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BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… of the 2000 Stockholm Water Prize, for his work on water issues in South Africa. Asmal had moved away from mainstream …
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… matters, especially when they affected medical health issues. He was particularly close to the family of Oliver …
BiographyJames Edward April
… on organising and mobilising people around day to-day issues. By this time, Barney Desai was the Vice President and …
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… She used her position to voice her opinions on issues such as corruption, women and child abuse, HIV/Aids …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Cassim Amra also played a leading role and several issues carried an announcement that he had written all the …
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… This was a punitive measure to keep him away from urban areas because of his involvement with the South African …
BiographyChris Ledochowski
… - Apartheid and after. He revisited the theme- Rural/ Urban- which he had been documenting for several years in …
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… in unemployment, poverty and urbanization. [3] In the urban centres, many of these farmers remained unemployed, as … a racial hierarchy and separate poor…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" 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…
BiographySally Gross
Born on August 22, 1953 in Wynberg, Cape Town, Sally Gross is one of the most challenging and important figures in our country’s history. Gross was born…
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
… addressed the electorate in the Umvoti Country Division on issues related to the constitution of the party. He also …
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
… Ngubane first came into contact with the broader political issues that were prevalent in the country while he was in …
From Segregation to Apartheid
… secondary industrialisation and a substantial growth of urban African populations, as well as growing trade union … of rural resistance and the rising tide…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… Western Areas””constituted the most significant African urban settlement in South Africa during the 1940s and 1950s. … (Ibid., 71). The Natives Land Act …
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… soared and there was widespread poverty. Although urban dwellers felt the pinch too, it was the families in the … increased during this period as more Blacks…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… The section Lelyveld was discussing was the repeal of the Urban Areas Act and 35 other laws that had restricted … stated ‘ that the continued residence of…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… episodes women reacted not because of major political issues or broad developmental policies, but because the … in the Orange Free State declared that women…
BiographyChris Hani
… had to leave their rural home in search of work in the urban areas of South Africa. This had a profound influence on …
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
… also part of Right to Hope from 1996 to 1999, dealing with issues relating to trouble spots around the world. This was …
BiographySir George Grey
… of the legislature, race and colour were polarizing issues and most were out of sympathy with the group of …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… was challenged. The Trades Council openly discussed all issues and Sejake, as an exiled trade unionis,t had a right …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… ways in which the story favoured emphasis on larger social issues rather than specific internal ones, pitting good …
BiographySicelo Shiceka
… a lot of energy and had a strong grasp of local government issues. It was under him that a new turnaround strategy and …
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… overseeing logistical arrangements and advised on policy issues when South Africa hosted United Nations Conference on …
BiographyRuth Naomi Leon
… Leon developed breast cancer, along with other health issues. She subsequently died in Nigtevecht, Utrecht on 15 …
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… his early days as a young boy, there were other societal issues that he had to contend with, such as substance abuse …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… Welfare’ to investigate the needs of the increasingly urban population. The first Alexandra Bus Boycott takes … trial under emergency regulations. He…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… This forced people in the rural areas to move into the urban centres to seek work. The government was thus forced to … policy of separate development, the…
ArchiveRepression Portfolio Report 1991 to 1992: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1992
… on 6 March 1992 discussing regional monitoring, Sash's Urban involvement, political imprisonment, protest action, squatter issues, housing, policing, court…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… and territorial separation of black and white people, and urban segregation in the form of locations. The recommendations aimed to address the main issues…