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BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… recreation of the Johannesburg of the 1930s. The early 1970s saw the rise of the Black Consciousness movement, …
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
Alpheus Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found…
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
Glynn Griffiths was born on 20th March 1950 and grew up in the tough diamond mining town of Jagersfontein in the Free State in South Africa,though he was a…
BiographyMoyisile Douglas Tyutyu
Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu was born in 1935* in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). His interest in politics was sparked from a…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… Introduction During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ … charters in South Africa and explores why the call in the 1970s and…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
Professor Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane was born on 26 August 1930 on a farm near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny “I want to live not survive”: the … America and the South African Worker…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… men could be elected to Parliament. However, during the 1970s, the Apartheid government of South Africa granted …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of poachers used automatic weapons, … countries. The huge increase that occurred…
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
Basil D’Oliveira (Dolly) was born on 4 October 1931, in Signal Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s racial laws, he was…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
The System and You. Article in SASO Newsletter, March/April 1976, September 1970
BB of the Rua Araujo, 1970, hand printed fiber base silver gelatin print
The Three Marias, Casablanca Bar, 1970, hand printed fiber base silver gelatin print
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.3 1970
EDITORS: TONY MORPHET and MIKE KIRKWOOD. Contents: The Hyenas-A Colonial Study, E. Wyllie Findlay. Women in Love, Phil Joffe; Picasso, Kathy Adler. Poetry:…
ArchiveBolt: Magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.2 1970
CONTENTS Isotopes. For women in Trouble, Douglas Livingstone. The Problem of Censorship, C.J.D. Harvey. Marcuse: The Power of Negative Thinking, Rick Turner…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.1 1970
CONTENTS Why Read Bosman, John Vear. Poem, Laurence Lerner. Diary of a Man Reading Spenser, Peter Strauss. Two Poems, Doug Livingstone. The Man Behind the…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India. He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport,…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical … of ‘strategic ethnicity’? The Natal Indian Congress in the 1970s…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with various important matters, including the World Council of Churches, the Republic's policy in respect of the…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… his views on political issues. During the 1960s and 1970s Oppenheimer oversaw expansion of the diamond industry … to provide financial support for the party…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
Sipho Samuel Charles Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. During this period…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… exile to undergo military training. Thus, throughout the 1970s, political activity remained largely underground and … The South African political landscape…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… As a result, FEDSAW worked underground in the 1960s and 1970s in order to protect themselves from the vicious … core members were banned or imprisoned in the…
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
Monica Wilson's parents, Scots Presbyterian missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, 1908. From…
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
Zainab Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg, daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She accompanied him to…