the first constitutional talks would take place on 29 and 30 November at the World Trade Centre in…
Exhibition: Kathy - the man behind the public figure
… Exhibition: Kathy - the man behind the public figure …
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal
… Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal …
Organize... or Starve! - The history of the SACTU
… Organize... or Starve! - The history of the SACTU …
The Road to Freedom is Via the Cross
… The Road to Freedom is Via the Cross …
The Formation of the Multi-Party Negotiation Process
… The Formation of the Multi-Party Negotiation Process …
A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar and the National
… A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar and the National …
Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937 …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … audit has revealed that the league in the…
BiographyArthur William Blaxall
… in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in the early 1960s. He …
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in … of Inland Revenue in 1893. Duncan came…
BiographyMandla Nkosi
… Mandla Nkosi was born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the Sekano Ntoane School in…
BiographySylvester Stein
… Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in Durban. He studied … engineering at Howard College in Natal before…
Sifundile Matalazi
… Matalazi,aged 27 died on 20 December 1980 in Umtata in the Transkei after being held for 112 days.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed. During the…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) rejected joining the South African Union in a referendum. Voters had to … bringing together former Afrikaner Republics and…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… 96 townships as well as various labour compounds and schools throughout the country. It has detained thousands of … community and we will welcome his…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian Communist Party. She eventually had to flee the political police and escaped,…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban welcomed her on Sunday, 12 October, at a … The two women laughed derisively and…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
… was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He attended … and became a unit commander several…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 87 - "Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention", The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936 The … without a single dissentient in…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the need to deal with … The International Criminal…