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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 …
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and … announced that they had reason to believe…
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…
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…
BiographyEthel de Keyser
… to study further, and it was there that she learned of the detention of her adored elder brother, Jack Tarshish, during the state … camps. Ethel immediately…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Questions of a worker
… Questions of a worker …
ArticleCountries of Africa
… Countries of Africa …
METHODS OF STRUGGLE
… METHODS OF STRUGGLE …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest … over Coloured Education in 1964, and in preparation for…
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 …
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…