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Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… The school was on a mission settlement some twenty miles from Plumtree and close to the border of what was then … the cause of the long-term political…
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, … He became Secretary-General of the Zimele Trust Fund in 1976, and in that year, at the…
Eric Anthony Abraham
… Eric Anthony Abraham was from Wynberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape). …
BiographyJoseph Morolong
… Congress of Trade Unions. A defendant in the Treason Trial from December 1956 until December 1957, he was detained in …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… in tax. 1859 10 February, Reverend Dirk Postma (1818-1890) from Holland meets with a large number of discontented … a mineral water works, an industry in…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
… and had just met and fallen in love with Nelson Mandela. From our first date on March 10 1956, Madiba spoke to me … our friendship was at a great cost to her…
BiographyJohn Thomas Baines
… profession in favour of painting, a craft he had learnt from the painter William Carr. Baines left England for South … himself in the Eastern Cape between…
BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
… This undermined wage negotiations and brought criticism from the left-wing unions such as the South African Congress of the Trade Unions (SACTU) . Hester…
BiographyLord Kitchener
… Peace Conference that ended the Second Boer War. Standing (from left to right): Col. Henderson, van Velden, Maj. Watson, H. Fraser, Maj. Maxwell, H. de Jager…
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
… National Congress (ANC) answered an emergency call for aid from the Government of Tanzania . The country had just … Political Committee in East Africa, until…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… and also served on the central committee and as editor, from 1945, of Inkululeko, the Communist paper. He was one of … A member of Johannesburg's Orlando…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… in the 1960s the Bernadts were under constant surveillance from the police. After her ban was lifted she withdrew from her political activities and focused…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… Boland area of the Cape, where he took part in athletics from a young age. Malan began to take athletics seriously … After school, Malan obtained a Bachelor…
BiographyFrancis William Reitz
… was born in Swellendam in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State Appeal …
BiographyAnele Mdizeni
… Anele Mdizeni (29) was from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape. He started working for …
BiographyJohn Moshoeu
… Cup Final where his team lost to Dynamos. He then moved from Blackpool and joined Kaizer Chiefs in the early 1990s. …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… The Right Honourable Rev. Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; … ensure lasting reconciliation. South Africa's transition…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Africa, there had been calls for the removal of the statue from its location due to it being viewed as an "Icon of … Commission'. The body, chaired by…
BiographyGodfrey I. M. Mzamane
… in the Transkei in 1909 and obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from Fort Hare. He taught at St. Peter's Secondary School in …
BiographyWilliam Luscombe Searelle
… Isaac Israel and later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram …
BiographyGopallal Hurbans
… and executive member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from 1953-1956 and chairman of the Natal Provincial Vigilance …
BiographyPitika Ntuli
… apartheid government to which resulted in him being exiled from South Africa. He arrived in the UK in 1978, after having … Newtown, Johannesburg. On display…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… South African Act Amendment Bill that removed Coloureds from the common voters role. In December 1956 la Guma, along … slapped with a five-year banning order…
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… he called "detente" the then racist Prime Minister, John Vorster, accompanied by Eschel Rhoodie and the head of BOSS, … and like earlier victories, it has…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… was the head of State of the Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 to 4 December 1976. After eleven years as president he dissolved the … guilty of…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
… as a gifted wooden sculpture. His methods were learnt from the Vha-Venda wood sculptures. He worked primarily with …
BiographyLucky Philip Dube
… the only breadwinner in the family as she had separated from her husband before Lucky’s birth and was forced to leave …
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
… was also a member of the ANC national executive committee from 1949 to 1955 and acted as ANC chaplain at numerous …
BiographyMangisi Pheneas Nene
… he chaired a welfare committee assisting volunteers from Alexandra. He was the proprietor of a general dealer's …
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… mid-1950s and was one of the accused in the Treason Trial, from 1956 to 1961. … committee of the ANC, accused in the Treason Trial, from 1956 to 1961. …