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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 …
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… among the working classes. Beijing is simply taking over from London by being the new exploiter of the country’s … intention to plead for mercy". These words…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… through Soweto and shot at by police on the 16 June, 1976! Which has now become Youth Day, a public holiday in … and historical documents relating to the…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). The family had moved from Vereeniging, (southern) Transvaal (now Gauteng) to … of five years in November 1963 while she was…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… Asvat is born in Vrededorp, Gauteng. 1961 Asvat graduates from Johannesburg Indian High School and moves to Pakistan to … kitchen, and creates a school out…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer It's … blacks have still no more political rights than in 1976. How have the changes affected Maria…
BiographyHenry Burton
… of Biscay. Burton was one of the survivors to be rescued from the open boats (See Willan page 319 and The Cape Argus, … Mail 13 December 1985) During the…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… SRC (Student Representative Council) decided to break away from the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). … religious movement that allowed…
BiographySir. Julius Jeppe
… was also highly involved in the Johannesburg town council from 1889, and served on various executive boards, including …
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
… for Peace, as dedicated social worker and lay reader from 1962 to 1970. Hannah Margaret Stanton passed away on 9 …
BiographyCynthia Shange
… Joe Mafela. Udeliwe tells the story of a country girl from Kwa Zulu-Natal to the City of Gold, Johannesburg. She …
BiographyMthuthuzeli Tom
… until his retirement due to ill health in 2008. Tom died from lung cancer on 27 August 2010 in East London, and is …
BiographyJohn Stephen Gomas
… despite embracing party orthodoxy,Gomas was expelled from the CPSAin 1933,allegedly for promoting cooperation with … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis…
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
… President George Bush of the United States of America. From 1991 she served as a member of the National Executive …
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… in his hometown, Madadeni in Newcastle. Dear Students of 1976 I would like to fully, with no restraint and with no … sacrifice’. Who am I? I am a student…
BiographyBettie du Toit
… 31 others in entering Germiston without a permit. Apart from being a trade unionist Du Toit also played a role in the … Act . According to this Act Du Toit…
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
… to Zululand. Civil war continued after Cetshwayo returned from exile in 1879 with Cetshwayo's supporters raiding the … miles). However, Britain intervened,…
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… the outlet informed her that she was not permitted to buy from the self- catering section, but had to do her purchase … back of the shop, she found that…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
… up until her death, even sending them some of them money from her meagre pension. [viii] Poomoney Moodley died on … Gumede and Sibongile Kubehka , whilst…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… Cuba additionally offered scholarships to exiled children from South Africa. In 1985, Alex died of a heart attack in … in Cape Town as a midwife, in the…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… Black and Colored musicians against the apartheid regime, from the early 1950s until the 1990s, focusing on the work of … declared support for the ANC. Soon…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… From the very beginning, settlement in Lenasia was a … Rose Avenue. After the Soweto students protest on 16 June 1976, the City Council allocated R4,25…
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… at me and nearly had a heart attack.'' With encouragement from friends on the LPGA tour, and time spent at a Cape Town … lost nearly 40 pounds. Little's…