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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…
Article1970’s: Poetry Timeline
… the government gazette in Pretoria (Pretoria Bureau 1975). 1976 June 16 Soweto Uprising . 100 students shot dead by …
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…
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…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… Azania Worker was meant to be a forum in which socialists from all political currents within the trade unions, student … in which they could exchange…
BiographyFrank A. Pendla
… an unsuccessful candidate for the Cape Provincial Council from Port Elizabeth. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… in Holland’s third division. But in 1993 no one had heard from him since. “My father always used to tell me about this … in the middle of the night in 1959…
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…
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…
Millicent Fawcett
… was part of the Ladies’ Committee that was sent over from Britain during the Anglo Boer War in order to inspect …
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…
BiographyRoelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
… for the National Party (NP). Until his retirement from politics in 2000, he played an important and often … as the Deputy President of the party until his…
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… in Johannesburg. His father was murdered and sister died from malnutrition at a very young age. His mother resorted to … weekly tabloid and Drum's sister…
BiographyJames Ford
… thinks of their work. Mr James Ford, who came to CapeTown from Kensington twenty-two years ago, to become first master … Dec. 1903, SANG Archives). Ford was…
BiographyBertram Dumbleton
… tempera. It was inspired by his study of predella panels from altarpieces by Renaissance artists that were exhibited … conventions in portraiture using a…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
… Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Fihla grew up in PE from 1945, after his parents found work there as labourers. … he attended political study groups run…
BiographyJuda Ngwenya
… his right arm, after casting his ballot. After retiring from Reuters after twenty years of work, he worked as a … The work of 40 photographers were on…
BiographyVera Ponnen
… became a hub of anti-apartheid and trade union activity from 1940 to 1966. Her home was an accessible site as she … for five years in Natal in 1950. He was…
Ruth Gosschalk
… She was one of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s mother was a member of the … in Cape Town where she challenged the…
BiographyBrett Murray
… Brett Murray was born in Pretoria in 1961. From 1985-1989 he studied at the Michaelis School at the … at the Goodman Gallery, focused on steel cut-outs…