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BiographyHassan Howa
… of flannelled fools”. After a memorable amateur career on the pitch, he took up the challenge of cricket … deplored the pernicious impact of deprivation and…
BiographyAbdool Kader Hassim
… was born in Dundee, Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 10th of November in 1934. Both his parents were born in … only. He was placed under house arrest…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
… Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest … and settled there in the late 1870s. The family…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
… Ahmed Essop "Quarter" Khota, was born on 5 July 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as … him by Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu . It was a play on…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… in Bolotwe,Queenstown, Eastern Province [Now Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a…
BiographyDenis Mayer
… Denis Mayer was born in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment … South Africa from England in the 1890s to seek…
BiographySarah Carneson
… organise the largely Indian Sugar Workers Union and served on the Durban CPSA district committee. In 1940 Carneson moved … first child, Lynn. At the time,…
BiographyClarence Mlami Makwetu
… Clarence Mlami Makwetu was born on 6th December 1928 in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, … Langa, New flats was instrumental in leading the marchers on…
BiographyMazisi Raymond Kunene
… Mazisi Raymond Kunene was born in Durban on May 12, 1930, at McCord's Hospital. His mother Eva Kunene … Mdabuli Albert Kunene, a labourer.He grew up at…
BiographyArchibald Campbell Jordan
… Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission Station in the … Association. During this period, he…
BiographyAndries Treurnicht
… Andries Treurnicht was born on 19 February 1921 on Middelpos farm in Piketberg, Cape Town. He attended … Town. His doctoral thesis was titled ‘Kuper’s…
BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
… Johnstone “Johnny” Mfanafuthi Makhathini was born in Durban on 8 February 1932. He attended school at Adams College in … imposed Bantu Education he resigned…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… attracted to the ADP. The ADP was kept alive until about 1948. The Fourth International of South Africa (FIOSA) … the Afrikaner Party, agreed on an election…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… suggesting that many see an opportunity to capitalise on voter uncertainty after the Zuma years. Noteworthy, too, … the dictum that “the land belongs to…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… least two oral versions about the battle on and around 16 December 1838 circulated among the earlier … and attained political asylum in West Germany [1975],…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… 1999): Apartheid stretches over the whole area of people’s lives… The principle of apartheid between races and peoples, … Bible” was accepted by the…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
… Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South … helped to change parliamentary debate from one…
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
… Paul Mashatile was born on 21 October 1961 in Geraldsville, Pretoria (Tshwane). … by the government. During his detention he embarked on an 18-day hunger…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… the African National Congress (ANC) in Zimbabwe . He died on 1 May 1985 when his car overturned while driving to … achievement would occur several times in…
BiographyGill Marcus
… to Britain with their four children in 1969. Marcus went on to study for a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree at the … newspapers for the ANC and discussing…
BiographyBen Turok
… unopposed to represent Africans of the Western Cape on the Cape Provincial Council 1957. Turok was one of the … where he was editor of Sechaba until 1972. He…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… to coloured militancy and progressivism at an early age. On the other hand, his mother taught him to respect everyone, … Jarsa was talking to God, and surely…
Watson Mzwandile Majova
… (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were killed on 28 November 1985. On 17 March 1998, the Truth and Reconcilaition Commission … the bodies of Aaron…
BiographyMgcineni Noki
… working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Mambush was killed at scene 1 after being … as well as his sister and niece who…
BiographyMarthinus Hattingh
… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. … MSF in Angola, documenting the effect of the civil war on the refugees in Angola. His work is…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… of the Second Conference, held in 1944. Reporting on the Conference, Bulletin No. 30 January 19th, 1944, said: … "to view of the growing, unemployment (see …
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying … through a national public holiday in…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… had socio-economic as well as political implications. The lives of millions were affected and resulted in the loss of … devastating drought together with a…
BiographyHenry Bathurst
… Officer, Bathurst was born in Gloucestershire, England on 22 May 1762. He was the eldest son of the second Earl of … Georgiana Lennox, with whom he had 6…
BiographyMonty Johannes Motloung
… of a group of ten, prepared for operations in the country on the first anniversary of June 16. On June 13 Motloung and his team arrived in Johannesburg. They…