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BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
… Absolom Cindi was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education … labour for failing to show the…
BiographyAmina Desai
… which they traced back to Desai. Following Timol’s arrest, on 23 October, 1971, at 3am, in the early hours of the … and the South African Communist Party …
BiographyJillian Edelstein
… in Perpignan in 1997, this award was for her work done on the Truth and Reconciliation commission in South Africa. … Museum, Johannesburg'. Since 2002 she…
BiographyMohammed Valli Moosa
… of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). Moosa served on the executive committee of the congress. In 1983, with the … escape detention by working from…
BiographyDr Silas Modiri Molema
… the primary focus was the history of the Batswana. On his return to South Africa he commenced his practice in … Molema is the author of some useful pamphlets…
BiographyActing Chief Moepadira Mphahlele
… Limpopo Province]to Msinga, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 February 1953. His order was withdrawn on 18 September 1962. … Contribution by Professor S. Badat…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… University of the Free State Abstract This paper focuses on the “ginger” faction of the Industrial and Commercial … that influenced the party’s trajectory,…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… World War alerted many to the horrific consequences of war on the dignity and lives of people, including those not necessarily … for humanitarian conduct…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… On 21 December 1988, the Pan Am Flight 103 was flying its … when it was destroyed by a bomb. All passengers and crew on board were killed, as were eleven…
PlaceCR Swart Building
… Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", … mixed feelings. The building’s name was officially changed on Wednesday as part of the…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… with our hearts heavy in mourning as we lay a wreath on the grave of one so special to that generation and to … has lost a stalwart, one who represented that…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… and administrators across all the provinces. It bestowed on chiefs and traditional authorities the power to allocate … Land Act is extensively covered in…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… at the University of the Witwatersrand who concentrated on writing; he also wrote a Zulu-English dictionary. Her … Joyce wrote to theWorld newspaper for a…
BiographyMuntu Myeza
… Muntu Myeza was born on 3 December 1950 to Jacob and Julia Myeza in Natal where he … Police Jimmy Kruger reacted by imposing a nationwide ban on the rallies…
BiographyHermione Stephanie Lombard Faure
… Stephanie Faure was born on 9 September 1894 in Pretoria. She was the daughter of … Lauwerijs at the Royal Flemish Conservatoire of Music. On completion of…
BiographyWinston Churchill Masakeng Saoli
… Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli was born on 3 January 1950 in the town of Acornhoek, Eastern … Legae at the art centre in July 1968, when they commented on…
BiographyKate O’Regan
… was also an advisor to the African National Congress (ANC) on land claims legislation, and to the National Manpower Commission on gender equality law. She…
BiographyMagnus Malan
… Magnus Malan was born in Pretoria on 30 January 1930. His father, Avril Ire de Merindol, was a … Anton Lubowski. Outside South Africa, he deployed troops on…
BiographyJohann Christiaan Kriegler
… was appointed a Justice of the Constitutional Court on its foundation in 1994, a position he held until 2002. He … and international judicial missions and…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… . After studying at Lovedale, he taught briefly, then on his father's death in 1921 took over Imvo Zabantsundu, … his brother, D. D. T. Jabavu , was…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… away for extended periods of time, working under contract on the mines. In both town and rural areas the traditional … of keeping the family together fell…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… world that has been rid of the parasites that have imposed on all of us; fascism, racism and apartheid, deprivation and … to achieve any of these objectives…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… Life Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria, to Igbo … Gwendolen is the story of a young West Indian girl…
BiographySir Sydney Kentridge
… African forces in World War II for four years and went on to attend Exeter College in Oxford on an ex-serviceman’s grant, receiving first-class honours in ……
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of the six … for an extended tour of England and Europe in 1909. On her…
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
… found Abraham “guilty” of eighteen charges of misconduct.’ On 22 March 1957, the government issued Notice No. 421 … his women to present themselves at the…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
… David Maphgumzana Sibeko was born on 26 August 1938 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg . He received … was subsequently sent to the People's Republic of China on a…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho … ANC proclaimed the Freedom Charter at Kliptown. Speaking on…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… 2 The SASA grew to command the respect of many artists on a national basis, and many of them were either members or … way]... in these days of union" This…
ArchiveThe Open School childrens art calendar 1990:
… poster. Artwork and accounts of difficulties in the lives of these children. …