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BiographyBongani Mnguni
… Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his …
BiographyDiana Ferrus
… Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, … (a poem dedicated to her mother who died in 1997), The African…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… one another by a highway, a railway or an open area. An Asian area is in the middle of 'coloured' land, and furthest … a black child the figure was R28, 56. …
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… permanent right of residence. The Volksraad of the South African Republic (as the Transvaal was then known) passed the … with the Interim Government of India…
BiographyEthel Walt
… a comfortable life afforded to middle-class White South African women, settling for a life of leisure and privilege …
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… charged with sabotage and plotting to overthrow the South African government. Subsequently, he was sentenced to 20 …
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
… a member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU ) in the mid 1950’s, …
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
… with Mda he gradually integrated these ideas into African Nationalism. Lembede became part of the National …
BiographyBettie du Toit
… only brother. At the time Cornelius and Du Toit met South African textile workers were on strike over unsatisfactory …
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… Stopforth has always maintained interest in South African issues. In 2003 he was invited to Robben Island as a … South African Artist (painter and graphic…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… She also represented the GWU at conferences of the South African Trades and Labour Council and at the meetings of its …
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… "Jan" van Riebeeck remains a significant figure in South African history for his role in establishing the colony at …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir trip to the United States (US)…
BiographyLouis Botha
… delivered a number of speeches stressing that South African interests should come before those of Empire and that … to raise any large issues of policy in…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… Gleaming skyscrapers contrast with Indian bazaars and African medicine shops, and the streets throng with fruit … is best known for the famous siege during…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… began that led to two prolonged periods of conflict (1955-1972 and 1983-2005) in which perhaps 2.5 Million people …
BiographyPaul Mokabe
… introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe skipped the country …
Dorothy Alexander
… on international politics. Dorothy went on to join the African People’s Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), … Teacher, member of Teachers League of…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
… as a truck driver,he was elected to the executive of the African Transport Worker's Union (ATWU),and in 1975 became …
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
… , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC) armed wing uMkhonto weSizwe …
BiographyNosipho Dastile
… first president and also became the region’s African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) chairperson …
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… Council under the mentorship of I.C. Meer. The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) launches the Passive … of the ANC and the Executives of the SAIC and the…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… graduate who had worked as a correspondent for the South African News Agency. The banning order set him under house … of 2 daughters. One of the accused in…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… a member of a student organization called the South West African Student Body, which eventually became South West African Progressive Association. She acted…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… centre of the waves of political turmoil in Johannesburg's African townships. The Johannesburg City Council JCC) opened … After much prevarication, the JCC…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… farmers and their dependants. At the end of the South African War in 1902, the large incidental markets for Cape … of, on condition that it was never sold…
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 African Indian Congress was formed in 1923 to…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… Kingdom (UK). In 1962, Leftwich was recruited into the African Resistance Movement (ARM), an organisation that … spent two years as President of National…
Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
… here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted … oppression and economic exploitation of…
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
… here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted … oppression and economic exploitation of…