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BiographyThomas Mbeki
… Little is known of his background except that he was Xhosa-speaking and born … (ICU) in the Transvaal in late 1924, Mbeki became one of his principal…
BiographyDonald Thumamina Mboto
… and had not yet secured formal employment at the time of his passing. A gentle and considerate person, Mboto became … in the water at the St. Michaels Beach…
BiographyMichael Matlala
… (‘Mikia’) Matlala took part in Wold War 1. According to his family, he was banished, from Matlala's Location, … wild animals,’ as it was near Kruger National…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… accounts now published by those involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, Norman Levy’s substantial memoir stands … Congress of Democrats. He provides a…
BiographyMeshach Pelem
… the interests of African voters in the eastern Cape. Until his death in 1936 Pelem remained a representative of …
BiographyCyprian Mpho Shilakoe
… 1946 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal. Shilakoe spent his childhood on an isolated mission station at Buchbeesreich …
BiographyEsme Bodenstein
… in Pretoria Central Prison twice in 20 years before his release in 1985, following which he joined her in the …
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
… personal and political reasons”, but that he would retain his ordinary membership of the Congress. He returned to South … to serve as an ANC representative…
BiographyWinston Field
… in office from 17 December 1962 to 13 April 1964. During his time in office, Britain had maintained that it would not … had tricked him over promises of…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
… I will not become chief unless the Kgotla acclaims me.’ His banishment order noted that he was arrested during April … there was ‘peace and good cooperation’…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna Hendrina Strydom. Johanna Scheepers was … 1949. Scheepers also was stepmother to…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… The apartheid era was characterised by different resistances such … They were paid R4000 a month. They also do indispensable work, driving the heavy…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… most influential black leaders for the majority of his long and remarkable life. Yet he occupied an anomalous position within the politics of the anti…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… in the number of Africans migrating to cities to find work in the war-driven manufacturing expansion. Football … (1950s) After the Second World War and the…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… as he had said similar statements. Mohamed continued to work to get bail for the accused, and was repeatedly refused. … deny making speeches where they…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… left them with a false ideology that dominated the work they undertook, undermined their original vision and led … Smuts made it possible for General Hertzog…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… to import political exiles from the East Indies to work as slaves in the Cape Colony. The Malays waiting for the … doctrine of "Khalwatiyyah", which he had…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… unavoidable obligations from being with us today. It was his intention, on the eve of the seventieth anniversary of … hope that under his able leadership…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the … migrant labourers, who were forced to travel elsewhere to work…
BiographyJohn Smith Moffat
… in 1858 and also married Emily Unwin the same year. His father settled him at Inyati in 1859, where he lived for … Matabeleland in 1859. In 1865 he took over…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… most notable being that of Arch Bishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, who in 2007 was made the National Spokesperson for … are so many things that are pulling us…
EventAndre Botha, South Africa’s bodyboarding champion saves a life
… world champion.[ii] On 8 December 2015, Andre rescued an American surfer by the name of Evan Geiselmann from drowning … Evan Geiselmann was rendered…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) defiantly rejected apartheid and found resonance among black workers and the … he was denied letters of recommendation…
Aaron Khoza
… himself. According to medical evidence at the inquest into his death the cause of death was asphyxia as a result of … was no glass in the window .Major…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… look at how they interact with a broader range of anti-apartheid NGOs and then how they all interact with the mass … staff so I was the only person who…
V - The Funeral
… reasonably peaceful exchange', said the Rt. Revd. Desmond Tutu, Anglican Bishop of Lesotho, leading a group of black … man, he was a good father, but above…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… and he arrived at 10.00 am on Wednesday the 8th to see his daughter. He spent the entire day with Le Rona and … and again we all clapped saying it was…
BiographySheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
… set up to investigate four organisations flagged by the apartheid government. These included NUSAS, the University … Available at: https://search…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… the central business district of Durban. He then walked to his home in Sydenham as the last tramcar had long departed. … translators are not particularly…
BiographyVictor Nkosi
… Nkosi, Victor Nkosi’s father, was accused of encouraging his followers to “squat” on South African Development Trust land adjoining his area in Matsulu,…