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The Susan Crisp (198 tons) is wrecked and five crewmembers are missing near Plettenberg Bay. She was on her way to remove provi
ArchiveWitbank Security Police offices operation, 24 October 1988, Times, 27 June 2011
Witbank Security Police offices operation, 24 October 1988, Times, 27 June 2011
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
Abram Onkgopotse Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West Province, South Africa. His parents, now late,…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
The United Nations referred to apartheid as “a crime against humanity” (United Nations, edited 2018). In 1956, Trevor Huddleston, an Anglican priest, wrote the…
Solomon Modipane
Mr Solomon Modipane was another of the Bakwena tribesman .He was detained on 25 February 1969 and held under section 6(1) of Terrorism Act at the Silverton…
BiographyBeauclerk Upington
Beauclerk Upington, eldest son Sir Thomas Upington, was born on 29 March, 1873. He arrived in Cape Town at the age of one. He was educated at the South African…
BiographyXego Michael
Mike Xego started his political career in youth politics. He was a member of the Student Christian Movement(SCM) in 1974, before joining the Black…
BiographyWilliam Mtsologane
William Mtsologane was one of the six along with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg),…
BiographyMfoloe Ramokgadi
Mfoloe Ramokgadi was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyCoopoosamy Naidoo
Coopoosamy, the eldest son of Thambi and Veerammal Naidoo, was sentenced in 1909 to seven days with hard labour for hawking without licence. He went hawking…
BiographyAbel Mabe
Abel Mabe was one of the six alongside with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal, (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 February 1989. …
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA)
The Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) was founded in October 1954 by 61 unions mainly representing White workers and mixed unions of Coloured and…
BiographyLesedi Billy Masetlha
Lesedi Billy Masetlha was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng).He was one of the six children in a family with roots in…
Key players in the various passive resistance campaigns
… Leballo Patrick Duncan Phillip Kgosana Defiance Campaign 1989 Alan Boesak Fw De Klerk Nelson Mandela Cyril Ramaphosa …
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, Honourable Ministers and Ambassadors, Your…
Speech by Oliver Tambo to the people of South Africa on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1981
Statement of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Debate in the National Assembly, on “Reconciliation and Nation Building, National Assembly Cape Town, 29 May 1998
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon in his Honour Hosted by his Excellency President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the Federative Republic of Brazil Brasilia, 22 July 1998
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
19317 October, Desmond Mpilo Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South Africa.1961Desmond Tutu is ordained as a minister in the…
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, 11 August 1981
Mrs. Gertrude Shope On behalf of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… under new regulations at Rhodes and Wits Universities 1989 COSAS and NECC declare themselves unbanned. SANSCO and …
Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo
Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo was born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He attended school at Saint Angsgurs Primary School in 1946 and matriculated in 1954 from the…
BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
Kendall was an architect whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was educated at King\'s…
BiographyAllerley Glossop
Allerley Glossop was born in Twickenham, England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in London, where she had taught. She farmed…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
Captain Lancelot Andrew Elsworth Ariba was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1891. He served in World War I with distinction and late studied architecture in Leeds…
BiographyBertram Dumbleton
Bertram Dumbleton was born in 1896 in George, Cape Province. He trained at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London and the Academic Julian in Paris. During his…
BiographyElizabeth Drake
Elizabeth Drake was born in 1866 in Rochester, Kent, England. Her naturalistic renderings of landscape and architectural subjects in watercolour were much…