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EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to…
BiographyDan Sleigh
South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born on 3 November 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape. He was…
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
WE, THE 4 600 delegates to this historic Conference for a Democratic Future of the broad anti-apartheid liberation forces: 1. Salute the fighting forces of…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
ArchiveSouth African expects to export 600 000 tons of sugar 1981 - 1991
ArchiveCJ Botha et al. Statement, 29 November 1985, TRC documents
ArchiveMagoos Bomb meant for security personnel: TRC, SAPA, 27 September 1999
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
The South African writer, Abraham Hermanus de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the western…
BiographyNkosiyakhe Amos Masondo
Nkosiyakhe Amos Masondo was born on April 21,1953 in Soweto,one of nine children,his parents were tenants on a white farm near Louwsburg in the Northern Natal…
BiographyDavid Moiloa
David Moiloa, a flamboyant, amusing orator often at the rear of events, had been imprisoned in Johannesburg during the 1952 Defiance Campaign. He was the…
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
Four apartheid-era police officers, including police Colonel Gideon Nieuwoudt who appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) admitted their…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
ArchiveApartheid is too high a price to pay for South African goods
Poster from Ireland. White with black lettering. Title only.
Mandela: Message to India
South African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [On the occasion of an India-South Africa Solidarity Meet to discuss the post…
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
Phindile Mfeti, a first cousin of former State President Thabo Mbeki and nephew of Govin Mbeki was born on 15 December 1946, at Nqamakwe, Eastern Cape. He was…
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
Sipho Samuel Charles Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. During this period…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
Robert ‘Robbie’ Anthony Basil Waterwitch was born on 15 July 1969 and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a…
ArchiveTRC Final Report, Volume 2, Chapter 2, Subsection 25, Paragraph numbers 225 to 235
ArchiveLondon bomb sparked by Voortrekkerhoogte rocket attack, TRC told, SAPA, 8 September 1998
ArchiveBar bombings were indiscriminate attacks, TRC told, SAPA, 29 September 1999
ArchiveMcBride & the TRC: Secrets, lies and legacy of deadly bombing by R Leslie & D Matthews, 5 June 2015
From Segregation to Apartheid
The gains achieved by the White minority in the first four decades of the 20th century were, by the 1940s, increasingly under threat however, as African…
BiographyDikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs
Dikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs, an active member of a youth organisation in Upington, Northern Cape, was detained on 15 June 1986 during a wider pre-June 16,…
ArchiveToo many disasters - too often
NUM poster outlining disasters. Light yellow background and red blocks with black lettering. NUM Logo. National Union of Mineworkers demands.
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BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal Province). In 1959, he…
Statement from the TRC on Amnesty granted to Dirk Coetzee, 4 August 1997
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is based upon recollections of party…
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of Johnson…