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BiographyDali Tambo
… TV genre in South Africa. He later moved to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) where he would also … to visit the site in search for knowledge…
Stephen Marais
… act of civil disobedience was in 1983 when he joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground. That evening he … Trade Unions (COSATU) and NGOs for…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… the Black consciousness student movement, the South African Student Organisation (SASO) , and was elected its … within the Western Cape. After the…
Chapter 3: The Role of the Police and the Government in Vigilante Activities
… This chapter is not about the general role of the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Government in … hands in roadblocks to attack UDF and…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be gauged from the fact that up … settled by Indians, it was also home…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… Comrades and Compatriots, Today the African National Congress is 99 years old and thus enters its … we have put in place a New Growth Path that will:…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… in town, where I joined the trade union movement and the African National Congress. The two organisations added a lot … for disadvantaged children,…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
… Second World War, it was the site of a concentration camp housing German men, regarded as potentially dangerous by the … New Dictionary of South African…
PlaceGauteng Province
… Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging . These are the three Urban Centre's that make up the Province. Pretoria, South …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… constitution. The moment which changed the path of South African history came after long and tension-ridden … negotiations held between 1991 and 1992. The…
BiographyMabel Palmer
… member of numerous organisations. These included the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) , the National … the advisor on Indian affairs for…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… a tradition that is still used in South Africa. Many South African cultures have storytellers who don’t only tell us … disagree. Gcina Mhlope, copyright…
EventBambata Rebellion: The Natal government offers a reward of £500 for the capture of Bambata
… Mpanza Valley. He was chief of the Amalondi, who occupied areas of Mvoti, New Hanover, Umgeni the Lions River … to arrest him. Bambatha fled to the Mpanza…
The National Bird
… KwaZulu-Nata l and the highveld, usually in pairs or small family parties. It grazes in the field and eats seeds, …
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… national President of the multi-racial Federation of South African Women. Born 70 years ago, in Cofimvaba in the Transkei,on October 21, 1918, eldest of an…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… Black Backed Jackals, Caracal, the Bat-Eared Fox, and the African Wild Cat. …
BiographySydney Sipho Sepamla
… and again with surprising imagery that depicts the South African situation. The satirical poem ‘To Whom It May …
BiographyEthel Edwards
… of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands posed at her easel …
Jeannette Ndhlovu
… actively involved in the underground activities of the African National Congress (ANC) . She was responsible for …
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
… , which embraced the ideological principles of the African National Congress (ANC) and other liberation …
BiographyMavuso Walter Msimang
… He was later appointed executive director of the South African Tourism Board. From 1997, he was CEO of SA National …
BiographyDerek Andre Hanekom
… Crossroads squatter camp near Cape Town. In 1980 he joined African National Congress (ANC) underground, he used their … A member of the African National…
BiographyReverend Walker Stanley Gawe
… Union (ICU) ,1920s and in 1926 he became a member of the African National Congress (ANC). In the late 1930s he served … Defiance Campaign, President of the…
BiographyWilliam Stewart Ainslie
… in KwaZulu Natal. He also taught art at Cyrene Mission (African Art Centre) in Southern Rhodesia and King Edward VII …
BiographyRaymond Mhlaba
… the ANC medal Isithwalandwe and served in 1997 as South African High Commissioner to Uganda. In 1986 Mhlaba married … Committee member, Premier of the…
BiographyLucy Buyaphi Mvubelo
… of the Management Committee of the United States-South African Leader Exchange Program, which gave Black people … Johannesburg: Ad Donker| Mbuvelo, L. (1980)…
BiographyHugh Lewin
… law and later sentenced, with other members of the African Resistance Movement (ARM), to seven years’ … jailed for sabotage, exiled person, member of the…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… of the company. It included a mine manager's house, housing for senior officials, single quarters for men, and …
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… other departments remained under control of the South African government. The homelands: After South Africa became … and White people to live separately, so…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… so we behold today in the drama of the life of the South African Bantu a slow but sure metamorphosis from a primitive … In the case of the African boys and…