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Statement by the ANC on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops by O. R. Tambo, 31 October 1975
… South African troops is the most dangerous crisis faced by Africa since the United States intervention in the Congo … imperialism intervened to try to turn…
EventHip Hop Pantsula, the South African rapper is born
Jabulani “Jabba” Tsambo, stage name Hip Hop Pantsula or HHP was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 14 September 1980.[1] Hip Hop Pantsula was raised in…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… Zerilda Steyn, was a pioneer of social welfare in South Africa, founding the Urban Housing League. His father, … the door. He became one of the youngest…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… literature. Together with his childhood friend, Johannes Africa De Beer, he read every book he could get his hands on, … often focused on their shared dream…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… Athol Thorne was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban …
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
… in the name of the fighting masses of Namibia and South Africa. We wish firstly to convey to His Excellency Ali … become the PTA Authority for Eastern,…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … was organised by the National Liberation League of South Africa and supported by…
BiographyLouis Botha
… and he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His vision of South Africa included both British and Dutch. Botha was a leading … to control…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… includes chapters on sport, politics and race: South Africa; South Africa a historical political overview; Early developments of white and non-white sport in…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… includes chapters on sport, politics and race: South Africa; South Africa a historical political overview; Early developments of white and non-white sport in…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO MEMBERS OF THE SWISS-SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION Zurich, 2 September 1997
… in his place! And indeed, to be in government in South Africa today is a challenging and invigorating experience. … basis of our relationship with our…
EventSouth African man sets record for world's deepest dive
South African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind's deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes'318.25m plunge beat the record…
BiographyHector Pieterson
… image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima - of the … June 16 has been observed as a public holiday…
BiographyYazeed Kamaldien
… and photographer living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1998 he embarked on a four-year journalism BTech … published in various magazines and…
BiographyHarold Strachan
… Art Gallery collection and in private collections in South Africa. Strachan published a book called ‘Way Up, Way Out’ in … of an autobiographical trilogy…
BiographyPaul Konings
… in Tokoroa, New Zealand in 1958. Konings came to South Africa in 1975 to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts … were also published in Estate Wines of…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… of affairs. He knew more about the Indian problem in South Africa than any other man in the world, not excluding General … the world on this particular…
BiographyGladys Thomas
… Rage” was the first book of poetry to be banned in South Africa. She has written six plays, four of which were staged … Women Writers 1925-1989. University…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… of Nelson Mandela from prison, in the midst of South Africa’s transition to democracy. Kolisi’s upbringing was … emphasis on unity that has been so dearly…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… the third eldest in a family of six that included South Africa's former ambassador to Japan and senior Inkatha … fellow. She was also the first African woman…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… nationalists who ultimately came to power in South Africa in 1948, beginning a racist and oppressive apartheid … US permanent residency hopes, and returned…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
… in 1922 in Beaufort West on the edge of South Africa’s arid interior region called the Great Karoo. He was … always newsworthy. As an unofficial ambassador…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
… Representative Council. Before returning to South Africa in 1976 he travelled to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey … helped Ismail Mahomed, future chief…
BiographyDean Hutton
… one of the 200 Top Young South Africans, was awarded an Africa Centre AIR Award & is a POPCAP ‘15 runner up. Dean … Star, The Mail & Globe, Tages-Anzeiger,…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
… a satirical review of the political conditions in South Africa called Black on White which ran for three years from … Moodley got involved in the Disability…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… involved in crime during that time behind bars. South Africa has close to 700 citizens in foreign prisons for drug …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… with other CommonÂwealth Prime Ministers. South Africa was getting a bad name, and General Smuts was anxious … For the first time in the history of the…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… Toit recruited MaMbeki into the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Durban, making her the second black woman to …
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… a gospel of democracy and freedom. If we are true to South Africa that must be our vision, a vision of South Africa as a fully democratic country. It cannot…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first…