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BiographyNils Severin Andersen
… Andersen came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family … School…
BiographyNkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo
… of six children of Nokuna and Kanana Mbuyabo. He received his early education at Msundulu Primary School and Nkwenkwezi … for Cape Town. He resided in…
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
… in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high school education at Sekano Ntoane, Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… rebellion against the Bantu Authorities Act,lending his assistance as secretary to be peasant leadship group … Northern Cape but within few months had…
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
… English, he also learned the Sotho and Tswana languages of his adopted Bloemfontein and was thus a natural choice to … and also designated as speaker,in part…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… a long battle with prostate cancer. When he cancelled his appearance last year at the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz … to return to his recorded opus for reminders…
Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017
… composer and activist Hugh Ramapolo Masekela cancelled his appearance at the recent Johannesburg Joy of Jazz … to return to his recorded opus for reminders…
BiographyChristopher Nceba Faku
… 1956 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. Faku received his education at the Cowan High School and Lovedale College in Alice. He completed his matric in 1978…
BiographyChief Sekonyela
… family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father was Mantatisi, who was expelled by King Shaka Zulu from the area he had conquered. In…
BiographyMatthew Nkoana
… Johannesburg and got a job on the Bantu World, working his way up to political columnist, in which capacity he … trial apart from the campaign's leaders…
BiographyTheo Mthembu
… and badly wounded. Although Mthembu could no longer box, his love for the sport led him to pursue a career as a … as Levy “Golden Boy” Madi, the S.A…
BiographyElsie Nair
… to make ends meet. She waited patiently while he completed his prison sentence, but on his release in February 1984, after 20 years on the Island, ……
BiographyLeonard (Len) Lee-Warden
… Timesand the Rand Daily Mail. In 1949, Lee-Warden started his own printing works at the back of a furniture shop in Keerom Street. A year later, he moved his…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at … including the Anglican Bishop (later…
Nicholaas Frederic de Waal
… he opened a news agency in November 1881, propagating his political ideas. He took over a newspaper owned by … 1882. He supported Hofmeyr’s moderate stance…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… Dube is born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM), in Natal to Rev James Dube and his wife Elizabeth. 1877 Rev James Dube, the…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… Smuts Jr. The army's Commander in Chief, Beyers, tendered his resignation, and tried to mobilise Boer leaders like De … Native Recruiting Corporation…
BiographyPeter Hans Paul Gastrow
… liberal politics of 1960s and 1970s South Africa. In 1971, his political views were strengthened by the forced removal … had known those affected for some…
BiographyGaur Radebe
… and the African National Congress (ANC), he first made his mark in 1941 when, as secretary for mines in the … efforts to launch the African Democratic…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
… and Confectioners Union. During World War II, he led his union through a number of successful strikes. During the … into the early 1960s after Nyaose had…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… was the influential thinker W.E.B. Du Bois. Throughout his long career, Du Bois was an advocate for the study of … most prominent among the few scholars who…
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
… and gained a reputation as a powerful public speaker. In his first year he was elected to the Students' Representative … Judge Didcott served on the…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… the Pass Laws starting on 21 March. According to “his testimony about the launch of the Campaign,” Sobukwe … written that on the 21st March 1960 we should…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… Xuma arrives in the United States of America to further his studies at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, specialising in … passport from the British Consulate,…
Jeannette Ndhlovu
… the United States of America (USA) to strengthen the anti-apartheid student movement and also to pursue her academic …
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found work in a factory in the 1920s. he enrolled in classes at a … Johannesburg district committee. Madiba…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
… Orchestra gave its first concert. Her love of choral work and her ambition to include less privileged children …
BiographyDorothy Moss Kay
… a portrait of her daughter. In 1922, Kay sent a further work to Cape Town for the SASA list Annual Exhibition. This …
BiographyMarion Gill
… of 1933, she held a very successful exhibition of her work in Cape Town. Printmaking was some times set aside for …