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BiographyBarbara Anne Hogan
… became involved in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) talks that ushered in a democratic South Africa. Hogan became one of the leading…
BiographyJoe Nzingo Gqabi
… degree by correspondence from the University of South Africa. In 1961 he went into exile to join the newly formed … company of a group of MK recruits and…
BiographyJean Clarice Middleton
… the door of Jean Middleton's flat in Johannesburg , South Africa, in July 1964, she shredded a document and flushed it … was one of a small group of white…
BiographyRica Hodgson
… mobilised against the rising threat of fascism in South Africa. She joined the Communist Party in 1946 and in 1953 … the Johannesburg branch of the Defence…
Janet Burnside Soga
… Glasgow on 27 February 1857. They sailed for South Africa on 18 April 1857, accompanied by Revd Robert Johnston … Scotland to be treated for paralysis,…
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… Mumbai, India, for five years. The family arrived in South Africa from India in 1958. He completed his primary education … Tim Jenkins who had made their way…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
… the chief coordinator of the visual art committee in South Africa for assisting artists to attend the Culture and … since the First Democratic Elections held…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he … and striving for a just and democratic…
BiographyBarry “Anderson” Richards
… batsman. His blossoming career coincided with South Africa on the verge of international isolation due to … of Sheffield. Richards played in four tests…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
… accompanied her father on diplomatic trips in Europe and Africa, and developed an avid interest in current affairs. … of the marginalised and disadvantaged…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 5: South Africas fir
… in Cape Town. Photographs and history of artisans in South Africa. Artwork of the new South African flag. …
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the constitution … women I will briefly outline the…
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… for ‘steadfast and self-sacrificing services in South Africa for justice and peace'. His passport, which had been … admitted to the Nederduitse Gereformeerde…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… She did not agree with British imperialism in South Africa or with the South African (Anglo-Boer) War 1899-1902 … which attacked British imperialism and…
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s second world class athlete after Laurens S Meintjes.[ii] He represented South Africa at…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… MK cadres at the time, he also planned to leave South Africa for military training abroad. During this period, he … for recruits into Mozambique and their re…
Move from Condemnation to Confrontation of Apartheid and Colonialism - Statement in Committee II of the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 11 April 1973
… Against Ian Smith, the evidence is mounting. Inside South Africa, too, there is confrontation. It is important that … missing in those areas of the struggle,…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
… Mxenge.” Mabizela then enrolled at University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria in 1961 to continue with his … Union before returning to work for the ANC…
ArchiveThe African Peoples Democratic Union of Sout
… of the African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA), held in Cape Town in April 1962. Items in …
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… Air services were inaugurated in South Africa with the amalgamation of a London-based company, the … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern…
ArticleFor Freedom and Equality - Celebrating Women in South African History Booklet
Ministers in the 2004 National Assembly of the South African Parliament
Ministers in the 1999 National Assembly of the South African Parliament
Speech of Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African Nationa Congress
ArticleA visual archive of letters from South African Police to Walter sisulu
Documents, books and further readings pertaining to South African Communist Party
BiographyShaun Maclean Pollock
… his father Peter and Uncle Graeme represented South Africa. By the age of 11 he was excelling at various sports. …
BiographyPansy Tlakula
… the patriarchal system that still persists in South Africa, where a large number of women still live under … Council and Advocate of the supreme court of…
BiographyRev. Mzwandile Maqina
… church in Port Elizabeth,the Spiritualist Church of Africa.In 1971 he was elected president of the African …
Lionel Morrison
… of the accused in the Treason Trial. After leaving South Africa, he joined the Pan Africanist Congress in exile and …