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BiographyEric Miller
… various aspects of the transformation process in South Africa, as well as travelling extensively across Africa on assignment for various European…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
… Violet Weinberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from … her future husband, Eli Weinberg , who also fled to…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… liberation struggle that would resonate with all of South Africa’s oppressed. At the July 1971 conference, SASO invited … of history and political…
BiographyArthur Maimane
… which was also known as the Black Eton of South Africa. Oliver Tambo taught Maimane Maths before becoming a … black staffers at Reuters. Reuters sent him to…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… was born on 24 October 1958 in KwaZulu- Natal , South Africa. She has been writing and performing on stage and … rural schools. Her work has received awards…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
… And Night Fell: Memoirs of a Political Prisoner in South Africa (1983) which was published in London. In London, Pheto … and as a result found it difficult…
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
… 1961 Asa married Yusuf who had followed her back to South Africa from India. Together they had a daughter and then a … India, Bibi and her family fought hard…
ArchiveSouth African Students Congress
… SASCO poster. Red circle containing green map of Africa superimposted with black hand holding pen and open …
BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
… champion of the cause of the oppressed masses of South Africa.” After his appointment as Head of the ANC mission to … community aware of the wrongdoings of…
BiographyDenis Mayer
… Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to South Africa from England in the 1890s to seek his fortune on the … Mayer saw service in the South African…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… slave traders who had scoured the coasts of West and East Africa for slaves and ruined the lives of millions of … Africans in the Diaspora and on the mother…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… Moreover, the gold had to be re-imported into South Africa and then be converted into banknotes again. The … reason the Gold Conference was convened to…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Brickfields Housing Development, at the Newtown Cultural Precinct, Johannesburg, on 12 August 2005.
… Booysen, Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American South Africa, Lazarus Zim, Distinguished guests, Ladies and … of bringing a better life to all the people of…
BiographyPitika Ntuli
… to which resulted in him being exiled from South Africa. He arrived in the UK in 1978, after having spent a … arts center that promoted the arts and culture…
BiographyMannie Manim
… imprints in the arts and entertainment industry in South Africa and globally. His involvement in the arts industry … first South African productions of…
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… interrupted when she was arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 13 June 1976. She eventually obtained both her BA … other political organisations,…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… the African Yearly Register, a Who’s Who of Black folks in Africa produced in 1932 by TD Mweli Skota, Dhlomo was … Dhlomo warned against the import of…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… Mbuli’s reputation within the artistic community of South Africa as well as his relationship with several top ANC … also wrote and narrated a history of…
BiographyJillian Edelstein
… Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she … a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She returned…
BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
… way for the formation of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Together with T.C. Rutherford* and D. … Murray fully supported TUCSA's efforts to…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the … preparations for a new democratic…
BiographyHilary Mutch
… at the time. Later in 1943 the family moved back to South Africa. Claire went to Johannesburg's Roedean school before … This was a period of heightened…
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
… Movement , later to be renamed the Unity Movement of South Africa (UMSA). After graduating with a teaching diploma, … Undeterred he organised for the…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). One of the people that helped him with his … out to bid him farewell. Tutu then…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… Treason trial. He wrote a book, Political Trials in South Africa, 1976-1979, based on this work, and contributed a … held at York University, and the…
BiographyElsa Joubert
… Joubert’s works are mainly inspired by the continent of Africa, in which she has travelled extensively. Very early on … society. In that novel, Joubert chose…
Potlako Leballo
… he successfully appealed for permission to leave South Africa. In August 1962 he went to Maseru, where he and other … York to petition for United Nations…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama Africa' or the 'Empress of African Song', Makeba's music … starred in the anti-apartheid documentary…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is memorable … of Venda that her mother entered her for…
BiographyAlbert Nzula
… and came into contact with the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , which he joined in August 1928. His striking … Trade Unions. Shortly thereafter he…