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BiographyArthur Butelezi
… Later he opened a studio at 169 Clauon Road, supplementing his income by doing odd sign-writing jobs, He painted 'native … was apparently able to support…
BiographyLeslie Massina
… time of the 1918 "bucket strike", but had calmy repudiated his own testimony when cross-examined by lawers for the … Great Britain, Russia, and other…
BiographyZacharia Solly Shoke
… 1956 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Shoke received his education at Orlando High School, Soweto Township, south … struggle against the South African…
BiographyJonas Mosa Gwangwa
… and the movie Othello . He has won numerous awards his music throughout his career. …
BiographyLaurence Neill Nathan
… of South African Students (NUSAS), which contributed to his political awareness. Nathan was elected President of … in the ECC for political and not pacifist…
BiographySamuel Makama Martin Masabalala
… in Xhosa, Sotho, and Afrikaans, "but for trade union work he was not properly equipped, as he did not avail …
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… creative madness or genius; but simply people doing their work, whether painting, music or poetry. Medu saw its … artistic task". Later, Dikobe wa Mogale…
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… the democratic elections in South Africa, and the end of apartheid rule, is being observed by people of many other … and the Council on African Affairs he…
BiographyIsmail Ahmed Cachalia
… the British Indian Association, was in prison because of his involvement in the first passive resistance campaign led … to Johannesburg, where he became a…
Rebecca Lan
… In 1949 Rebecca registered for a social science and social work degree at the University of Cape Town. Through this, she … in South Africa could only be…
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
… The 59 year old executive of Anglo American, Dr Zach de Beer, was elected as leader of the anti-Apartheid Progressive Federal Party. The officials of the ……
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City … to help deal with violations of human rights…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… of judgment was drawing near, Buthelezi claimed, in which American blacks would arrive in aeroplanes from which they … paying taxes and to stop dipping their…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… November, The Anglican Bishop of Lesotho, the Rev. Desmond Tutu announces that he is giving up his current post to become Secretary-General of the South ……
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… Saturday afternoon to meet the photographer Omar Badsha at his house in Woodstock. I sit in the half-empty carriage and … Africa (1985). Despite the grim…
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Palais Du Peuple, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 30 November
… of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis …
BiographyRichard Gert Sibande
… he acquired the nickname "Lion of the East". Because of his political activities, Sibande was hounded by the … the witness stand in the Treason trial, where…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
… Financial Sector Coalition Campaign (FSCC). He obtained his PhD in Industrial Sociology from the University of Natal … Dr Nzimande has published numerous…
BiographyRuben Makgato
… the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). Tennyson Makiwane , Vella Pillay … The Pan Africanist Congress retaliates…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… returns from exile at request of CPSA. She resumes work as personal assistant to Joe Slovo and Chris Hani. … a rally in Durban addressed by Nelson Mandela,…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… the newly-elected Nationalist Party’s policy of Apartheid, reflected the dynamic changes that were taking … of Bailey's from Oxford, was appointed editor,…
BiographyMatsobane Morris Matsemela
… School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy farm in Lady Selbourne, and later joined … Morris Matsemela with the Order of Luthuli…
BiographyEphraim Nkwe
… the ANC in exile. He was also the Political Commissar of his underground uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) unit. In 1989, as … Ephraim Nkwe passed away on 5 May 2013…
BiographyLulu Dube
… in establishing the Ohlange school , which all of his children attended. The school started from first year … and Manasseh Tebatso Moerane who was a…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… at the University of Natal in 1967 (where Steve Biko began his in 1966) and it was here that she met and fell in love … in multi-tasks. For example, most…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… 1977. Bruce, Dickson. "Ancient Africa and the Early Black American Historians, 1883-1915." American Quarterly XXXVI … Luli. A Place in the City: The Rand on…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… he, one evening, drove for several hours looking for his home at Acacia Park. But his illness never broke his … Director for over 25 years. Under the…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… was 14, and she was forced to drop out of school and go to work. At age 17, she married, and went on to give birth to …
BiographyThandi Modise
… by young women. In 1978 she returned to South Africa to work underground as an MK operative. She was arrested in … Minister of Defence and Military veterans,…