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Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… unjust Native Bills. It was born from the resentment and disgust which were felt by all Africans at the manner in … to create a united front against the…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… Constructing Heritage and Heritage Resources Heritage – our past, and where we come … to sustain a large population. It was a trading centre. Gold was mined…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political tendencies. The ALSC launched Azania Worker…
EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to … the US team (3rd). The triumph was South…
BiographyGana Makabeni
… in the Transkei. He attended a Communist night school and joined the Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) as a young worker in the 1920s. In 1926 he was…
BiographyThomas Selema Masekela
… attended the Lutheran Mogabane mission station school and passed Standard III. In 1921 Masekela\'s father became an evangelist and the family moved to…
BiographyJan Gerritze Bantjes
… On occasion he acted as Clerk to the Natal Volksraad, and on being appointed secretary to Comdt.-Gen. Andries … is the manuscript of the treaty between Piet…
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… in 1922, Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo was a clothing designer and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Germiston…
BiographyMfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose
… Gqobose joined the South African Military Service in 1941, and served in South Africa, Egypt, Libya and Italy from 1942 to 1946. He left the army with the…
BiographyPenny Heyns
… Gauteng Province. She attended the local primary school and later Amanzimtoti High School in Kwa Zulu Natal where she … accomplished in Atlanta and became…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… the Cape Province, the Orange Free State, the Transvaal, and Natal. In 1961 the Union of South Africa became … break out, and this time the Boers would lose…
Nganani Enos John Mabuza, Chief Executive Councillor of KaNgwane, 1977, is born at Sheba Gold Mine, Barberton.
… Executive Councillor of KaNgwane, 1977, is born at Sheba Gold Mine, Barberton. …
Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds.
… Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds. …
It is announced that 15 000 applications per week for gold mining permits are received in Johannesburg.
… It is announced that 15 000 applications per week for gold mining permits are received in Johannesburg. …
Our Annual Conference — An Inspiring Gathering by The South African Worker, 13 January 1929, South Africa
… Conference — An Inspiring Gathering by The South African Worker, 13 January 1929, South Africa …
Document 94 - “The United Front in South Africa: A Reply to S. B.”, South African Worker, 13 June 1936
… Front in South Africa: A Reply to S. B.”, South African Worker, 13 June 1936 …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… 1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World … Commercial Union (ICU) absorbs a number of other nascent worker…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… assistant magistrate. He was raised by his grandmother and uncle and only moved in with his mother when he was six … returning to Johannesburg in 1929 where…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… of Indians into the Transvaal. Every Indian man, woman and child older than 8 years had to register with the Registrar of Asiatics. Indians and Chinese who…
The Story of PR Panther, the gold man of Indian politics in South Africa: Introduction - By Riashnee Pather
… applicable to the history of the Indians in South Africa and in the case of this thesis to PR Pather and to a lesser extent his son Masla. It is pitiable…
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
… to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South Africa and decided to stay behind and work. She worked at the Tumelong Anglican mission in Lady ……
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… Born on the 3rd November 1933, community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five … was 12 years old, leaving her mother, Kate, to raise her…
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
… but became an insatiable reader. Later as a young worker he enrolled in the Communist-run night school in … a photographer's assistant, domestic servant,…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… of 1899 to 1902. The women, Florence Phillips (1863-1940) and Emily Hobhouse (1860-1925), could not have been more … common threads running through what they…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa woman, and Elijah Katali, a Zulu man who was employed as a … receiving his charge for armed robbery, Mbuli…
BiographySir. Julius Jeppe
… Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Germany in July 1859. Jeppe and his family immigrated to South Africa in 1870, and settled in Pretoria. Jeppe began his career as a…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… but with the need for a more sustainable source of meat and vegetable supply more land was required. Land was seized from the Khoikhoi, and later the San, to…
BiographyCynthia Shange
… Durban, in Kwazulu Natal. She started modeling in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972 she won the title … queens. Shange won the Miss Black South…
BiographyMax Yergan
… the grandson of a slave, he studied at Shaw University and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in … All African Convention. He had a…
BiographyLeslie Massina
… Johannesburg, Massina left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective … a successful strike of several thousand…