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ArticleLineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties
… Lineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties …
Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa
… Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa …
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… are hosting this conference on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is being funded by the National Institute…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village … London in March 1961. The launch followed a conference of…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial trade unions. There was a need for solid trade unions after the failure of the African…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
… Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957, he went to work at a shirtmaking … in 1960. Langa then found employment…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… The arrival of the British at the Cape changed the lives of the people that were already living there. Initially … with the slave trade, large centralised…
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… “Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth … born in 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the age of 19 he studied…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated … announced that…
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… in 1954-1956 and an ANC organiser at the Congress of the People in Kliptown June 1955. After being released from detention in the 1956 Treason Trial , … as…
BiographyShirley Gunn
… to her political work, she became involved activities of the trade union movement in the Clothing Workers’ Union. Gunn became part of community organisations…
BiographyJames la Guma
… A trade unionist and political activist, was the elder of two children born to an itinerant cobbler, Arnold, and his wife Jemima. While the domestic…
BiographyJürgen Schadeberg
… Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent family of limited means. He studied at the School of Optic and Photechnic in Berlin and worked as an apprentice …
Questions of a worker
… Questions of a worker …
ArticleCountries of Africa
… Countries of Africa …
METHODS OF STRUGGLE
… METHODS OF STRUGGLE …
BiographyTracy Payne
… Tracy Payne’s hyper real paintings evoke a sense of sublime sexuality in the art of constraint, even if she is painting a flower. She was born … as an artist…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… << back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA? LIFE OF THE SAN CHANGES FOREVER: The arrival of the Europeans WHO … we still see…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… “Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The … The Beloved Country has…
ArchiveAnti-apartheid 1978
… background with white lettering and multicoloured artwork of Hector Pieterson photograph. Two small black and white photographs, one of a refugee camp and…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… Other: (address, occupation etc.) Aba, Lickard Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9 (1) 28 April … until 3.4.75; assaulted during…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ). He is the first born of five children of his father Nobhekisisa Zuma and his … His mother had three sons with his father…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the beginning of a far more brutal and intensive…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… The indigenous inhabitants of Australia The continent of Australia was settled about 60,000 years ago. Before … arguing that the horror and brutality of the…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… Africa. Through his experiences in exile and the influence of his music, Abdullah Ibrahim underwent a spiritual and … a voice for oppressed people to help…
BiographyEsther Barsel
… (now Gauteng). Barsel dedicated her life to the struggle of the South African people from an early age, joining the … Influenced by a Jewish friend, Barsel…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the beginning of a far more brutal and intensive…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina
… Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina …
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… magistrate ruled that no one was to blame for the death of a young dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police … Dr Haffejee was arrested by the police…