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BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
… banishment order was served by a colonel of the South African police, escorted by several vanloads of armed police. … served as the chairperson of the…
BiographyMangaliso Patrick Mkhatshwa
… to December 1976, when he was the secretary of South African Bishops Conference, as well as the newly appointed …
BiographyMuntu Myeza
… in student political activities and joined the South African Students Organization (SASO). In July 1973 at the …
BiographyJohannes Maswanganyi
… Germany. 1986: Standard Bank Foundation Collection of African Art, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. …
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… was involved in the formation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), a body that united trade …
BiographySindiwe Magona
… Magona is one of many internationally prominent South African writers whose work is informed by her experience of …
BiographyMohamed Hajee Joosub
… Pretoria by ox-wagon in the company of several Dutch and African travellers. With only a few pounds in his pocket he …
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… publicised wedding was attended by the A-list of South African celebrities. This included Dr Nelson Mandela and his …
BiographyIan Mkhize
… Education in Pietermaritzburg. Mkhize was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) but when the ANC was banned …
BiographyElsie Nair
… Garment Workers' Union, an initiative of the South African Trade Unions (SACTU), in opposition to the then …
BiographyMary Maria Burton
… went on a skiing trip in Austria, where she met her South African husband Geoffrey Burton.The couple married in Brazil …
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… and independent churches. The first European-style African organisation to emerge in Natal was the unamalungelo … prejudice towards the Africans won her the…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
… the Fitzsimons tradition as the foremost southern African snake authorities. As a schoolboy, Vivian attended …
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
… and fellow Merebank activist, Vis Pillay (Ivan) into the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa. Following … of equipment. On the morning of 30…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
… leaders participated in the founding conference of the African National Congress in Bloemfontein, 98 years ago. At … loyalty it is conceivable that he may…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… weekend. For half a century the probing gaze of the South African photographer David Goldblatt has been trained on the … the overt display of big feelings,…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Sweden and other countries and put pressure on the South African government to dismantle apartheid. With the … spun into the following decade, the 1970s…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… Council. It goes on to provide for the division of the African population into eight "ethnic units- (the so-called … all rights over and responsibilities In…
BiographyJacob Mpemba
… nothing done by the Government except evils,’ and that ‘an African cannot walk on the pavement inJohannesburg. If the …
BiographyJabulani Sikhakhane
… the Head of Communications and spokesperson of the South African Reserve Bank. Mr Sikhakhane has received several …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… Abdurahman's younger brothers. It was, as president of the African Political Organisation (APO) that Abdurahman made his … of the Coloured community…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
… A couple of days following the Erfdeel test, the South African Press Association (SAPA) flashed more exhilarating …
PlaceWestern Sahara
… zone. Further Spanish penetration was hindered by French claims to Mauritania and by partisans of the Sheikh, who … was further complicated by newly…
PlacePageview
… former residents have tried for years to get their land claims settled, the process is finally moving. Sam Rikhotso, … Manager at the Joburg Property Company…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… of colonists. The younger Brand was educated at the South African College, the precursor to the University of Cape … In 1858 he was appointed professor of…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… an active role in the Woodstock branch of the South African Communist Party. Denis and his older brother Allan … had been established to put pressure on the…
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… an open graduation. In 1962, the Unity Movement formed the African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa … early 1960s APDUSA was the only legal…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… under Smuts with the indictment of the leaders of the African Mineworkers Union and members of the CPSA, and … charges of sedition was directly related to…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… in Johannesburg. On the surface these were not far-fetched claims. After all, these coloured communities have produced …
BiographyViacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
… bear the imprints of Comrade Ivan’s connection with the African National Congress (ANC) as a liberation movement. … participant in the activities organised…