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ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… are in the Free State camps and 55 969 in the ZAR (South African Republic/Transvaal). 523 deaths are recorded for the …
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… the summer months the Khoikhoi moved around between the areas of Table Bay, Swartland and Saldanha Bay in search of … of fresh water which was difficult to…
BiographyNelson “Nana” Mahomo
… 1940s. Sympathetic to the Africanist group within the African National Congress (ANC), he resigned in late 1954 … From Protest to challenge: A documentary…
BiographyJackson Mbhazima Hlungwani
… Hlungwani’s work cannot be understood outside of a local African Christian context. He talks of Christ as his mentor …
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
… Her cell-mate, Helen Joseph , won her over to the African National Congress (ANC). She was deported in mid-May …
Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
… brought in as his successor. He was also elected to the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee … From Protest to challenge: A…
BiographyJohn Hodgkiss
… galleries in Johannesburg and has worked with many South African artists, completing monographs with Steven Cohen, …
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
… Then in 1995 he held his first solo exhibition at the African Art Centre, Durban. He was invited by Artists for …
BiographyDaniel Francois Malan
… coalition between the National Party and Jan Smut’s South African Party in 1933, and rejected the resulting ‘fusion’ …
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
… as a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) . In 1994 she was elected a …
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
… he became a teacher and active member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal. During the … Teacher and political activist. A member of the…
BiographyDan Sleigh
… South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born … path to his grandfathers, when he enrolled in the South African Navy after matriculating…
BiographyJanub Gool
… Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active figure in the All African Convention and the Anti-CAD (anti-Coloured Affairs … Banned in October 1961 after helping to…
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
… in the Transkei,attended Lovedale and was a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the late … independent sect that later became an…
References and links: Transport through time
… Commission, (2012), ‘ Do the right mix: Sustainable Urban Mobility ’, (video file) 26 September,[online], …
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of … a beer hall and a police station. Different grades of housing were built…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… will help in some way to relieve the position of South African political prisoners and that it will lead eventually … to see me and that I would have no…
BiographyArthur Maimane
… Maths before becoming a lawyer and president of the African National Congress (ANC) . Archbishop Desmond Tutu and … 1957. While in Ghana, Maimane worked for…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
… Negotiating Forum. He served as a member of the African National Congress (ANC)’s Constitutional Committee … around the Lesotho elections on behalf of the…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… Vula. Following the unbanning of the ANC and the South African Communist Party , he had to leave the country and … South Africa (Codesa), which brought…
Griqua
… century, small Baster communities formed in the fringe areas of the northwest and the eastern frontier – Colesberg, … were the Kok and Barends families, and…
Griqua community
… century, small Baster communities formed in the fringe areas of the northwest and the eastern frontier – Colesberg, … were the Kok and Barends families, and…
EventThree cases of Buboinic plague are reported in Cape Town
… resulting in the establishment of segregated residential areas with Africans being forced to move to the periphery of the city. African people and their…
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… A reconnaissance mission by Voortrekkers reports that the areas in Natal south of the Tukela and in the central … between the Vet and Limpopo Rivers. 1838…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… formation was precipitated by dynamics within the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). There was a general feeling … as the "Ghetto Act". The aspect of the…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… He is the darkest complexioned middle child in a Coloured family of 4 boys and 1 girl. His mother made obvious her … develops between him and his father over…
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… its location, just about 180 kilometres from the bustling urban hub of Johannesburg and its International Airport . The … streets. This was the site and…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… the following year. Discussions regarding the provision of housing for the various racial groups who lived in … In the article, residents complained about a…
BiographyJon Lynton David Hrusa
… first job involved him in taking photographs for the South African Defence Force ’s (SADF) magazine. A decade later … In 2000, he spent three months…
BiographyMagwaza Alfred Maphalala
… was recruited into the underground structures of both the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). In the middle of…