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ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.58 No.45 Nov 1960
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.58 No.44 Nov 1960
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.58 No.43 Nov 1960
BiographyDorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu was born in 1920 at Dyamala Village in Alice in the Eastern province (now Eastern Cape). She received her Standard Six primary…
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference THE BRIEF: TRADE UNIONS AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN THE 1980S AND NEW…
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
Summary of research proposal by Ineke van Kessel of the Department of Political and Historical Studies, African Studies Centre in Leiden. This research…
BiographyBertram Dumbleton
Bertram Dumbleton was born in 1896 in George, Cape Province. He trained at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London and the Academic Julian in Paris. During his…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… This in turn drew fierce anger from politicians. In the 1960s there were direct confrontation between government and … but withdraw its membership due to…
BiographyArnold Selby
Arnold Selby was born on 14 November 1918 in South Africa. He joined the liberation struggle in the 1940s. His experience as a miner brought to light the…
ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… people in South Africa. However, in the 1950s and early 1960s the South African government reinforced repressive … the struggle for freedom and equality. In…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
BiographyStephen Vukile Tshwete
Tshwete was born in Springs, just outside Johannesburg, on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East London…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
Richard Victor Selope Thema was born in Ga-Mamabolo, Pietersburg district, in 1886. Both his parents were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging to the…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… Stanford University, 1977. Women's resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath ↵ Sharpeville Massacre. … Archive / african.pictures As the 1950s…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father worked as a shop assistant in a Chinese…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… as did the government’s effort to expand them. [35] The 1960s were characterised by the violent state repression of … for Apartheid interests. The high…
Politics and Class in the Cape Province during the 1920s
Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984
ArchiveUnemployment in South Africa: dilemmas and challenges for the 1990s
ArchiveViolence in South Africa: on the increase in the 1990s
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
William H."Bill" Andrews was born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
David Anton Ndoda ‘Mfenendala’ Xaba was born in Sobantu Village in Pietermaritzburg. He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban. He joined…
BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
Born in 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area for African…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1960
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 31 Oct to 3 Nov 1960. Discussed were minutes of previous national conference, resolutions,…
BiographyLaurent Kabila
Laurent Desire Kabila was born on 27 November 1939 into the Luba tribe in the Katanga Province in the Belgian Congo. In 1960 Kabila became a leader of a youth…
BiographySorabjee Rustomjee
Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and soon after returning to South Africa, crossed…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… The relationship between the ANC and the SACP in the 1960s was not always a close one. In fact after 1962 Nelson … the same forms of suppression and…