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Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… Thatcher Centre Gala Dinner. After we both retired from politics Baroness Thatcher and I, and our spouses, met … non-discrimination and national self…
Amos Ndwalane
… on death row. He also spoke about the pain of being away from his family and the excruciating anxiety that came with … relief at the unbanning of the ANC…
Jacob Monakgotla
… detention. A district surgeon certified that his death was from natural causes(thrombosis) and no inquest was held.A … ,was granted a temporary interdict…
BiographyJoseph Hugo Saliwa
… Joseph Hugo Saliwawas dismissed from the Native Affairs Department (NAD)in Lady Frere Eastern … against duly constituted authority.’ Saliwa was banished from…
BiographyNgila Micheal Muendane
… Science while on Robben Island, where he was imprisoned from 1963 to 1970, as a political prisoner. He subsequently … after liberation and served as a member…
BiographyRodger Bosch
… has photographed the joy and pain of South Africa emerging from apartheid. First, the early democracy with its most … A number of Bosch’s images of Nelson…
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…
BiographyAdam Small
… miserable, his fame as an Afrikaans writer shielded him from anything further, such as imprisonment. Nonetheless, his … Prof Small, being the only Black…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, … For the South African delegates, many who had come from military duty in Angola…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
… a missionary. Since his family was poor, David worked from the age of 10 to 26 at a cotton mill company and did his … completed his medical studies in 1840…
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… Thoalane, Thoalane, ed. Black Renaissance : papers from the Black Renaissance Convention, December 1974. … of form in Soweto poetry.' (SUBJECTS: Soweto…
BiographyStonki Duncan Mhlongo
… Mhlongo was banned from attending meetings under the Suppression of Communism …
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… and under the presidency of a distinguished son of Africa from a committed country, Zambia, whose role in the fight … at its twentieth ordinary session, held…
PlaceNamibia
… becomes greener with the Etosha Pan filling with water from northern rivers. This area is rich in diverse wildlife. … was influenced by the fact that a…
BiographyMono Badela
… The biography below is from a tribute to Badela written by Prof Guy Berger, the head … elements opposed to the ANC. They warned him to resign from City Press…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
… Nationalist government’s plan to remove Coloured voters from the common roll. Together with writer Alan Paton , Rubin … entire Nationalist party caucus…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… up the spirits of the past to their service and borrow from them names, battle-cries and costumes in order to … The New Politics of Revolution (Harmondsworth…
BiographyMhlabunzima Joseph 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…
BiographyMathews Phosa
… at Maripi High School in Acornhoek and matriculated from Orhovelani High School in Thulamahashe. In 1981, he … of the first four members of the ANC to enter…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
… (FEDSAW) , an organisation which sought to unite women from all walks of life regardless of race or political … still a baby. Her husband (along with other…
BiographyAndrew Mokone
… under the Suppression of Communism Act and prohibited from attending gatherings. …
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR's father was born in … complete his matriculation, which he…
Faith Gasa
… at the University of Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) from 1968 to 1972. She then went on to study History and … KwaZulu-Natal where he taught at…
BiographyMikki Sivuyile Mac Millan Xayiya
… was imprisoned at Robben Island - prison number 46/85 - from 1985 to 1990. … • Email from Mikki Sivuyile Mac Millan Xayiya to SAHO dated 25 May …
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…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… and Nkoli’s childhood memories include moments of hiding from the police with his family to avoid prosecution. His … work on the farm. When he turned 13,…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer … morning.' 'Is it the students?' 'No,' he replied, 'it's from the single quarters. They're the ones…
BiographyWalter Ernest Stanford
… appointed to oversee the division that collected levies from African people to fund the Gcalekaland campaign. At the … During negotiations the Chief agreed…
BiographyAshley La Grange
… 1982 in Gaborone, Botswana . Ashley and his wife moved from South Africa to the UK in the late 1980s. Ashley then … full time and the swimming school grew…
BiographyStephanie Urdang
… During her time at UNIFEM, the UN’s women’s organisation, from 1999 to 2005, Urdang was the senior advisor on gender … and were, as a result, living with…