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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…
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. … long hours…
BiographyArthur William Blaxall
… in 1891 in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan … for Coloured blind children near…
BiographyIzak de Villiers
… and a prolific author. He wrote 54 books, including five of poetry and one on depression. De Villiers also composed a number of hymns that were included in…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… The opening moment of education in South Africa coincides with the foundation of the colonial experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years … this period there…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung … primary functions of the National Intelligence Agency as being to…
Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty
… (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 3 April 1929. He was the second of five children of Appiah and Vellimah Chetty, whose parents had been brought … in initiating the…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… had an especial role in the social and cultural politics of South Africa. This paper will trace its function in the … a campaign of resistance to every…
Constitution of the ANC
… 29a. Constitution of the ANC 1. NAME: The name of the organisation shall be the … harmony with the aims of Congress may become an affiliated body upon…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
… is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners and banned persons in South Africa … 1…
ArticleThe impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989
… The impact of the collapse of the USSR in 1989 …
Calendar of major events during the unfolding of total strategy
… Calendar of major events during the unfolding of total strategy …
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary
… Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary …
ArticleThe National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA)
… The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) …
Archive of documents used in compilation of Solomon Mahlangu feature
… Archive of documents used in compilation of Solomon Mahlangu feature …
League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929
… League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of Meeting, 25 August 1929 …
The establishment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1994
… The establishment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1994 …
Impact of the collapse of the USSR on South Africa
… Impact of the collapse of the USSR on South Africa …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought … Exile, Musician, Intelligence,…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was chaired by Neville … artists “boycotted the event…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the year of 1955 in…
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
… wind was not a pleasant prospect. So he picked up a can of paraffin in the kitchen and tipped it over the coals in … author Gavin Evans wrote: “Morake was a…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… discovered by them. The land was already occupied and was being used by the inhabitants. The reason why groups often … any claim they make to "owning" the…
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… Lindiwe Sisulu was born on the 10th of May 1954, in Johannesburg . She is the daughter of African National Congress (ANC) veterans, Walter and ……
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa , apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… THE PEOPLE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE OF THE NATIONALISTS. OUR POLITICAL LINE OF ACTION. Our mass political line of action is inspired by … its target of an army…
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
… South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were fashioned out of his family's oppressed past. His grandfather, a Talmudic … having arrived in England with her…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
… became a full-time organiser for the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions. Whilst he was working for the Council, it joined the South African…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… The Black Consciousness philosophy gained most of its support in the secondary schools and universities. The … demand for an educational system that was…