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ArchiveReview since last Conference
… The letter from Desmond Tutu to SACC regarding the review of the conference about the …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both his parents were over two metres tall. Bol himself was 2.31 m tall. Like most boys in his community,…
BiographyTsepo Tiisetso Letlaka
… Letlaka was born in 1925 in the Transkei,Cofimvaba, where his parents were both teachers, he studied at St. John's … leaders during the Defiance Campaign ,…
BiographyGilbert Hani
… killing a policeman. He was hated by Matanzima because of his opposition to Bantustans. He was banished because he was … Mafikeng in Mafeteng, Lesotho and…
ArchivePaper delivered at the Annual Meeting of Diakonia on March 25, 1980
… Article containing a paper delivered by Archbishop Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of …
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… five years since Canon John Collins passed away. With his departure, many of us lost a dear friend. As a people, we … a dependable ally in the struggle to…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… She was approached by security policeman to spy on anti-apartheid comrades. She spoke to Bishop Kevin Dowling, and …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… urging maximum co-operation and unity in opposing apartheid legislation. October, The executive of the … first national organiser, John Nkadimeng , be…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… casualties were Americans, making it the single greatest American loss of lives at sea during World War II. Due to … was largely forgotten. Finally, some 60…
BiographyAllan Kirkland Soga
… first African in South Africa to be ordained a minister. His mother was a Scot, and he was educated in the Cape and in … labour bureau agent and a road…
This doccie about a SA photographer is worth the watch by Garreth Van Niekerk (channel24), 28 May 2017
… South African lensman David Goldblatt has turned his camera away from himself, focusing rather on the changing … From his childhood in Randfontein, to his…
Robben Island
… explorer, 'discovered' the island in 1488 when he anchored his ship in Table Bay. Before 1652, In place of dealings with … homeless, alcoholics, people who…
BiographyDr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
… Natal and was elected as its Secretary. After completing his studies at the University of Natal, he became a Senior …
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
… driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the …
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… almost any white person involving themselves in the anti-apartheid effort. Through an examination of Burger’s Daughter … by the black man of the need to…
BiographyBeauclerk Upington
… Cape Town, and Trinity College, Dublin. After completing his legal studies, he was admitted as an attorney at the Cape … division. In 1919 he resigned from…
BiographyMzwangedwa Mlaba
… Mzwangedwa Mlaba allegedly campaigned to be the Chief of his community in the Camperdown District, Natal [now … but the community voted for another chief…
BiographySipho Mutsi
… to Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein, where he died. His family called for an inquest, as they did not believe the … death to be a brain haemorrhage, the…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… the age of 16 a Zulu boy would be taken into the forest by his father where he would cut his own stick from the trees. By the time the boy reaches … HM, 2002…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the exclusive golf resort of … Ceremonies was the recently appointed 46664…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… missionary schools as a boy. He wanted to continue his education overseas in an era when higher education was … but thanks to a combination of determination,…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… laws and if we could detach whites from supporting the apartheid system we would help the process of liberation from … laws. George played a leading role…
ArchiveYou will bite the dust!
… Speech delivered by Archbishop Tutu at St Geoge's Cathedral in Cape Town at an inter-faith …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… at Kempton Park in December 1991 and then through the work of the Constitutional Assembly between 1994 and 1996 – … however, the reconciliation policies of…
The Polly Street Era
… Germany for a period of five years. Finally he returned to work and teach in Sophiatown. Sekoto on the other hand paid his own way to Paris but due to…
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… Zimbabwean born golfer, Nick Price beat American golf icon, Tiger Woods in the 1998 Nedbank Million … It was Price’s third win of the tournament, having won…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… then and George Bizos, a school friend, was still in his early career. These were not exactly halcyon years – far … from speaking or attending meetings or…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… Nkrumah was as president and how Ghanaians welcomed his overthrow. Yet, I had no clue what was going on, and I … Ghana in December 1957, which was…
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
… they conspired on how to fight these policies. Tyaliti and his co-conspirators were charged with employing ‘insulting … Nkosiyane and Anderson Ganyile …
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… Council, on which Biko also served. “As you say his name, I see Steve smiling, lanky, in a sports jacket, he … to jol all the time, any excuse for a party…