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BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… Congress (ANC), which was a banned organisation in South Africa.[8] In February 1974, Jenkin and Lee left the country … the intention of helping to bring…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… Culture (1987), which won the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, and A Place in the City: the Rand on the Eve of …
EventPeter van der Merwe, South African cricketer, dies
… a dependable middle-order batsman. He captained South Africa in eight test matches and was the first Afrikaner …
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… That is certainly true for 1914, for in that year southern Africa was mired in warfare, rebellion, protest and unrest. … of several significant ‘wars’ in the…
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
… Party. In 1929 Kotane joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , and soon became both the vice-chairman of the … under 24-hour house arrest.In…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… conference. The slogan for the conference was "Hands off Africa". The A. A. P Conference met to chart a way forward on … France. The African National…
BiographyBaron Joachim van Plettenberg
… C. J. van de Graaff. Plettenberg Bay, on South Africa’s eastern coast, was named after the Baron in 1778 …
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
… Louis Botha ’s decision to invade German South West Africa as part of the international war effort against …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… of the opposition. Conscription was instituted in South Africa in the form of 9 months of service for all white males … in 1982 to 720 days in total. A…
BiographyBaden Powell
… become the bases of Scouting In 1887 he was sent to South Africa where he took part in a campaign against an African … Dinzulu In 1899 Colonel Baden Powell…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
… He studied in London and Paris and returned to South Africa in 1951 with a strong formalist grounding. Laubscher’s … illustrious career spanning 60 years, he…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… Six months later in April 1893, Gandhi left for South Africa. Dada Abdullah, a Muslim merchant from Porbandar whose trading firm flourished in South Africa,…
ArchiveSALS: Southern African Literature Society: now available
… Red and white poster. Artwork of outline of map of Southern Africa. Botswana Orientation Centre. …
BiographyEric Mbatha
… and Cyprian Shilakoe . Exhibitions: 1976: Black South Africa: Contemporary Graphics, Brooklyn Museum, New York. …
BiographyHerschelle Herman Gibbs
… held in Australia in 1999 and the other in 2003 in South Africa. He has won man of the match award 14 times. Outside …
BiographyRichard Ernest van der Ross
… became the first president of the Labour Party of South Africa, which has contested elections for membership of the … movement, first president of the Labour…
George John Golding
… the government,unlike the rival Teachers' League of South Africa with its roots in the leftist Non-European Unity …
BiographyMichael Barry
… Barry’s photographic essay published in South Africa: The Cordoned Heart in 1986 includes some of the work … Badsha, O. (ed). (1986) South Africa: The…
WWII: South African armoured cars take part in the pursuit of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps as it retreats towards
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
… from her exhibitions and be allowed to return to South Africa after five years. Two reasons make her ‘signing’ … March 2002, Sara Baartman was brought back…
BiographySadie Forman
… Yiddish poet and writer, emigrated from Lithuania to South Africa in 1913. In 1952, Forman married Lionel Forman , a … she would not get another permit. Thus…
Virgile Joseph Bonhomme
… politics.An affiliate of the Trades Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA). In 1972 he mobilised workers at all furniture … against the American singer Eartha…
ArchiveNew ball-game in South African politics
… Cape Town marked the beginning of a new ball-game in South Africa. …
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
… Rupert played a pivotal role in the development of South Africa's industrial and commercial sectors. Not only did he … and initiating significant…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
… techniques. In the celebrated collage pieces Tear of Africa and Where is My Home? The artist renders her subject … professionally, has become a recognized…
Vusi Mahlasela
… 1981, Mahlasela joined the poetry group, ‘The Ancestors of Africa’. He became a sought after performer at political … echoed then President Mandela’s…
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
… Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is one of South Africa’s most distinguished award winning … to join the all white Photographic Society of South…
ArchiveIzwelethu! I-Afrika!: sikhokhelwa ngabasebenzi nabalimi
Offset litho; Black; Izwelethu! I-Afrika!: Sikhokhelwa Ngabasebenzi Nabalimi
ArchiveIntroductory essay: The African Communist
A scholarly introductory essay on the periodical The African Communist
ArchiveSouth Africas racist state and the national
… Examines the history of political systems in South Africa, looks at the Constitution, racial segregation, white …