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Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… the 1970s The Black Consciousness Movement, led by Steve Biko, was a new source of resistance that had arisen in the … Isutheng Community Health Programme…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… crackdown in March 1973 which drastically affected the lives of the restricted, but also the general course of … a publication, SASO Newsletter , from 1970,…
BiographyDonald Thumamina Mboto
Donald Thumamina Mboto was born on 10 May 1987, in Harding near Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. He was the ninth child of Thandiwe Daphney…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… of the University of the North (UNIN) with Steve Bantu Biko as its first President and Barney Pityana as Secretary. … of instruction in Black schools. 1977…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… of the University of the North (UNIN) with Steve Bantu Biko as its first President and Barney Pityana as Secretary. … of instruction in Black schools. 1977…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… stance. He had developed a friendship with Steve Biko . He had gone to then justice minister, Jimmy Kruger, to urge him to take great care of Biko who was in…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
Jeanette Levinson Carlson was born on 21 June 1929, in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape Province). She was the youngest of Israel and…
BiographyRas Thomas Mokoka
Ras Thomas Mokoka, originally resident at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 19…
BiographyDavid Thlolanyane Mabe
David Thlolanyane Mabe, originally resident at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Western Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 26…
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… duration of his studies at the University of Natal, Steve Biko was actively involved in SASO’s programmes. In 1972 he … adult constituencies. This led to the…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… wrote down their laws, letters and other documents. These writings are a precious record of this culture and language. … A.D, gives some picture of what…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… Nise Malange remains actively involved in changing lives of women and children through her many projects with …
BiographyBilly Nair
… 2008. He is survived by his wife Elsie and a daughter who lives abroad. Billy is also survived by his siblings: Joan …
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… It was there that he encountered personalities whose lives would run a close parallel to his. From St. Peters …
BiographyJames Edward April
… Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) that night. James April, now lives in Cape Town. …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… of this country are called upon to sacrifice their lives for a cause that offers them nothing but insult and …
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… fierce opposition to apartheid. His friendship with Steve Biko was still developing. The day that Biko’s death in detention was announced on September 13…
BiographyDr Morris Zwi
… on two Cochrane systematic reviews on ADHD. He now lives in London, United Kingdom. …
BiographyMbalekelwa Mngomezulu
… for life. No one was willing to testify for fear of their lives, which made legal action difficult. Additionally, an …
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… all his writing in the English language. Some of his early writings included a forty page novel entitled ‘An African … were the real victims of the riot,…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… then again when they sit at their desks and craft up their lives into words. Each community has their own group of these … laws [xi] [xii] , as evidenced in…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… 25, 2017. Emecheta’s life experiences reflected in her writings are a platform for voicing her desire to achieve human rights for African women. Writings Her…
BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
Born in 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
… Poet Critical Writings and Interviews Publications Date Keorapetsi …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Congress’ (ANC) Revolutionary Council. January, Steve Biko speaks at the Abe Bailey Institute in Cape Town. In his … for Liberation of Southern Africa ’ 12…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… the formal inauguration of SASO in July 1969 Bantu Steve Biko - President 1969 - 1970 Vuyelwa Mashalaba – Vice … Cultural Affairs Frank Hlongwane - Field…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… could very well have continued for the rest of their lives if he had not become chief of Groutville. [11] Between … community in decision-making that would…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… Mqhayi, Abantu Besizwe – Historical and biographical writings, 1902-1944 (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, … Mqhayi, Abantu Besizwe – Historical and…