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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…
BiographySaul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini
… Mashinini was born to Johannes and Catherine. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he was very quiet and more helpful … which was noticeable at an early age…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
… it was easier to be White in South Africa in those days. His parents were never married and he was considered an … left arm bowler (with a dangerous china…
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 ……
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
… He was 10 years old when, one bitterly cold night, his mother told him to put more coal in the stove. Disobeying … a torch, causing life-threatening burns…
BiographyAndries (General China) Chamile
Born in 1900, Johannesburg Chamile worked as a labourer. He was a member of the Newclare branch of African National Congress which he joined during the…
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 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…
BiographyKlass Makhosana Mahlangu
… the title of Prince within the Zulu community. Because of his prominent position against the independence movement in … enemy of the cause. He was also a…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… and a report is presented on 5 November. At this time his survey includes 748 stands in two consolidated areas … for the housing of Black citizens who live…
BiographyDora Taylor
… there was a possibility that she would be arrested by the Apartheid government. Thus, she never came back to South …
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…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… leaders and chiefs in South Africa. It seeks to work with the South African government, which is currently … and the undermining of traditional leadership…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… culture. Secondly, the essay will show how the legacy of apartheid has normalised violence and entrenched mistrust of … is meant by the term ‘sexual violence…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… T.D. Mweli Skota , secretary-general of the ANC, presents his report where he described 1929 as the worst year because … publication as an ANC organ. 7…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and … its formation, the NCL recognised…
BiographyColleen Lombard
… Lombard (previously known as Colleen Rayson), an anti-apartheid activist, former political detainee, and treason … Ntanzi, Hope. (2025). Anti-apartheid…