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BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… By this time, Nyawose, Ivan Pillay (presently Acting South African Revenue Services Commissioner) and his brother Dhaya … Pillay, had been drawn by Sunny…
BiographyMoses Ndlovu
… exposed to trade unionism. After he was recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) in the mid 1960s, his first … that sector-based affiliates of the…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… has persisted to the present day. The end of the South African war resulted in renewed economic activity, and in the … as they were known, were allocated for…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… focuses on the disadvantaged economic situation of the African racial group, comparing them to the White racial group. Analysis of the Coloured and Asian…
BiographyThemba Thomas Mazibuko
… Orlando West High School and became a member of the South African Student Movement (SASM). In 1974 as a member of SASM … comrade Sol Ndlovu. It was here that…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Steadville is an African township situated in Ladysmith/Emnambithi, … at a grassroots level leading up to the Freedom Charter in 1955 and played a major role…
BiographyJohn Marinus Ferus
… soldier, was born on 8 February 1940. He joined the South African Coloured Peoples Congress (SACPO) at the age of 19. … Ferus died in a car accident in 1981…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… Apartheid and took an active role in opposing the South African government of the time. More recently Robert Kaplan, … into a middle class Afrikaner family…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), … whom many had considered to be the greatest…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
… where the Congress of the People took place on June 26th, 1955. It is also most appropriate that this venerable … in it, black and white, united in their…
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
… Dlomo joined the African National Congress (ANC ) at Chesterville in Durban … Mxenge and others began discussion on reviving the South African Congress of…
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… In April 1955 the vaccine for Poliomyelitis developed by Dr. Jonas …
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… Belafonte, Stokley Carmichae Miriam Makeba was a South African singer who dedicated her life to fighting for civil … In 1954 Makeba performed for the leaders…
BiographyLex Mpati
… Union, which was affiliated with the non-racial South African Rugby Union, based in Kimberley. He played in centre … Districts Rugby Union. He has also…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… under Dr. John Dube , the founding President of the South African Native National Council After only two terms at … intermediate school in Blaauwbosch, Natal…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… Pretoria where he was awarded a scholarship by the South African Defence Force (SADF). Levin was vocally right-wing … the state. No efforts till then had…
BiographyVicky Sampson
… South Africa. It was used as the theme song for the 1996 African Cup of Nations; a tournament in which Sampson … opening and closing ceremonies. Bafana…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
… (NECC) from 1987 to 1989 and a Chairperson of South African Democratic Teachers Union from 1988 to 1991. Mabuza … Mabuza was also serving as a regional…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… for Drum readers back home and broadcasting for the African Service of the BBC. In 1961 he published an … He was relieved to be able to take his family back…
BiographyIsmail Mahomed
… Street Pretoria on 25 July 1931, a second generation South African of Indian descent and first born child of devoutly … for many political activists and…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… on himself and family. The names of SACP, NIC and African National Congress (ANC) stalwarts adorn the roads of … and came to be part of the ‘Congress…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… artists to the City. Her donations also included South African works by artists such as Pieter Wenning, Frans … artworks was accommodated in the Pretoria…
South Africa's political landscape, as visual poetry: Haunting images have understated, dry elegance by Mark Feeney, 20 February 2011
… American space that contains them. Goldblatt records South African light even more than South African space: how hard and unforgiving it is — and also how, ……
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… and better governed than many contemporary European and Asian polities. 15 The question of Musa's personal wealth has … to his subjects, most of whom…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950 the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South Africa, the Indian Congress and…
BiographyGovin Reddy
… run in with apartheid authorities. When the then south African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated in … teacher at the prestigious, mission…
BiographyMaboza Mackay
… Member of the Pan African Congress …
Amos Ndwalane
… the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990, was allowed out of … on April 25 1983. He was saved by the…
Robert Mokxotho Matji
… He became an active trade union activist, and joined the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). One of the chief…
BiographyDr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
… he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the South African Sports Commission. He was appointed the …