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ArticleLesotho Timeline
… Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage, forms his own clan. 1822 Basutoland founded by King Moshoeshoe I, … Zambia, Zimbabwe to lessen economic…
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… dirty war against its opponents. Judge Jan Hugo concluded his judgment, acquitting Malan and other nine defendants. … affected by the ordeal to accept it…
BiographyMabel Palmer
… members who were involved in the development of university work in Durban . Dr Palmer was later appointed lecturer in … at the university from 13 to 300 and…
ArticleThe Homelands
… The Bantustans or homelands, established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the … as the Government aimed to move every Black…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… a significant role in the struggle against segregation and apartheid. Among its founder members were young and vibrant … to South Africa to take part in the…
BiographyDumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula
… He was born in 1960 at KwaMashu, Durban. He passed his matric in 1978 at Isibonelo High School in KwaMashu. He …
BiographyPatrick Mosell Molaoa
… the first-string accused in the Treason Trial, and after his acquittal in 1961 he worked in the sales department of a …
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… Heath Sussex, the youngest of three brothers. In 1911 his father, an Anglican priest, was transferred to a slum … his father's parishioners) he sailed for…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… (ca 1967) hugely influential. My relationship with the work Standing in front of South African visual artist Dumile … equally haunting work commentary on the…
BiographyHammington Silulami Majija
A graduate of Healdtown, he taught in Rhodesia and the Transkei and later worked as business manager of Contact in Cape Town. A prominent figure in the Liberal…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… war: women in growing economies were beginning to do paid work outside the home, youth were more critical of their … in South Africa is closely linked with…
BiographyWilton Zimasile Mkwayi
… Mkwayi was a trade unionist who served a life sentence for his involvement in Umkhonto We Sizwe. He was born into a …
BiographyGarth Erasmus
… him to begin painting seriously. Erasmus worked on his art independently until 1978, when he entered the Diploma …
BiographyJohnson Ngwevela
… on attending meetings and was convicted of breaking his ban but successfully appealed on the grounds that he had …
BiographyIssy Heymann
… him South Africa’s first 180 day detainee. It was not his first experience of this nature. At the very end of …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act , passed three … to live in reserves and making it…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… Congress for twenty years (from 1920s to 1940s), was his uncle. Young people in 1930s were fighting his … facilities in the India League office and…
BiographyOliver Mtukudzi
… siblings. Mtukudzi was from a musical family, as both his parents were singers. This meant he grew up in a musical … had to grow up at an early age because…
BiographyLionel Mxolisi Majombozi
… in 1944, he later relinquished the post under pressure of work. He established a medical practice in King William's …
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… especially after the Rivonia Trial , saw a lull in anti-apartheid politics that only ended with the emergence of the … altogether, but of these, as many as…
Testimony of the Delegation of the South African Native National Congress, Ermelo, before the Eastern Transvaal Land Committee,January 8, 1918
… the following representative natives were heard: Solomon Tutu. I am a representative of the South African Native … very unpleasant. What we object to is that…
BiographyDora Taylor
… there was a possibility that she would be arrested by the Apartheid government. Thus, she never came back to South …
BiographyRustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu
Rustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu, also known as Parsi Rustomjee (or “Kakaji”) was born in India in August 1861. He arrived in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) at…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at boxing and shared his love of the sport with his son, Thembekile. He enjoyed … the forging of a broad-based non…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… Statesman at the time, I have no recollection of either his arrest nor indeed of the Rivonia Trial and I certainly … and by a twist of fate became…
BiographySolomon David Lion
… Lion, was expelled from Basutoland to the Union after his religious sect was banned. The Sechaba-sa-Batung … which caused “a good deal of concern to the…
ArchiveMandela's release - what a day this was in our history
… We persuaded Alan (Boesak, a priest and leading anti-Apartheid activist) and Archbishop Tutu to lead people on a march to District Six, where we told ……
Matthews Mabelane
… On 15 February 1977 Mr Matthews Mabelane,aged 23,fell to his death from the tenth floor of John Vorster … ferrying young activists to Botswana.A police…
BiographyStephen Zelwane Nkadimeng
… meeting, the prison superintendent summoned Nkadimengto his office and asked him to provide the names of those … It was feared that the peace that resulted…
BiographySiphiwe Tshabalala
… the prestigious Kaizer Chiefs academy. He finished off his youth career at Mamelodi Sundowns before beginning his professional career in 2003. Siphiwe…