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EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his father who was a migrant labourer in the South African … expose the plight of black political…
BiographyGibson Magwaza
… with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the state. A document on his banishment noted thatMagwaza was a senior induna … was given a temporary permit to return to…
BiographyMakomba Ngomane
… (R10) or one month’s imprisonment for disobeying the NC - his banishment was considered vital for the removal of the … was reported that he had asked for…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… the review: … Recently, as [Goldblatt who shot most of his photographs during Apartheid in black and white] employs color and large prints … relying on pre…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… the cause of freedom and democracy in southern Africa. The work of the Fund reaches back over almost four decades to the … volunteers who were charged for…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyKausobson Kausob
… inhabitants still complained about raids by Kausob and his followers, Warden again visited the territory in the … of some 200 people. In 1854 Kausob sold the…
BiographyMandla Michael Yende
… Yende with firearms and explosives. After completing his training, Yende was commissioned to recruit and screen … further military training. In 1986, Yende,…
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…
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 …
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…