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BiographyColin Gardner
… After graduating from Natal University (now University of kwaZulu-Natal - UKZN), he went to Oxford University, … as a Rhodes scholar. He lectured briefly at…
BiographyPaulus Howell Mopeli
… He was then banished in 1952 to the Middelburg district of the [Eastern] Transvaal [now Mpumalanga]. His banishment order described him as ‘one of the …
BiographySusan Shabangu
… served as the assistant secretary for the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the Federation of Transvaal Women . She was a member of the Anti…
BiographyDeborah Jean Budlender
… had just completed her honours studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT). While studying, she was very active in … as a programmer in computer companies…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … whatever form, whether against Boers or Black…
BiographyDavid Hemson
… strict Christian household sheltered from the realities of what was happening in South Africa politically and socially. He was drafted out of high school to…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was … was selected as head prefect in matric…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
… some years was a brother in the Marist order and the son of a civil servant .As a young boy he heard pastoral letters … brother, a university student, who…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… Question: Do you favour votes for all women, irrespective of colour Answer: As a woman, sir, yes”¦ but as a South … the 4 000 or so members of the national…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… fighting for Namibia’s independence. In 1974, because of Angola's independence, Namibia's northern border was open … time since South African mandate had…
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… who had fled from the Czarist pogroms at the end of the 19th century. His father was a factory salesman and … National Congress (ANC) in 1960, serving as…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… Thank you for attending this function at the invitation of an old man. What you have just witnessed could be … me. However, I want you to see the symbolic…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Secretary of State Colin Powell was heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South … Secretary Powell was…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport, … An…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport, … An…
Summary Minutes of a meeting between a delegation from the Republic of South Africa, an Angolan/Cuban delegation, and a delegation from the United States of America as mediator on the question of SWA/Namibia and Angola: Cairo, 24-25 June 1988
… Minutes of a meeting between delegates from South Africa, Angola and Cuba, with delegates from the United States of America as mediators, to discuss Cuban…
ArchiveTelex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Translation of a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, with regard to the alleged ……
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting … the presence in the gallery of an outstanding human being and…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… Didiza, announced that South Africa had been declared free of notifiable avian influenza (bird flu). The partial ban imposed on the export of ostriches,…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting … to improve quality and develop plans for those who are being…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… Introduction This year, 2009, the people of South Africa celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Harare Declaration, a significant document adopted by … war,…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and was soon director of three mining companies. In 2005 Kebble came under … for alleged fraud involving R 2 billion…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that took … of Justice in July 1941. At this time,…
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
… in 1882. He came to South Africa with the intention of only staying for six months but ended up staying for six years. Amshewitz explored most of the…
Contractions in this Directory | First edition of the Bloemfontein Bantu And Coloured People`s Directory by John Mancoe
… Contractions in this Directory | First edition of the Bloemfontein Bantu And Coloured People`s Directory by …
Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 …
Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 Ocfober 1932
… Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, …
ArchiveAssessment report of NUSED to the 49th Congress of NUSAS, Rhodes University, November 30 to December 3, 1972
… Report from the National Union of Students Education Department to the 49th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… To mark the centenary of the founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), New … constable in Dundee and Babanango, part of his duties…