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BiographyGladys Thomas
… “Avalon Court” which won first prize in 1990 for the African Literature Awards, a major annual literary … and “Spotty Dog and Other Township Stories”. The…
Hettie Du Preez
… the first national conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. She also joined the first … She also played a prominent role in the…
EventMaria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
… after which they moved house fourteen times. Groesbeek claims that Buys constantly accused her of flirting with …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… No. 26 comes into force. It strips Blacks of their South African citizenship and makes them citizens of one of the … Zambia where he serves as the assistant…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… a nearby broken bus. 1976 January, Ali Bacher of the South African Cricket Board (SACB) launches the “normal cricket … Ajit Gandabhai and Rasik Gopal,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… incident becomes known as the Silverton Siege . June, The African National Congress (ANC) publicly broke ties with Zulu … and education. Zimbabwe became…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and 1978; and nominated an … Security Police of the apartheid regime;…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle … Africa. His father, a factory worker…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… new possessions. Sekhukhune did not accept British claims over his territory. By March 1878 drums of war were …
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
… Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got his first …
BiographyAndrew Michael Boraine
… 1976.In the 1980s he became the underground member of the African National Congress (ANC) and in 1978 he was elected … Gastrow, S. (1987). Who\'s Who in…
BiographyLeng Dixon
… enough to be included on the large exhibition of South African art held at London's Tate Gallery in 1948. His work …
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
… bread”) developed to become an important genre of South African music. It is a blend of various styles, of which …
BiographyClive Zamani Xaba
… In 2001 he started attending art classes offered at the African Art Centre at the Durban Institute of Technology …
BiographyAidan Walsh
… outles where he displayed and promoted the work of South African artists. He was Curator of the NSA Gallery, Durban … South African Art Times, (2009), The…
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
… the country to recruit and garner support for the South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYCRO, the military …
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Webster
… curriculum and staff development (particularly of young, African scholars). Webster transformed it into the leading …
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a Freedom Volunteer in …
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… Sports Science at the University of North West. In the African Junior Championships in 2009, Semenya won both the … simultaneously breaking the 800m Senior…
BiographyElliot Shabangu
… was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in Dube, Soweto…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… I informed you of the resolutions passed by the All-In African National Conference in Pietermaritzburg on 26 March … indicated that in addition to the…
BiographyHerbert Hayton Castens
… first rugby captain, and also captain of the first South African cricket team to tour overseas. After completing his … distinction of being the first played…
BiographyPepsi Mahlangu
… Pepsi Mahlangu was the chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in KwaThema, Springs. A member of the African National Congress (ANC)…
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
… She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the Eastern Cape , with German and Irish … into exile in Botswana where she made…
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… was instrumental in securing the suspension of the South African Olympic Committee from the Olympic movement. In 1969 … Committee of the first United Nations…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… to be intended to benefit only Africans, and there are claims that there are a few employers who misinterpret it in … in racially-defined "group areas". De…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… and economic boycott of South Africa. March 19, The Pan-African Congress (PAC) announces, that it will embark on a … in response to the Sharpeville Massacre…
Ruth Alexander
… in the elections of 1921 (rather than for the South African Party), because she had become disillusioned with the … Town newspapers and also the New York…
BiographyAbdool Kader Hassim
… arrest and again in 1980. By 1964, he was a member of African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA) . … APDUSA and thereby to win funding from…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
… Skei Gwentshe played a key role in the establishment of an African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) branch in East … related to his banishment noted…