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BiographyChris Ledochowski
… a visiting student. In 1975 Ledochowski returned to South Africa to undergo conscription in the South African Defence … Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and…
Mrs. Gertrude Shope Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, August 11, 1981
… Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, August 11, 1981 …
ArchiveExcerpts from meeting between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Mr Robert MacFarlane, National Security Advisor, on queries affecting South West Africa and Angola: Vienna, 8 August 1985
… National Security Advisor, on queries affecting South West Africa and Angola: Vienna, 8 August 1985 …
BiographyPaul Grendon
… His mural Ons vir Jou, Suid Afrika, (We Are for You, South Africa) is a twelve metre long painting which depicts the … of the history of an oppressive and…
BiographyBettie du Toit
… and worried about a trend towards anti-Semitism in South Africa and Du Toit's anti-racist and anti-Nazi sensibilities … which later became the Trade Union…
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
… broke down from overwork in 1878 and he migrated to South Africa and settled down to practise in Kimberly. He became … agents, which led to the formation of…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… "Forward to Independence,Tomorrow the United States of Africa." When the marchers reached Sharpeville's police … the campaign was a runaway success confirmed…
BiographyArchibald Campbell Jordan
… and was awarded an MA degree by the University of South Africa in 1944. Some of his poetry was published in the Imvo … but was refused a passport. Jordan…
BiographyHugh Masekela
… aspiring musicians in the Huddleston Jazz Band – South Africa’s first youth orchestra. In his early days as a … his experiences in the harsh political…
BiographyMary Eveline Fincken
… health, however, and she was advised to visit South Africa. She arrived in 1908 and eventually decided to settle … of her advancement of a musical culture in…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the … preparations for a new democratic…
BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
… in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, broadcasting into South Africa, Radebe began studies in law at the Karl Marx … African Communist Party (SACP) structures inside…
BiographyHilary Mutch
… at the time. Later in 1943 the family moved back to South Africa. Claire went to Johannesburg's Roedean school before … This was a period of heightened…
BiographyBaruch Hirson
… and Lily Hirson, were Jews who had immigrated to South Africa to evade the pogroms, persecution and discrimination … a member of Fourth International…
BiographyJonty Driver
… in Kroonstad. His father spent time fighting in North Africa during the Second World War until he was captured in … After his father was released, he…
BiographySaleem Badat
… the arts and humanities to research universities in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Egypt, and Lebanon and to pan-African … of Apartheid Education and Popular…
ArchiveThe awakening of a people
… awakenig of the people; of the oppressed, by evolving the All-African Convention with new ideas in light of approaching the …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… inspired the hope of freedom among millions in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa. He was banned and detained … were put on trial for terrorism. The…
BiographyChief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
… Great Synagogue, Manchester (1933-37). He came to South Africa in 1937 and on 30 June 1945 he was appointed the Chief … and his duties covered the Cape and…
BiographyWim Botha
… Town and is represented by the Stevenson Gallery, South Africa where he has in 2016 his seventh solo exhibition. … Fellbach, Germany (2010); PEEKABOO:…
BiographyPhilip Ata Kgosana
… Tried for incitement with other PAC leaders, he fled South Africa while on bail in late 1960 and later resumed his … ANC government for not doing enough to…
BiographyBen Mclennan
… in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received … for the Rhodesian Herald. On…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… however lofty and inspiring dreams may be one should at all times be pragmatic in tackling the problems of the day. … liberation struggles, particularly in…
BiographyBrigalia Bam
… , in the Eastern Cape . She was formally educated in South Africa and abroad specializing in teaching, social work, … of the Independent Electoral Commission…
James E. Kwegyir Aggrey
… the United States. In 1921 he spent three months in South Africa as a member of the Phelps-Stokes Commission on African … 1927. Edwin W. Smith wrote a…
BiographyWilton Zimasile Mkwayi
… of emergency, Mkwayi went into hiding and then left South Africa to enlist foreign support for the Congress movement. He later returned secretly to South…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… only exhumed on 13 January 2006 and repatriated to South Africa for reburial. The exhumation ceremony was attended by his family including his father, South…
BiographyHein du Plessis
… Commonwealth Photographic Awards: (Regional winner for Africa) Winner of the South African Picture Essay Documentary … Face to Face (Cancer and You)…
BiographyCecil Sols
… tool to bridge the social gap between communities in South Africa. Works featured in group exhibitions: Taking Sides - Conflict In South Africa, 1984-1986…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… had a profound effect on the political landscape in South Africa. There was closer cooperation between the CPSA and the … December, The AAC convenes with…