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ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Company organises indentured Chinese and Malay labour from Java. These labourers were the first Muslim workers in … District of Durban. The notice was signed…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… the time of this interview, was born in 1952 and graduated from Sekano-Ntoane High School in Soweto in 1971. He studied … degree because of his involvement…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch … ethics. Upon his return to South…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… Trial , charged for high treason. He was then “banned from attending gatherings and restricted to Johannesburg.” … meeting in Durban . Shortly thereafter,…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… a hawker. She was one of the leaders against the removals from Cato Manor in 1956, and also one of the leaders of … Potchefstroom, and Pretoria Central…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
… for the Advancement of Journalism, in Johannesburg, from 1996 to 1999. McKenzie was the Johannesburg head of the … was president of the KwaZulu Natal Society…
BiographyShirley Gunn
… three months at Pollsmoor prison. She was later released from detention, but soon after, she was charged possession of … was arrested in June 1990. When she…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… around at night. The plan was to steal medical supplies from the dispensary, dope the wells and put the wardens into … asked to have a meeting with him…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Dr. Newton Adams and Revs. George Champion and Aldin Grout from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission … Campaign in Natal November, The…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… with the preparatory work to ensure that our volunteers, from structures of the Mass Democratic Movement under the … of June this year ushers in the 37…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… child was Hector Pieterson. As a 12-year-old victim of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Hector Pieterson was immortalised by … not simply a symbol. She told us her…
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… international action towards the total ostracism of the Vorster regime. I thank you most heartily for allowing me to … effective. Although this would not…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… etc.; the land near this line Independence: freedom from political control by other countries Merino Sheep : a … that is naturally present in the earth and…
June 17
… Kissinger's visit... Kiss- inja (a dog) Soweto, September, 1976 To add to this, 300 predominantly white Wits students …
EventNaledi High School is founded
… commemorated 50th anniversary on 8 June 2013. On 8 June 1976, security police arrived at Naledi High School and … in 50% of subjects in secondary schools. On…
Mama Beshenga
… Women, children and the aged were being taken away from urban areas to barren places where there were no …
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
… 1937 he got defeated for nominations , he became a senator from 1948 to 1960, elected by Africans in the Transvaal and … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas…
BiographyCharles Templeman Loram
… in the Native Affairs Commission created by Jan Smuts from 1920 to 1929 before returning to Natal as the provincial … Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977). …
BiographyPeter Hans Paul Gastrow
… PFP. Dr Van Zyl Slabbert , leader of the PFP, resigned from parliament in 1986 arguing that parliament and …
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
… who corresponded with each other by quoting passages from Mqhayi's poetry while both men were in prison in the …
BiographyAnton van Wouw
… for ten years to receive his first commission. This was from financier Sammy Marks to create a monumental statue of … Tour the Anton Van Wouw Museum , from…
BiographyVincent Oliphant
… well received among critics as well as the public. Apart from his love for writing, Oliphant also have a passion for …
George John Golding
… efforts in the 1950s to remove Coloured voters from the common voters' roll. He co-operated with the United … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis,…
BiographyKim Ludbrook
… he moved to England in 1990 and studied photojournalism from 1993-1994 at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, …
BiographyHarold Strachan
… was born in 1925 in Pretoria. He obtained a BA (FA) from the University of Pretoria, and won an Emma Smith …
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… gifts as a writer. In mid-1935, however, he was expelled from the CPSA for alleged reformist tendencies. For a brief … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas…
BiographyT W Thibedi
… and opposed the "Native Republic" slogan ”” was expelled from the party in 1930 on the grounds that he had mismanaged …
PlaceSeychelles
… hands until the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Evolving from humble beginnings to attain a population of 3500, by … . The Exile of numerous and colourful…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… and was part of the group of Africanists that broke away from the ANC to form the PAC. He was elected as Chairman and … political activities and as…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… Construction of Koeberg began in 1976 and Unit 1 was synchronized to the grid on 4 April 1984, … small mammal species. Low and intermediate level waste…