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ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… same time ensuring that those described as ‘white’ South Africans would be privileged with the exclusive rights and … [ii] To achieve this aim, some four…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… rule in South Africa and Namibia. In fighting the South Africans, the Cubans were thus fighting for the liberation of Angolans, Namibians, and South Africans…
BiographyS. Mac Lepolesa
… the national ANC deputy-speaker. He was a member of the Africans' Claims committee. In the late 1950s he left South …
BiographyLionel Mxolisi Majombozi
One of the group of African medical students at the University of the Witwatersrand who participated in the founding of the African National Congress Youth…
BiographyPeter Kaya Selepe
One of the first-string accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961, Selepe was born in 1919 and served in the South African army in World War II, attaining the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… recommendations on demarcations of land between whites and Africans in Zululand. 1903 22 September, Lord Milner appoints … tenants and farm workers. 1905 4…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… to ask, for instance, whose heritage it is that South Africans are being called to celebrate. Another point of … when it was decided to create a day where…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… Wolseley moved his motley troops of Britons, Boers and Africans (10,000 Swazi troops) to bring down Sekhukhune. This …
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… the one of only two high schools available for South Africans of Indian origin in Natal. In 1943 he completed his …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… The Population Registration Act provided that all South Africans be racially classified in one of three categories: … Sections 15 and 19 precluded Whites…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… social concerns. Arthur Jarvis claims that white South Africans are “caught in the toils of our own selfishness” … state and the white population…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… College in Mariannhill , Durban, where she later taught in 1947 while also doing a Bachelor of Arts and later a Master …
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee was born to German and English parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a…
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje was born in Bloemfontein on 25 September 1969 to Ewie and San-Marie Cronje. He attended Grey College in Bloemfontein, a…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… which becomes the first union of teachers established by Africans in South Africa. 1908 Makgatho establishes an … includes a wide range of political…
BiographyTemba D. A. Mqota
Born in 1928, Temba D. A. Mqota was a student. He joined the African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian struggle against the "Ghetto" Act. He…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… was intended to expand the farming areas available to Africans, he could see that the re-division of land in the … land albeit in large portions,was…
BiographyVivienne Ncakeni
Vivienne Ncakeni was born in Brakpan, she was educated in the Transvaal and Natal and trained as a teacher. She returned to Brakpan to teach in the late 1930s…
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
… on the land issue and questioned the lack of freedom for Africans. He expressed reservations about the restrictions placed on Africans which prevented them…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… in the mid-19th century in the United States, led by Africans from the Western Hemisphere. The most important … for Pan-Africanism emphasized the…
BiographyEdson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was…
BiographyProfessor Brij Maharaj
Prof Brij Maharaj was born in 1957 in Merebank, south Durban, Natal (now known as Kwazulu-Natal - KZN). His father, Bhurma Maharaj, was a shop assistant at a…
BiographyCarol Moses
Carol Moses was born on 7 April 1968 in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, one of seven siblings. She grew up on a farm outside Oudtshoorn. Moses was a struggle…
BiographyDan Sleigh
South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born on 3 November 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape. He was…
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
Professor Pieter Steyn was born in 5 January 1940 in Vryburg in the North West. He is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer…
BiographyJanub Gool
Janub Gool, also known as 'Jane', was a founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active figure in the All African Convention and the…
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
Mayatula was born in 1921 in Willowvale in the Transkei,attended Lovedale and was a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the late…
BiographySicelo Shiceka
Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
Siyamthanda “Siya” Kolisi was born on 16 June 1991 in Zwide Township in Port Elizabeth (PE), Eastern Cape. He was born exactly 15 years after the Soweto Youth…