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Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992
Contents Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks... Chapter 3 - Historical…
Mondli Gungubele, trade unionist and MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture, Gauteng Provincial Government 1999-, is bor
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
Mr. Chairman, Esteemed Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Ministers and fellow delegates, Comrades leaders of the liberation movements, Ladies…
BiographyCharles Templeman Loram
Charles Templeman Loram was born in Pietermaritzburg in May 10 in 1879. He studied at Cambridge,University of Cape Town and at Columbia University, where he…
BiographyOscar Hollander
Oscar Hollander was born in Cologne, Germany, 1864. He lived in SA from 1889; date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who apparently…
BiographyHerschelle Herman Gibbs
Herschelle Gibbs, multi-talented South African cricketer, was born at Green Point in Cape Town on 23 February 1974. He completed his secondary education at…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
Jacob Dumdum Nyaose was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu seaman who belonged to the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union…
BiographyT W Thibedi
Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, according…
The New Generation
A significant challenge to state policy as regards the visual arts was undertaken at The State of Art in South Africa Conference held in 1979 at the University…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
Africa has produced a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert themselves as writers, both on a national and international scale…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and coloured…
Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The…
BiographyElijah Thomas Zondi
Elijah Thomas Zondi was born on 22 October 1917 in Pietermaritzburg to Thomas Zondi, an evangelist and Bellinah Mchunu. He attended the Burnside Community…
The Detention Weapon
… year with the exceptions of 1970,1972 to 1975,1979, and 1989. During the 1960s there was a period of 6 years in which … • 1984 - 6 • 1985 - 10 • 1986 - 5 •…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… affiliated to the National Council of Trade Unions, and in 1989 he became the assistant general secretary of MEWUSA, …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… government measures merely fuelled the struggle fires. In 1989, amid momentous global changes marked by the fall of the … the Apartheid government appeared…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… of the majority of the South African people. In 1989 the General Assembly adopted the "Declaration on … General Assembly 6th plenary meeting, 14 December…
BiographyFrank Wiles
Frank Wiles was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles. Prior to his arrival in SA…
BiographySheila Cussons
Sheila Cussons was born at the Moravian Missionary Station near Piketberg, Western Cape. She matriculated at Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria, Transvaal (now…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
ArchiveVerdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986
Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National…
Rafique Mayet
Rafique (Rafs) Mayet was born in 1955 in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). Mayet matriculated in Durban and worked at various jobs since completing school,…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… indictment alone ran to 386 pages, took place from 1985 to 1989, taking a long time to reach its conclusion. The length … appeal, and all the defendants were…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
Comrade Daniel Ortega, President of the Republic of Nicaragua and Coordinator of the Executive Commission of the National Directorate of the Sandinista…
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sprag gets 25 years, Argus, 6 November 1986
ArchiveStatements to the police by Ms Sekanka on 1 September 1981 and Zahed Patel on 14 August 1981
Reginald Mabuza
Died of natural causes in Angola on 11 November 1983
ArchiveTimetable for Sasol's day of destruction, The Star, 4 June 1980
Police hunt saboteurs as workers clear debris, The Star, 3 June 1980