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BiographyActing Chief Moepadira Mphahlele
… community in the Northern Transvaal. He was banished from Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Act of 1953. Blacks were excluded, among other things, from living or working in White areas unless they had a pass … Pass Law). Estimates of the size of the…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… and an antiapartheid activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a … South Western Townships, was the scene of a…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… most of the inhabitants of Australia were isolated from the rest of the world. The indigenous or 'first people' … by the British settlers. Aborigine is a…
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
… British soldier, and Governor at the Cape from 1820-21. He named the burgeoning port of Algoa Bay, Port …
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… the government gazette in Pretoria (Pretoria Bureau 1975). 1976 June 16 Soweto Uprising . 100 students shot dead by …
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… lives, their hardships and their struggle for liberation from apartheid and poverty. His political purpose was forged … oppressive laws to strengthen their…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… involved in many issues affecting Blacks in her time, from campaigning against the pass book laws to supporting … role in resisting threats of eviction and…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… observer. The moving targets of your ire alternated from colonial era statues, through the prohibitive cost of … that, in the midst of all this, 40 years…
BiographyFrancis Wilson
… pressure, in 1941 Godfrey Wilson was forced to resign from his position and subsequently took the family back to … in rural Hogsback in the Eastern Cape ,…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
… Collegiate School for Girls. As the school’s principal from 1890 until 1899, she conducted a radical overhauling of … were going to unite in excluding Black…
BiographyRebecca Malope
… and in 1986 Rebecca and her sister Cynthia hiked 400 km from their home to the Johannesburg township of Evaton to … and sister in tragic circumstances. This…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… Maniben Sita to organise a batch of women resisters from the Asiatic Bazaar. The members of the group included … treason in 1956. Volunteers collected funds…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
… or collection point. On the strength of a note he received from Mosie Moolla , who was a detainee at Marshall Square … struggle received their school…
BiographyDenis Mayer
… for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to South Africa from England in the 1890s to seek his fortune on the diamond … carpets drenched by a large volume of…
BiographySaul Msane
… of the deputation to Britain. During the long voyage from Cape Town to England Msane spent a good deal of the time … Richard Thema*, the previous Secretary…
Lucas Mangope
… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… in 1914, Makgatho was leader of the Transvaal Congress. From his remarks it is clear that he supported the decision … Seme and Sol Plaatje wanted the SANNC…
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… over the vacated part of the building (Consolidated erf from 1938). The central courtyard boasts some interesting … of various architectural styles. There is…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… the British finally came to his aid and freed the country from the Italian control. He returned to claim his throne. On … were sent to study abroad and learn…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… for the task of Bible distribution. Annually he covered from 24 000 to 32 000 kilometres and even visited distant … and used all his powers of persuasion to…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… in Natal. She provided legal assistance for activists from different political organizations detained by the … a Master of Law and in 1988 a Doctor of…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… document presented here ”” Nelson Mandela’s statement from prison on being offered conditional release ”” within … have each examined a different aspect of…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… is accurate, not romantic: an image of actions springing from emotion, knocking deliberation aside. The city is … born. An important black leader who does,…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On 13 October … he could and did tear my life to pieces, set me apart from my fellows and deny me association…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… that she fiercely opposed in parliament to break away from the Pan Africanist Congress; officially becoming the … as the Minister for Social Development of…
BiographyFrank A. Pendla
… an unsuccessful candidate for the Cape Provincial Council from Port Elizabeth. …
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… working class in the class struggle. SWAPO claimed support from all the Namibian local tribes. In an attempt to divide … as a liberation movement which…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… his cattle in lands that the British had ‘forbidden’ from usage. [6] The attack was largely emblematic of the … and Tyhali took to retreating to mountainous…
BiographyNongqawuse
… colonial records or the oral traditions passed down from generations amongst the Xhosa people. There is little … community and institutions by British…