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BiographyJohannes Maswanganyi
… however, is that they are removed from tradition by virtue of their western style. It is figures such as these … various ways to include landscapes in…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… long after their arrival that their homes were flattened by bulldozers and people were forcibly moved back to Soweto. … joined the Garment Workers’ Union …
BiographyMohamed Hajee Joosub
… in 1862. He was the youngest of five children fathered by Hajee Joosub, a merchant, farmer and herbalist. Hajee Joosub treated the sick by providing free…
BiographyTheo Mthembu
… called Mining Sun , and advanced the cause of boxing by giving the sport exposure. This led to the introduction of … He was also awarded the President’s…
BiographyWinston Churchill Masakeng Saoli
… in Moroka. Saoli cultivated an interest in art inspired by the drawings of his older brother, Chamberlain, and the … Goodman Gallery, the show sold out, and…
BiographyDonald James Woods
… the ideology of separate development he entered politics by joining the Federal Party. In 1957 he contested for a … Dispatch. He integrated black, colored…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… intended to redistribute 30% of land to black people by 2014. However, the process of land reform has been slow due the inflating of prices by farmers on…
BiographyFezile David Saphendu
… was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his underarm by the police. He left behind his mother, brother, sister and … investigate for himself. Sadly the…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… gives us a sense of identity and belonging. South Africa's rich and diverse forms of heritage have made its people … The way the past is represented is…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing must be to … to accept that to be like a white South African-rich,…
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… 11 languages in South Africa. The Village, which was built by locals, is situated midway between the Blyde River Canyon … in the Chief's Kraal. Shangana has…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… on the continent before it was dissolved and succeeded by the African Union in 2002. However, the OAU did make a … communities (RECs). The Abuja Treaty was…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… South Africans of the Twentieth Century . Published by Human and Rousseau. If you would like to contribute to … in 1966 as his response. And a crushing…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… force in 1908, a mass rally was held in a mosque attended by some 2 500 people. Schlesin wanted to address the rally … Schlesin, “Miss Schlesin --- taxed…
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
… was also active in the Native Education Association, led by Elijah Makiwane. As the descendant of a respected … Committee, set up to refine the translation…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… in her own right. One particular story related by Phyllis Naidoo encapsulates the essence of Dawood Seedat. … 16 December 1930. Seedat witnessed four people…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… India and families being sent to South Africa. They went by train to Suez and travelled on the Ile de France to … arrived in South Africa in 1941 after they…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… High. He was a passionate reader. This was spotted by his History and English teacher, Abram Onkgopotse Tiro … Mashinini as its first president (until he…
EventHenri Edouard Prosper Breuil (84), French archaeologist who did research with Dr Robert Broom in SA, dies in Paris
… and reproducing them in colour. It is Southern Africa’s rich rock art that lured him to the sub continent. Not only …
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
… Mda defended the AAC vehemently when its leadership, led by its president D.D.T. Jabavu , was suspected of and criticised for betraying their mandate by…
BiographyIsmail Mahomed
… room and dining facilities. [ii] Refusing to be hindered by what he would later describe as being an Apartheid imposed … and education to assist people who…
BiographyEnver Hassim
… Ten Point Programme. As a consequence, Hassim was sought by the apartheid security police and went into hiding. He … Emergency was declared, Hassim was…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… At school Mahomed’s political outlook was developed by teachers of conscience, and as a teen in 1966, a time of … movement, including a national class…
BiographyZanele Muholi
… This biography was written by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. Zanele Muholi is a … says Muholi. ‘Many have exiled our female African bodies: by…
BiographyEsther Franks
… to graduate in medicine at the University, being preceded by Susan Blake only on account of the alphabet. She was the … section. In 1972 Franks was chosen as…
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
… On 20 December of the same year he was executed by firing squad. Jopie Fourie is seen as a traditional … up for his beliefs and Louis Botha was severely…
Thomas G. Karis
… Obituary by his son, Aleck Karis. Thomas G. Karis, a former foreign … theory and constitutional law at City College, attracted by its reputation as the…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
… Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced by European writers such as Charles Dickens and D.H. … The New Age was a radical anti-Apartheid…
Mme Makwena Matlala
… apartheid officials. In 1949, Makwena Matlala was deposed by the NAD on the grounds of ‘various abuses”¦of her position … 1950, the banishment of Makwena…
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
… Cape Town where his opposition to white racism was formed by his teachers who encouraged political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people. His…