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Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… on the pavements in Pretoria, with the consequence that African women and chilÂdren were injured daily. So, one day, … this callous move. Women, in towns as…
Safety and security issues
… domestic violence is not limited to female members of the family, statistics show that women are most affected by this … father is the only source of income,…
Hettie Du Preez
… the first national conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. She also joined the first … She also played a prominent role in the…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… Town on the 13 and 18 September with members of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) on board. It was … it easier for the epidemic to penetrate…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… programme would entailkraals being concentrated in certain areas, while certain lands would be used for plantations. In … and he was the “Boot-Licker of…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle … Africa. His father, a factory worker…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 92th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2004
… the occasion of the 92nd Anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress, we extend our best wishes to all … Fund, the Integrated and Sustainable…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Taylor Street Secondary School. 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a … child Jama. 1953 Fire destroys Thabo…
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
… Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got his first …
BiographyAndrew Michael Boraine
… 1976.In the 1980s he became the underground member of the African National Congress (ANC) and in 1978 he was elected … Gastrow, S. (1987). Who\'s Who in…
BiographyLeng Dixon
… enough to be included on the large exhibition of South African art held at London's Tate Gallery in 1948. His work …
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
… bread”) developed to become an important genre of South African music. It is a blend of various styles, of which …
BiographyAidan Walsh
… outles where he displayed and promoted the work of South African artists. He was Curator of the NSA Gallery, Durban … South African Art Times, (2009), The…
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
… the country to recruit and garner support for the South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYCRO, the military …
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Webster
… curriculum and staff development (particularly of young, African scholars). Webster transformed it into the leading …
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a Freedom Volunteer in …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… and another for the Indian." Polak singles out the family of T.B. Robinson of Cato Manor as being of "evil … back to India, prospective repatriates from up…
PlacePhilippi
… The city wants to develop this land for industry and housing. With the ever-increasing number of people moving into Philippi, the demand for housing is…
Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
… here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted … Mohamed Dadoo was a first-born in a…
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
… here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted … Mohamed Dadoo was a first-born in a…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
… districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng ) areas. This was the first State of Emergency since 1960, and … schools and colleges. The UDF and…
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
The Karoo is one of the World’s most unique, arid zones. In South Africa it stands alone, globally it is an: "envied rarity." Situated in the Western parts of…
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
… behind those in Europe. Remarkable new finds by South African archaeologists at Blombos Cave in the southern Cape … frontiers of poverty, the Integrated…
The melody of freedom
… of apartheid. Fear of revolutionary songs, fear of South African jazz, fear of mbaqanga, fear of guma, fear of all those kinds of non-biased and authentic…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern … College in Grahamstown.[iii] He became the first South African to win a full…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… Address to the Forty-fifth Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Orlando, Johannesburg, December … the movement of whites in the so-called…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… Minister Nathi Mthethwa has sent his condolences to the family and friends of legendary poet and short story writer, … that championed the principle of…
EventPresident Barack Obama visits South Africa
… On 29 June 2013 President Barack Obama, accompanied by his family, made his first visit to South Africa since he was … President of the United States of…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… present" to Paay Schaapie [Tuan Nuruman] "for him and his family as a burial ground" by General Janssen who was the … obstacles in the spread of Islam in the…
BiographyAbdool Kader Hassim
… arrest and again in 1980. By 1964, he was a member of African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA) . … APDUSA and thereby to win funding from…