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BiographyEli Weinberg
… 1929 he arrived in Cape Town. Weinberg stayed in South Africa until 1976, and considered himself a South African. … Weinberg joined the then legal Communist…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… , South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age … Masekela mastered the trumpet and went…
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… for his dissertation ‘Inconvertible paper money in South Africa’ in 1922, and a PhD in 1924 for his thesis ‘Currency development in South Africa’. In 1925…
BiographySheila Weinberg
… to the building of non-racial democracy in South Africa. In 1929, Weinberg’s father came to South Africa from Latvia, after the First World War and the … of…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… nationalism and racial pride, the speaker first dealt with Africa as a continent. He mentioned that it was the mother … other races which could only live in…
ArchiveReg September - Liberated African
Constitution: South African Students' Or
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was … to be one of the best schools in southern and central Africa…
Investing in African Mining Indaba
… the capitalization and development of mining interests in Africa. …
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
… Cape Colony. Laubser went on to become on of South Africa's most renowned South African painters. During her … in Berlin, and soon after returning to South…
BiographyChief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
… Great Synagogue, Manchester (1933-37). He came to South Africa in 1937 and on 30 June 1945 he was appointed the Chief … and his duties covered the Cape and…
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
… in the United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and South Africa. After matriculating in 1949 at Kingsmead College in … helping to bridge the gap and create a more…
ArchiveSouthern African Cuba Solidarity Conference
… and Fidel Castro. Black border. Logo for Cuba - Southern Africa Solidarity Conference. …
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
… and he was due for release in 1983. On his return to South Africa, Cronin taught at the University of Cape Town and with … he went into hiding, then in late…
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of eight children. At the age of 17, … leather factory. . He joined the…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… scholarship of £30 per annum. The University of South Africa (UNISA) also awarded him a two-year scholarship of … drawing up a document called the African…
ArchiveMeeting between the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa and Mr Silvino da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde: Pretoria, 16 August 1984
… Government in promoting a peaceful settlement in southern Africa … Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa and Mr Silvino da Luz,…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… being sent to India and families being sent to South Africa. They went by train to Suez and travelled on the Ile de France to Durban. Father and son arrived…
EventSA to host future Pan African Parliament
… (AU) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, selected South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African Parliament … Midrand. The facilities would be constructed…
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
… September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British Independent Labour Party as an Advisor … He was the author of Race and…
BiographyJonas Dinous Matlou
… for exiles going north to escape arrest in South Africa or to train as members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the … law until returning to Botswana in 1985, then…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… the political, social and economic processes surrounding Africa’s growing and diversifying cities. The Academy aims to … narrow empiricism that characterizes…
BiographyTiyo Soga
… important literary influence in nineteenth century South Africa after the Bible (which he, too, played a large part in …
Decolonising African Museums - What does it mean?
… The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) presents a talk by Emery Patrick Effiboley, … Research Fellow, Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa/Wits Art…
BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
… following the signing of the Nkomati Accord between South Africa and Mozambique. The ANC appointed him the deputy … He held this position until 1991 when he…
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… Duma Nokwe and Helen Joseph suggested that she leave South Africa to study overseas and after a few years return to a free South Africa. At the end of…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
… travelling around Europe in 1975 and then to South West Africa (now Namibia) as a research volunteer, he joined a … reflect a disappearing cultural heritage…
BiographyGill Marcus
… in London when her parents decided to leave South Africa in 1969. She resumed work with the ANC in 1970 when … to stay in touch with political developments…
Twelve African leaders issue “A Call for African Unity”.
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
… In 1945 he was involved with the communist Party of South Africa's Anti-Pass Campaign. The ADP allied with James … bannings and the formation of the Republic…