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BiographyJon Lynton David Hrusa
Jon Lynton David Hrusa was born in Cape Town on October 24 1965. He matriculated from St Stithians College in the mid-1980’s and went on to study at Wits…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John Dube (or…
BiographyVincent Oliphant
Vincent Oliphant was born on 8 April 1954 in Alicedale, a small Eastern Cape town close to Port Elizabeth. He completed his primary education at the Alicedale…
Review of Neville Alexander’s Book: “One Azania One Nation” by I.B.Tabata, 14 March 1980
Esmé Berman
Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in 1929. She enrolled at the University of Witswatersrand in 1946 and…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that the People's Publishing House has considered it of sufficient importance to come out with…
BiographyCedric Nunn
Cedric Nunn was born in Nongoma, Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) on 22 December 1957. He attended the Little Flower School in Ixopo, Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) and continued…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Asa cultural and political phenomenon, a…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Thedevelopment of an industrialised…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education What were the turning points in southern Africa…
The oldest forms of human communication
… stories, both fiction and nonfiction, before there were books. It was a way for families and communities to pass on … the only reliable form of knowledge…
Jason Laure
… University, USA finalist. Author: photographer of 32 books. Collection: UNICEF Africa Museum of New York; UCLA; …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered…
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… a post he filled from 1962 to 1973. He wrote numerous books, pamphlets and journal articles on finance, banking and …
BiographyJohannes Nkosi
… approaching success. It was during the burning of pass books in Durban that there was a bloody clash between … and Commercial Workers' Union,during the…
BiographyBabette Brown
… Africa and the UK. In addition, Brown authored several books on promoting equality. These include Unlearning …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education To understand the complexities of modern South…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Anti-dangerous work. This organisation happened in the…
References and links: Transport through time
… Books Berens, P., J. Gurney & Rob SiebÁ¶rger. (1996). Making … T. I. (2003). A History of Invention. London: Time Warner Books. Further reading list Books…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… South African Men of Year Awards: Honoured Legend, 2016 Books by and about Ahmed Kathrada include: 1999 – Letters …
BiographyIrma Stern
Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… at his Cape Town flat on 4 July 1964, they searched books on his shelves at random. By chance, the first book one …
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Over a period of forty years he published a number of books. 1955 Handbook on the Criminal Procedure Act …
BiographyLex Mpati
… a scholarship which covered his studies and to buy books. After obtaining his BA (Law) (1981) and LLB (l983) …
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
… Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize (1962) – For his first three books Eugène Marais Prize (1967) – Vliegoog Perskor Prize …
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
… and Hulec (2002), was always the issue of the pass books. In 1959, at the annual ANC conference, Mati was …
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
… was his official photographer. Magubane has published 17 books, two of which were banned by the Apartheid government,” …
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
The historical debates aside, the significant revolutionary changes in the nineteenth century provided the base on which many of the identities of South…