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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…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… at the Iscor state steel company, just outside the South African capital. A large mechanical shovel scooped up and … profession which connived in the book…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… confrontation with the Government was between 1953 and 1955, regarding Bantu education. Various churches and … to the Government, the members of our Church…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… in South Africa . Not only did Luthuli become the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but it was also … the boycott of buses in Montgomery ,…
BiographyS. Mac Lepolesa
… the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national … From Protest to challenge: A…
BiographyLionel Mxolisi Majombozi
… One of the group of African medical students at the University of the Witwatersrand who participated in the founding of the African National Congress Youth…
BiographyPeter Kaya Selepe
… , Selepe was born in 1919 and served in the South African army in World War II , attaining the rank of … He was a member of the Springbok Legion and of the …
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
… to the Non-European Conferences, and in 1943 he aided the African National Congress (ANC) in preparing evidence for a …
BiographyJonas Dinous Matlou
… north of Johannesburg. He became an early member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) when it was …
BiographyAnton van Wouw
… on 20 November 1862. He is regarded as the father of South African sculpture. He decided to move to the developing city …
BiographyDavid Lurie
… & Arts Council of Great Britain awards. Exhibitions 'South African Photographs': 1990 [toured UK] 'Working the Surface …
BiographyKim Ludbrook
… in one day. He has also gained awards at the Fuji South African Press Photographer of the year and had his Biker …
BiographyThys Dullaart
… document the state of negligence by the families of South African elderly people and has sustained a solid personal …
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… In 1935 he launched his own newspaper, the short-lived African Liberator. In 1946 he was among 52 people charged …
ArticleDrum Magazine
… that were taking place among the new urban Black South African – African, Indian and Coloured – communities. The magazine … best photographers; and Peter…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… She was brought up as a Roman Catholic but grew to embrace African-centred belief systems, including notions of how … a Ford Foundation research fellow. She…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… Western Cape town northeast of the famous South African harbour city. Supporters of the liberal South African party of General Jan Smuts , his parents…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… another society, namely, the good society. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which was reconstituted later into the African National…
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
… was selected as a representative for the all schools South African cricket team in both 1986 and 1987. His made his … the Free State. Cronje made his Test…
BiographyTemba D. A. Mqota
… in 1928, Temba D. A. Mqota was a student. He joined the African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian … the Laundry Workers' Union in Port…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
… Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on … marathons to support his poor family. He won the…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… of land in the northern Transvaal was actually inimical to African interest because in many areas better land was being … was banned while serving on the…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Native Affairs Act was yet another spin-off of the South African Native Affairs Commission report of 1905. It paved … The bonus doubled in 1931, and finally…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… almost upon arrival he became a member of the Transvaal African Teachers Association that enlisted most teachers in … ANC Secretary. In the same year, Bopape…
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
… during his employment there, Mamagobo joined the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), eventually becoming … In 1958, at the age of 25, Mamagobo…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… State judge.The Fischers were a sixth-generation South African family. Percy's father was Abram Fischer, a highly … less unorthodox.In 1943 he helped A. B…
BiographyVivienne Ncakeni
… became one of the most outspoken members of the Transvaal African Teachers\' Association, serving on the TATA executive … and speaker at some of the…