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BiographyPaul Konings
… book, The Brotherhoods: Street Gangs and State Controls . His photographs were also published in Estate Wines of …
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… Lindiwe returned to South Africa and resumed work as personal assistant to Dr. Jacob Zuma and thereafter …
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… make arrangements for their care, (and) wind up her work ... There was, of course, no trial, no public hearing … the book, Forgotten People - Political…
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… Commission (TRC) chairperson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, released documents revealing an alleged plot by Western … landing in Zambia, killing them instantly…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
… of the London Chamber of Commerce in Bombay prior to his arrival. After arriving in Durban he founded a customs … 1908, along with Parsee Rustomjee and…
BiographyMark Shinners
… students together. He became chairman of ASUSA in 1962 at his high school, Hofmeyer High School. As chairperson, he … addressing problems at the school…
BiographyJeremiah Moraka
… Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, … Transkei, Eastern Province [now…
BiographyWilliam Sinclair Winship
… in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a few months old, his parents moved to Mpwapwa, Tanzania, before settling in … specialist and a distinguished scholar,…
Luke Mazwembe
… September 1976. He was reported to have been found dead in his cell at Caledon Square police station,Cape Town,the same … the post-mortem report Mr Mazwembe…
BiographyTheophilus Tshangela
… received information that he was on a death list, he moved his partner and six children to a safe house and then observed his home being burnt down. He…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… Origins One of the defining moments in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa was the Sharpeville Massacre and … its formation, the NCL recognised…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
… was growing up. He learned to read and write after winning his Gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics, 1996. He started as a … player and in 1990 started running…
Doing Oral History
… disadvaniged school. Hopefully this booklet, the result of work done during the mentioned workshop, will assist in … lbe linked with relative ease to the…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… the position of President of the ANC despite having served his two terms as President of South Africa. Attaining the … of the state. In government it…
BiographyJohannes Matlala
… In relating his story of banishment to Helen Joseph , Johannes Matlala … Soon after, he was again arrested and banished, from his original residence at…
BiographyXego Michael
… Mike Xego started his political career in youth politics. He was a member of … a member of the African National Congress (ANC). After his release on 20…
BiographyTheodore B. Lujiza
Theodore B. Lujiza was born in 1886 and educated at Lovedale, he was working in a bank in East London when Clements Kadalie arrived there to establish a branch…
BiographyC. S. Mabaso
C. S. Mabaso was born and educated in Natal and worked at various times as a teacher, a shopkeeper, and a clerk. For about 20 years he also was the secretary…
BiographyKgalabi Jafta Masemola
… Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He lost both his parents at an early age and was raised by his sister. The family moved to Marabastad and then…
Nicodemus Kgoathe
… in Pretoria,where he died on 4th of February.During his stay in hospital,he was treated for lung and kidney … arranged for him to be admitted to hospital…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… languages, together with English, during South Africa’s Apartheid era, often occupies a politicised space as the ‘ … are Coloured people. [7] Indeed, there…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… as chairman of the board for more than three decades until his death in 1952. In so doing, he achieved his initial goal, which was to stabilise the wine…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
… make arrangements for their care, (and) wind up her work ... There was, of course, no trial, no public hearing … the book, Forgotten People - Political…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… man of the southern African Barolong tribe stood at the American border near Niagara Falls holding Canadian passport … to issue him a phony passport is lost…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… in January 1911. But they were brutally forced back to work by police and white miners. Many were jailed under the … to die. Miners soon distributed a…
BiographyMngqingo Pikani
… of the Paramount Chief (PC). Govan Mbeki writes in his book, The Peasants Revolt, that‘one man by the name of Mngqingo (Pikani) turned his backside to Botha…
BiographyTwalimfene Joyi
… (ANC) members in Pietermaritzburg. On completion of his 5-year sentence, Mr Joyi was banned and restricted to … 1976 and that sometime after this he had…
BiographyAlfred Msutu
… other alleged misconduct,’ and, between 1933 and 1952 for his stance of non-cooperation with the authorities led to … demanded that Msutu pledge an oath that…
Amos Ndwalane
… National Congress (ANC) in 1990, was allowed out of his hospital bed for two hours on Friday (3 May 2019) so that … seven days before he was scheduled to be…
BiographyErnest Mamashila
… 16 November 1976 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act.His wife was told that he was being held at the Brakpan … a successful coal merchant and owned a…