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BiographyRichard Msimang
… founder of the Independent Methodist Church of South Africa. He was among the first pupils of the Ohlange … firm in the town. In November 1910 he returned to…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
… and later studied law through the University of South Africa. When Make was still a student in high school, he … from Sibasa, and undertook a horrendous…
BiographySarah Carneson
… 18, Carneson joined the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA). By 1934 she was a member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), teaching…
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… teaching produced little or no significant art work as all his energies were focused on his teaching career. In …
BiographyVictor Sidney Norton
… an unfeigned enjoyment of life and much goodwill towards all he met. One of the many things he was enthusiastic about …
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
… stopped short of banning the organbisation outright, but all their activities were in effect frozen. By 1989, the … Minister of Law and Order in South Africa…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
… did not deter him from working for the cause and despite all these hardships he continued to inspire many people in … Mseleku, T. 1999. The new dictionary of…
BiographyDr. Susan Vosloo
… Dr Vosloo was South Africa's first female heart surgeon. She joined the heart … South Africa's first female heart surgeon …
BiographyHymie Barsel
… war and a former member of the Communist Party of South Africa. After the treason trial he was placed under house …
Died in the struggle
… and a list of famous Black political leaders in South Africa, issued by the Black Peoples Convention and the South African Students Organisation. …
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
… sects in Natal to socialism and communism in Southern Africa. How did Gumede respond to all these developments? How did he succeed in rising to … among…
BiographyWillis Nxumalo
… Gallery collection and in private collections in South Africa. …
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… Boshielo who was a member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). Boshielo gave him literature such as … register and complete his BA with the…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
… Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa in 1910. He was considered a liberal in the South … as South African rather than as an…
ArchiveMandelas moment of truth at CODESA
… CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa - even the name …
Millicent Fawcett
… but was not part of the committee that came to South Africa. … Davenport, T.R.H, South Africa …
BiographyJeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
… Goldie Zaidel, Philip Levy and Adolph Hallis in South Africa and John Lill in London) she won many prizes and …
PlaceBarberspan Bird Sanctuary
… is a pioneer in ornithological research. Bird Life South Africa has declared it an important national birding site. Given then that it is also a RAMSAR…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
… He studied in London and Paris and returned to South Africa in 1951 with a strong formalist grounding. Laubscher’s … illustrious career spanning 60 years, he…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
… groups and campaigned for a sporting boycott of South Africa. In 1954 to 1963 Fihla worked as a cleaner at Barclays … a bachelor's degree through the…
BiographyNorman Catherine
… Norman Catherine was born in East London, South Africa in September 1949. He studied at the East London … L’Histoire du Soldat. He has represented South…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… dawn of apartheid in the 1940s marked major changes for all Black South Africans. In 1953, the South African … and state sponsored assassination squads…
The new policy of the USA towards South Afri
… An article written by the Black People's Convention in response to the invitation to have talks with … on the United States 'new' foreign policy towards…
Chapter 12
… bogus unity. We have already mentioned Dr. Xuma's ad hoc Convention for the African Charter-Bill of Rights. Then there … Doctors, Dadoo, Naicker and Xuma,…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness Movement … uprising, these included among others…
BiographyRegina Buthelezi
… represented in public and private art collections in South Africa and abroad. …
BiographyBetty Radford
… against the newspaper for publishing extracts from the Africa Mineworkers’ Union’s evidence to the Lansdown …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… Smith to reconsider, calling for negotiations. The Geneva Convention was an attempt to forge a settlement. The convention failed when Smith rejected ZANU’s…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… of conflict, we are here today because we feel we should all contribute to bringing about lasting peace and stability … the Palestinians and the Israelis…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Africans could be hopeful for a better future in South Africa. The focus of this piece would be on the position … of the most important decisions and it…