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Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action
… the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action …
World War 2: North Africa. US Army Air Force planes see action for the first time in North Africa, bombing German military posi
… World War 2: North Africa. US Army Air Force planes see action for the first time in North Africa, bombing German …
The soccer race has started to get "Winning Team 2010" off the ground and ready for action when South Africa hosts th
… to get "Winning Team 2010" off the ground and ready for action when South Africa hosts th …
The schools’ boycott spreads to the Black townships and riot police are in action in Durban and Port Elizabeth. At Elsies River
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … spreads to the Black townships and riot police are…
CODESA II talks, started on the previous day, end in deadlock. The ANC threatens mass action if the government does not comprom
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … the previous day, end in deadlock. The ANC…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on the future of South Africa. The idea of a Freedom Charter was born, and … Charter in their national conferences…
BiographyVivienne Ncakeni
… to Brakpan to teach in the late 1930s and became one of the most outspoken members of the Transvaal African Teachers\' Association, serving on the TATA…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … against apartheid. Firstly, the LPSA had to find its own programme of action…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… Bloemfontein is the birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later years to struggle for … colonies and…
BiographyVice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu
… in MK camps until 1979 when he was deployed as Chief of Logistics in Luanda, Angola. He later served in ANC Headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia as the co…
BiographyIan Mkhize
… taught at Mthethomusha High before joining the Department of Education in Pietermaritzburg. Mkhize was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) but…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… Despite the National Party’s anti-Semitic exclusion of Jews from its ranks, Levin’s family were ardent supporters of the Party’s ideals. Levin studied…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the … However, there are still glaring gaps in…
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
… South African War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he became a captain in the Active … ’s decision to invade…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… is among the Dutch settlers as they encounter a number of different groups of black people who are occupying the … of the ANCYL, the ANC adopts the Youth…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE purport to mark the centenary of the founding of the South African Society of Artists (SASA) in 1902, it is … attention." Another…
BiographyPatrick Mosell Molaoa
… and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one of the first activists of the African National Congress (ANC) to die as a guerrilla … military training, left…
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
… he headed the Fine Art department at the Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) in Newtown, Johannesburg, and … Johannesburg. Mabaso is a co-founder with…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… the Indian community to link its destiny with that of the African majority, in building the unity of all the … other hand, presented an amendment to elect a…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… Flats and was predominantly working class. In the context of the Group Areas Act , it was a ‘coloured’ designated area. This meant that many of the families…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of Gabriel Matibili, a migrant worker from Nyasaland (Malawi) … others were severely punished and…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the … such as a commitment to #EndOutsourcing. - A mass action protest for no fee…
BiographyJane Gool
… Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an immigrant from India, … which arose the Workers Party of South…
BiographyPenny Heyns
… was her first choice. Heyns started swimming at the age of 14 and despite being a latecomer, she showed glimpses or potential of a good swimmer. In 1992 at…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… Muafangejo returned to Ovambo in 1976 and a collection of his prints, selected by Walter Battiss, was published. In … Diakonia House, Johannesburg (Black Art…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
… went to Pietermaritzburg to study at the University of Natal and remained in Pietermaritzburg until relocating to … 2011. At Natal University he joined the …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and … bannings, exile and death. Since all…
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… Benjamin (Ben) Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was a housewife who was also … schooling. In 1973 Ben, then a student at…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the…
Phyllis Altman
… after graduation. While studying at the University of the Witwatersrand she took part in student demonstrations against the Greyshirts and the bulldozing of…