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BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… arrange the transport. There were smugglings sometimes from Robben Island to London. Then we would look for somebody … Following this, he worked as a welder…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were from Kimberley in the then Cape Province (now Northern Cape … and following three years of schooling in…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… World War II and the post-war era. Black men and women from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape were driven off … the Western Cape. The seasonally dictated…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… in the North West Province. Subsequently, he was fired from AngloGold following a massive miners' strike. He then … He also served as COSATU's deputy general…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… unable to complete his primary school teacher’s diploma. From the age of 17, Fula worked as a clerk, miner, and labourer on two different gold mines. From…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… Union of South Africa that the Indian complaint be removed from the agenda on the grounds that the matter was … Assembly of the United Nations. A multi…
BiographySondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu
… Sondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu, from the Ingwavuma district, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], was … Swaziland and subsequently terrorized his former community from his…
BiographyMhlupeki Hlongwane
… Mhlupeki Hlongwane and Mxoshwa Mdhluli were banished from Ngoba Location, Bergville District, Natal [now … a train. At Pietersburg [now Polokwane, Limpopo],…
BiographyMaphuti Moraka
… Maphuti Moraka was banished from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern … her to Matatiele and after she was allowed to return home from…
BiographyJohn Smith Moffat
… in Kuruman, South Africa. In 1879 John Moffat resigned from the missionary society and joined the British colonial … to Sir Sidney Shippard in Bechuanaland …
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… who have been active in South Africa, particularly since 1976. And we’re quite keen to draw this out, because we feel … it actually only makes understandable…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… aimed to create safe routes for children traveling to and from school in gang-affected areas. As a volunteer, Samuels … helped escort groups of learners,…
ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
… has become an end in itself. It is completely divorced from the situation in South Africa. It is not in a position … vacuum as all the leader’s are either…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, Cape Town, June 7, 2006.
… uprisings, which started in Soweto on the 16th of June 1976. I am very happy that many of the 1976 youth leaders and activists such as the Deputy Minister ……
BiographyMankopodi Sekhukhune
… office against the banishment of “undesirable persons”’ from the area and violating the Native Affairs Act of 1927 by … and Mankopodi Sekhukhune were…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… by the French police at the time of their marriage (Voices From the Continent, 37). During this period, Djebar began … of Rabat and Tunis and also worked as…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… The family of her father Gerald Stocks hailed originally from South West England and established a drapers store in … Edith (née Duffy) had a great…
Nicodemus Kgoathe
… 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and on 21 January 1969 was taken from the Silverton police cells to HF Verwoerd hospital in … in his opinion,Mr Kgoathe was at that…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… inherited the role of Chief of the Maphumulo tribe from his father. The territory which his chieftaincy … Violence continued to rise, and by 1989, 10,000…
BiographyDouglas Ramokgopa
… [now Limpopo Province]. On 14 May 1958, he was banished from Ramagoep Location to Mont Plaisire Farm No. G.E 26.35, … in the District.’ Simultaneously, there…
BiographyDavid Moiloa
… 1958, Moiloa was served with an order banishing him, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal … no allowance while in banishment. After…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… received the award for Movement Building in South Africa from the transfeminist organisation, Social Health … because of the abuse and discrimination she…
BiographySammy Marks
… business community. He advised him to build a railwayline from Pretoria to Lorenco Marques. He was however not invited … He served as a senator in the Union…
BiographyGubuzela Ngubane
… hereditary leader of the Ntanzi section, ‘was dismissed from the office of induna [headman] by Nonkenkeza Ngubane, … Native Affairs Department [NAD]…
BiographyMakomba Ngomane
… providing reasons, the removal of the entire community from Area No. 54, Tenbosch Farm No.234, Barberton District, … in the Barberton district. Several…
BiographySiyabonga “Bhele” Nomvethe
… Siyabonga "Bhele" Nomvethe, from kwaMashu , Durban , Natal (now Kwazulu Natal) was born … winning goal in a 1-0 victory. Following his retirement from soccer…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… to the magisterial district of Durban, forbidden him from teaching, publishing or even being in a room with more … to me. Perhaps it’s not so odd then that…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… change of focus. There is enormous psychological stress from being under constant surveillance: they control when … your knowledge. Years afterwards, when I…
PlaceAngola
… at about 25 000 years BCE [i] . The name Angola comes from the word Ngola which was an iron object that symbolised … Salvador (Mbanza Kongo), and UNITA in…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages … International Journal of African Historical Studies DC (3) 1976, pp.371 - 400; E. Katz A Labour…