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BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… focused on ordinary people - the conditions of their lives, their hardships and their struggle for liberation from …
BiographyRexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula
Rexon Mathebula also known as Scotch was born on 15 April 1926 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Mathebula left Sophiatown when he was seven years old and went to…
BiographyJackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane
Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State Province), and grew up in…
BiographyAnn Tobias
Ann Tobias was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa during Apartheid. The party strongly opposed Apartheid policies and the government would go on to…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… Cry Freedom, about the relationship between Steve Biko and Donald Woods, starred Americans Denzel Washington …
South African Student Organisation Leaders
… Steve Biko 1st president 1968 -1969, 1970-1971 Publications Vuyelwa …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
Christianity
… is important to guide them and to help them to live their lives in a Christian way with good values and morals. They … but Christians have a different…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… her political career was taking shape. In 1968 Stephen Biko founded and led the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , … around her. At the University of Natal…
BiographyJoel Mabi Lengisi
Joel Mabi Lengisi was born in 1920 at the Sitholeni Location, Engcobo, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], Lengisi later moved to East London African…
BiographySarah Gertrude Holland
… Holland’s house was destroyed by a fire which claimed the lives of 11 people, including her. In 2005, she established … orphaned children and sacrificing her…
BiographyThabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetla
Thabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetlawas born in Lydenburg, eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 18 May 1957. He joined the South African Student…
BiographyNowongile Cynthia Molo
… seeing fellow women making a difference in their economic lives through her influence, Molo has received several awards … project, a self-empowerment…
BiographyPiet Mokoena
Piet Mokoena, from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province], was a strong supporter of Paulus Howell Mopeli…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… to return to her home country after 44 years. She now lives in Gordon’s Bay , South Africa. The following …
BiographyPeter Clarke
… took up the fight against Apartheid, many losing their lives in the process. When I came back it could have been …
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… Africa emerges as one of the main themes in Mandela’s writings. On a personal level, this was Mandela’s first … this archive was uncovered amongst other…
III - Black Consciousness
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa What had Steve Biko done to be so persecuted by the police? Why did they … were…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… and Eddie Roux, two well known South African academics, writings and from teaching or in their home country sparked …
IX - The Doctors
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa After receiving his head injury, Biko began to die. According to Professor Proctor,…
VI - The Inquest
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The inquest was … no criminal proceedings would be instituted in the Steve Biko…
BiographyJohn Smith Moffat
John Smith Moffat was born on 10 March 1835 in Kuruman, South Africa. He was the son of the missionary Robert Moffat, who was friends with Mzilikazi, the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… was eventually put down - at a cost of hundreds of lives and millions of rands in damage, South Africa has not … was a young Natal University medical student…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… was a Danish-Swedish connection to the termination of Biko and the massive crackdown across South Africa on all … (IUEF). Just a month earlier on 12…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… critical consciousness espoused by BC theorists such as Biko. It is significant that following the Soweto Revolt of … of Masite, deep in the Maluti mountains…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…
BiographyDouglas Ramokgopa
The case of Douglas Ramokgopa illustrates various aspects of banishment: the issue of freedom of movement while in banishment and, in this instance, the sheer…
BiographyDavid Moiloa
David Moiloa, a flamboyant, amusing orator often at the rear of events, had been imprisoned in Johannesburg during the 1952 Defiance Campaign. He was the…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in February 1924. His father was an engineer with the Post Office and his mother a…