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BiographyWilliam Kentridge
… impositions. In 1976, he attained a degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand after … era, he acquired international…
Ruth Gosschalk
… Party of South Africa (CPSA - later renamed the South African Communist Party - SACP) and became politicised. … as the regional secretary of the Federation…
BiographySorabjee Rustomjee
… He was elected a member of the council of the South African Indian Congress at its inaugural session in 1923, and … to lobby at the United Nations for action…
BiographyFaith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
… She was an executive member of the Moroka Branch African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) as a Pioneer’s … of the Vuyani Mabaxa Branch and was re…
BiographyNana Henrietta Moabi
… Congress (PAC) in 1959, when it broke away from the African National Congress (ANC). Moabi participated in the … elections in South Africa, she formed part…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… in their history. The steps taken to implement the Group Areas Act have caused grave concern in every Indian home in … by Afro-Asian Powers, most of whom…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… 1980s was a decade which became a turning point in South African history. Popular protest by masses of ordinary South … (but still powerless) level of…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… (AZASO): A summary Following the banning of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) a new student’s structure … United Democratic Front (UDF) and the…
EventAmichand Rajbansi is fired from Parliament
… South African President P.W. Botha fires the government's only … and the Indian "mini- cabinet", as well as Minister of Housing for Indians. …
BiographyEmile Maurice
… 1995 Maurice was appointed Head of Education at the South African National Gallery (SANG). Emile left SANG in 2000 to … research interest pertained to the re…
BiographyGladstone Xala Tshume
… his resignation in 1953, he served as secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union. During African National Congress (ANC) campaigns of the late 1940s ……
Maria Wilman
… she returned to South Africa and began work at the South African Museum in Cape Town in the geology section. In 1908 … was a member of some prominent groups…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire offices: it was owned by Indians. … drink it or to use the proceeds to…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire offices: it was owned by Indians. … drink it or to use the proceeds to…
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… of wealth and power from the feudal aristocracy to the urban middle classes, and we compare the situation in France … The Industrial Revolution shifted…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… heeded this call. 24 mobile clinics are operating in rural areas where communities have little or no access to health … available to them. 2.3 Thabong has…
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… black Catholics at a plenary meeting of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. The association was … Allied Workers' Union (BAWU) after the BCM…
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
… the ranks, ultimately becoming the Chairperson of the African Textile Workers’ Union in the 1950s. Together with … to earning two diplomas in music. A…
BiographyDumile Feni
… and 1964, while a patient at the Charles Hurwitz South African National Tuberclosis Association (SANTA) Hospital in … teacher and religious leader that…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
… to argue against the new Comintern decision that South African communists were to support a “Native Republic” at the … campaign, Bunting and Roux tried to…
BiographyGeorge Naicker
… June 1955 at Kliptown, Johannesburg. He joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) around 1955 – 1956 when it … law part-time. Often he would be…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… centuries also had a profound influence on South African musical styles. In the late 1800s, early African composers such as John Knox Bokwe began composing ……
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… into four groups, namely European, Asiatic, American and African. He believed that there were more similarities than … • Nationwide contests were held to…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire offices: it was owned by Indians. … drink it or to use the proceeds to…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Introduction It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a … discrimination in the sale, rental, and…
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… graduate to drugs such as heroin or cocaine. The South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use has also … I was shocked on hearing of the…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… who had been affected by the forced removals of the Group Areas Act, saw the need to commemorate the past history of … Greeks and many more were united in…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would like to … with them the black consciousness philosophy…
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… from Damelin College in Johannesburg. Dingake joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952 during the Defiance … of the ANC. In 1960, he was…
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
… , which receives grants from both the German and the South African Governments, but it largely owes its existence to the … to start mission stations. The…