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Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… he comments that South Africans have been resisting apartheid admirably; he points to the industrial action and … Moscow. 1975 June, Dadoo pays tribute to…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… the Nationalist Party victory and the imple- mentation of Apartheid in 1948, the ANC launched the Programme of Action … the president-general on 16 October…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… grew up in Zeerust, North West Province, and completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A … (DRC) as he was opposed to their…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… taken away from us so soon, when there is still so much work of Renewal and Imvuselelo lying ahead. Our dear sister … Chilly was not a coward. Like many…
EventMinister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies
… Former Transkei Prime Minister and Minister of Public Work Stella Sigcau died at Durban's St Augustine Hospital at … died of a recurring heart problem. In…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would depend on how the reader defines … laws to protect them. If the slave…
Bibliographical Data
… have written books: Jordan Ngubane, An African Explains Apartheid (New York: Praeger, 1963); Albert Luthuli, Let My … Selope Thema wrote editorials in the…
BiographyMkhubo Mngomezulu
… Swaziland and had since then terrorized the community from his base in Swaziland. There was an attack on the Chief, … for life. No one was willing to…
BiographyBhungwana Saul Mngomezulu
… According to documentation related to his banishment order, in 1965, after the death of Chief … Swaziland and had since then terrorized the community from…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… dresses and sarees, and others clothed in their domestic work outfits – all showed up to take part in the resistance against apartheid. The 1956 Women’s…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Da Gama gives the following description of them in his diary: 'The inhabitants of this country are … the Goringhaikonas (Strandlopers), dies. 1666 2 January,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… in the SA Council of Churches, and Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… unable to reconcile the cultural schizophrenia which tore his soul. His first name was Kamuzu, a little root. He was … be guided with a firm hand. He…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… began taking photographs in the gold-mining areas in his teens. Many of them, and the ones that followed, tell the … pretensions to a ‘European’ lifestyle in…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… the hearts and faces of every person in this meeting that his lens embraces. The effect is overwhelming and utterly … Entitled Garment Worker, Queen Street,…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… often get in trouble in school for not paying attention to his studies. . His father withdrew him from school so he … to South Africa and opened an art…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… to a special human being like Mr Juda Ngwenya. He leaves his nation with a gaping wound and his profession with a void … history ethically, honestly and…
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… photographic practice to disadvantaged students during the apartheid era. It has since become an institution that offers … and funding for the recipients to…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… land and would not easily join those who wish to destroy his country... Indeed, he would be willing to die to defend … genuine leaders of all sections of the…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… both as a teacher and a member of the Black Sash. Her work with the Black Sash included public activities such as … Words Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Davenport, Black…
SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
… almost completely unknown. Yet it was largely because of his ideas and inspiration that the African National Congress … as Visiting Professor in the…
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… In 1993, an American Fulbright post-graduate, Amy Elizabeth Biehl (who … South Africa struggled to be born in the dying moments of apartheid. Through her,…
Grade 10 Archive
… States of America (USA), one of the countries on the North American continent. Americas the plural form, also refers to …
BiographyZakeria Mohammed Yacoob
… To read his biography, click here …
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… people around the Lowveld gathered at Lekhulenis home for his funeral, teargas and rubber bullets were fired at the … the insanity of the apartheid state…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the country moved at a pace … because of Rajbansi’s self-proclaimed…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… political movements. The BCM urged a defiant rejection of apartheid, especially among Black workers and the youth. The … Biko. From the beginning of Biko’s…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… and excruciating death from silicosis if they returned to work. One trade unionist later explained: “We don’t envisage … rhetoric is buttressed by the…
BiographyErnest Mabaso
… Shot dead as he was leaving his home. …
ArchiveReturning to the scene of the crime by Inside Time (Inside Time), 31 May 2017
… acclaimed Goldblatt, famed particularly for his portrayal of South Africa during the apartheid era, decided after he became a victim of violent … said she…