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BiographyEmily Hobhouse
… that opposed the British government policy regarding South Africa. Hobhouse was a humanitarian and pacifist who came to visit South Africa in December 1900,…
BiographyRuth First
… manufacturer, was born in Latvia and came to South Africa in 1906 at the age of 10. Matilda came to South Africa from Lithuania when she was four years old…
BiographyEmil Sachs
… the Pentateuch. In 1914 the Sachs family moved to South Africa and settled in Ferrelrasdorp, Johannesburg. The local … In 1919 he had already joined the…
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… was of Xhosa decent. The Letele family immigrated to South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and he grew up in … of his release was, however, that he had…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
“People are looking for things that are easy and foreign. We use foreign models that militate against our very efforts to shape our ailing film industry. We…
BiographyEric Molobi
… obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Following his release from Robben Island, he worked for the Munich Re Insurance…
BiographyNorman Levy
… League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) . After the passing of the Suppression of … University) where he taught until his…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… instead sent to work on his brother’s cotton farm in South Africa. His brother soon learnt that the business of growing … Rhodes used his wealth to expand…
BiographyZanele Muholi
… its radical emphasis on marginalized communities in South Africa, exploring queerness, blackness, femininity, and the … violence against black queer…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… movement in the various divisions of action in southern Africa, in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. We believe that the … May I, therefore, direct myself to the…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. Johannesburg…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served as Minister of … countries. He became the most widely…
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
… in Britain until February 1917, when he returned to South Africa. During this time he lectured, worked as a language … moving appeal against the Land Act,…
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BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… Party’s newspaper, The Daily Worker. He returned to South Africa in 1939, and immediately joined the Communist Party of South Africa where,at the age of only…
BiographyIsaiah MacDonald Maseko
… president of the Swaziland National Union of South Africa and deputy-president of the Swaziland Progressive … A former member of the Communist Party of…
BiographySaleem Badat
… the arts and humanities to research universities in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Egypt, and Lebanon and to pan-African … of Apartheid Education and Popular…
BiographyFanie Jason
… He covered the first democratic elections across South Africa in 1994. He has documented genocide in Rwanda, street … The following year, on of Jason's…
BiographyProfessor Raymond Suttner
… Suttner is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the … returned in 1990. Suttner has…
BiographyPortia Modise
… in the Elitedivisionen, before returning to South Africa in 2009 to play for the Palace Super Falcons. In 2008, … by new coach Joseph Mkhonza in 2012 and…
BiographyBantu Holomisa
… delegationto the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations, which in turn led to 1994 … Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism of…
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… where he completed his schooling. He left South Africa in June 1958, for Britain, to further his studies. His … the defence strategy of the apartheid…
BiographyFikile Charles Bam
… a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 1975 and a Baccalaureus Procurationis from … and admitted as an attorney for the…
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
… of the South African football team, from Brand South Africa [online], …
ArchiveArtwork of African people
… Multicoloured artwork of African people, making up a map of Africa. …
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… the Treason Trial. Following his acquittal he left South Africa without a passport and went to Ghana, where he taught … having a pass,although as a coloured…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… Accord of 1984. The Nkomati Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March 1984. The move followed … National Congress (ANC) from their country…
James E. Kwegyir Aggrey
… the United States. In 1921 he spent three months in South Africa as a member of the Phelps-Stokes Commission on African … 1927. Edwin W. Smith wrote a…
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… after she demonstrated against the celebrations of South Africa’s becoming a Republic in 1961. Ramphele also remembers … health care initiatives outside the…