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EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… as a mercenary in the Congo during the 1960s. The 1978 film, "Wild Geese" is loosely inspired by Hoare's adventures, …
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… Ahmed Timol played the struggle for non-racialism The film traces Timol's upbringing in Breyten, Mpumalanga, and …
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… the AAM and contributions from academics, archivists and film-makers concerned with the history of the liberation …
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika…
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede a former ANC…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
… personality! Leon Schuster, a comedian, actor, singer, and film director, was born on 21 May 1951 in Vereeniging. Bles …
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… of the African male. There was an attempt by the Film and Publication Board to place an age restriction on the …
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
Including Qondiswa James, Mbali Williams, Mihla Hanise, Anya Isabel, Kas and Hunter Hosted by Didintle Ntsie Filmed 5 September 2020 Broadcasted 6…
PlacePringle Bay, Cape Overberg
… of people, particularly artists, those in the theatre and film industry and people on retirement, who are choosing to …
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
… partly inspired by the movies. It took its name from a film called 'Where no vultures fly'. Like the older gangs, …
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… space. The curators further develop the narrative with a film featuring formal and informal sessions and interviews … Medu raid in Gaborone, said this (in…
BiographySimon Nkoli
“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom.”— Simon Tseko…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… entertainment enterprise. He convinced the two major film-distributing agencies (one of them headed by Harry … 19 but as a good opportunity for American and…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… entertainment enterprise. He convinced the two major film-distributing agencies (one of them headed by Harry … 19 but as a good opportunity for American and…
PlaceCape Winelands Airport, Fisantekraal
… other two are used as Hollywood favourites for movie and film production.) Located on a 1.5 Kilometers Squared Area. … other two are used as Hollywood…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
… and Miriam Makeba: another first. Then came residencies, film scores, multiple recordings across genres, musical … first: an Oscar nomination (and more) for…
BiographyChris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the six children of…
BiographyJames la Guma
James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). A trade unionist and political activist,…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
… work, but most of my work is done on a view camera, with film, and I select images from contact prints and have them …
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
… an art critic and served on many boards such as the Film and Publication Review Board, the Durban Art Works …
PlaceBaviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape
There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the North and the Kouga Mountains, to the…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
Guest Contributors: Anietie Ewang - Human Rights Watch Researcher, Nigeria afọpẹ́fólúwa òjó - Artist & Berlin based #EndSARS Organiser Miski Noir -…
BiographyFranco Frescura
Franco Frescura was born in Trieste, Italy, on 28 September 1946. Both his parents originally came from Fiume, today known as Rijeka, in present-day Croatia…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… the colours too sweet. Radical improvements in film quality and developments in digital printing have led to …
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail & Guardian), 27 June 2016
… went on to document apartheid atrocities through video and film. His work went against everything the apartheid era SABC …
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… of Van der Stel’s Household, she featured in a Documentary Film about the three Pioneering Women, made in 1996. She …