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PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… destroyed by Dingaan, but rebuilt in 1839. Named after the American missionary, Dr. Newton Adams (1796-1841) who arrived … preached to congregations of up to…
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… and discussions with filmmaker Estela Bravo Cuban-American filmmaker Estela Bravo is presenting her recent film … while pursuing a more humane future…
BiographyHenry “Black Cat” Cele
… As a member of the Cele family he was referred to by his clan name Ndosi (Bavela KwaMthetwa), or Magaye. …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of … and had a photographic memory. He implicated…
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…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… was primarily to uncover human rights abuses during the Apartheid era, through public hearings. The lack of racial … and 1994, alongside the human right…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… more. Zarina Maharaj has served her country during the apartheid era through her involvement in the ANC. She … of feminist politics in South Africa. It was…
BiographyLaura Jean Levetan
… and Marie Levetan. Their household was steeped in Anti-apartheid politics and Laura met many activists and …
Qonda Hoho
… a shoot-out with members of the SAP on 4 March 1988 at his cousin’s house in Khayelitsha, Queenstown. …
Hettie McCleod
… the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and started to work full-time as a Party organiser. The following year, she …
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… workers to form a coalition of cultural resistance to Apartheid. The archive, reports and documentation of the … Heinz Klug (1979 - 1985 in Botswana), Judy…
ArchiveNobel Lecture
… Bishop Tutu's Nobel lecture delivered in Oslo, Norway, on 11 December 1984 and his acceptance of the award speech on the 10th December 1984. …
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… conference on Palestine in 2006, just two years before his untimely death at the age of seventy. His distinguished … building. 9. LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA…
BiographyR. Daniel
… from the early 1930s, he was known as a Trotskyist in his political leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with …
BiographyJulius Phumelele Busa
… Congress (ANC) organiser for the Congress of the People. His charges in the Treason Trial were withdrawn in 1957. …
BiographyThelma Gutsche
… and direct films. After the war, she continued to work in the film industry producing a number of education … Kriger, R. and Zegeye, A. (eds) 2001. After…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… and papers for newspapers, magazines and journals, such as Work in Progress and Speak . She co-authored a chapter on …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… Act, No 34 of 1995, investigated what happened under apartheid between 1960 and 1994. The conflict during this … The commission was chaired by Anglican…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… a Global Positioning System and a series of survey maps. His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection of every … as if this was an assigned task,…
BiographyActing Chief Moepadira Mphahlele
… Msinga, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 February 1953. His order was withdrawn on 18 September 1962. …
BiographySiphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu
… grew up in Njoli Street, Zwide Township in Port Elizabeth. His political activism began with him joining the South … [Accessed on 5 September 2011]| Address…
BiographyAbdullah Haji Adam Jhaveri
… He was commonly referred to as Dada Abdulla. His brother, Abdul Karim Jhaveri, and himself, were the …
BiographyGoolam H. Gool
… was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape Town in 1885 and married a local Malay woman, … (NEUM). Goolam H. Gool remained a…
BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
… 1945 in Newcastle, Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the … school in Gerpiston, Swaziland and Newcastle…
BiographyAmina Desai
… died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business. Political activist, Ahmed Timol , who died at … John Vorster. The police claimed that Timol…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… women faced harsh oppressions in the workplace during the apartheid era of South African government. Together, the … incredibly oppressed there. Urbanizing…
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
… of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his wife. He committed suicide at Southampton in 1841. He was …
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… to topple the apartheid regime. Letter from Bishop Desmond Tutu to Prime Minister John Vorster, 8 May 1976 (abridged) I … land and would not easily join…
Insurrections: The Storming
… of the Kirana Gharana. Trained from the age of seven by his father Ustad Asif Ali Khan, Ahsan is a part of a band called Hum Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, the…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… of the Kirana Gharana. Trained from the age of seven by his father Ustad Asif Ali Khan, Ahsan is a part of a band called Hum Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, the…