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BiographyGeorge Hallett
… and Guilds of London. He freelanced for the famous South African magazine Drum, but the politics of segregation made … moved to London where he made contact…
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… Reserve protects and conserves, one of the City’s- natural Areas with biodiversity and Heritage. The Blaauwberg Nature … placed under extreme pressure from…
EventIFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence
… Party (IFP) men on United Democratic Front UDF (UDF) family members were self-defence. This was despite the fact … shortly after the emergence of the UDF as…
BiographyJoseph Booth
… unorthodox approach to mission work and his schemes for African self-help and advancement eventually created friction … around 1903 as an alleged supporter…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
… that a considered statement on Recognition of African Trade Unions be issued, be adopted, giving expression … of condolence were moved to the following: A…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… segregation on Indians in the Transvaal. The South African Indian Congress meets at an emergency conference in … passengers. He spends his vacation in…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… bought up by Property Speculators and turned into slum Housing or Yards. These Areas were cleared in the mid 1930s and became Light Industrial Manufacturing…
BiographySipho Gumede
… explored the possibilities of mixing jazz and traditional African music. In 1982 he joined Khaya Mhlangu and together … Places, was released. The next year,…
BiographyKausobson Kausob
… claim, he awarded him a piece of land between the two areas mentioned above. At this stage Kausob had a following … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… ordinary South Africans were deliberately forgotten. South African museums focused on the heritage of white people, and … and not enjoyed by the majority as…
BiographyRafique (Rafs) Mayet
… at the Daily Dispatch in East London and later at the New African in Durban and as a member of the Afrapix collective. … meetings and conferences. In 1998 he…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… and demanded rights for 'coloured' people. The ANC or African National Congress was formed in 1912. The South … the human person The equal rights all members…
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
… German and Dutch, as well as English and all the major African vernaculars. Advancement in the civil service being … to the Kimberley Diamond Fields…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… and cultures. If each race is separated, all South African peoples can learn, live, and die, as they liked. From … Coloured, and Indian South Africans to…
PlacePotchefstroom
… President Pretorius was the first president of the South African Republic and he founded the City of Pretoria . The … President Pretorius Museum tells the…
BiographyS. S. Tema
… later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the periphery of organised … of a committee in the Transvaal…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… This panorama of commerce, social endeavour and the family quickly became a popular and comprehensible … to have a critical grasp of Fehr’s epic vision of…
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
… Mda cut his teeth in politics when he attended the All-African Convention meeting in Bloemfontein in mid-1936. He … end of the latter part of the 1930s, Mda…
PlaceMali
… language of Mali, but languages of the Niger-Congo family dominate. The Bambara (Bamana) ethnic group and … as well as some Malinke and Bambara, practice…
BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
… B.A. degree in journalism, he was the first black South African to be awarded a B.A. through private study at Unisa and the first black South African in the…
Dance For All (DFA)
… in Athlone, which was bought and donated by the Ackerman Family Foundation. DFA continued to expand its programmes to areas such as McGregor and Bonnievale…
Esmé Berman
… Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in … to write a comprehensive and well-researched book on South African…
BiographyMartin Plaut
… of trade unions and ultimately Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). In 1978, Plaut worked for a … an easy task, as the Anti-Apartheid Movement…
BiographyDaniel William
… Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became leader of the separatist African…
BiographyPious Goodman Mei
… Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
… in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe … He has exhibited a number of times at…
ArchivePress statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union.
… Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union. …
BiographyPhilemon Masinga
… In 1996 Masinga was in the Bafana Bafana side (South African National Soccer Team) when it won the African Cup of Nations final. He had also been in the…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… Joe Slovo , the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From…
BiographyMagade Madapu
Magade Madapu, Vincent Mbamama Hlamandana and William Tyabashe, from Tsolo District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] were issued with banishment orders on…