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BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… Jean Alkin was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of … the Soviet Union, a communist front organisation founded on the…
PlaceRustenburg
… But he also began to engage in Missionary work, calling on Chief Magato, a move he was asked to explain at the second … were put up in Drieriviersbom in 1938…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… against the inhumanity of discriminating against people on grounds of race. While we believe in the extension of … of apartheid as it affects the different…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… empowerment of ordinary people to take care of their own lives. But the way in which professional skills are … deracialising of land ownership. All people…
ArchiveInternational womens week
… of week of displays, exhibitions and events of women's lives in Coventry during March 1993. White background with …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… caution must be exercised when reading and writing on topics such as the one this article intends to undertake, … to present an idea of the institutions that…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… organised boycott of Indian traders failed to crush the spirit and will of the Indian people. The policy of … and more particularly by the Asian peoples. No…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… with which you rose to the challenge and drew on hidden strengths to beat much higher-rated teams. You did … soccer as South Africa's most popular sport…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… didn’t define people. Mr Sedick and Mrs Zainab Davidson on their wedding day in Simon’s Town For Mrs Davidson … sold their house in Athlone and at the same…
BiographyDr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy
… Guru Kistnasamy was born on 28 December 1947 in Felixton, Zululand, Natal (now … led to his involvement in political activism as a student. On 6 September…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… Aubrey Levin was born in Johannesburg on 18 December 1938 to Jewish parents. Despite the National … a letter, asking to appear before the Select Committee on…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
… the first Pan African Congress in London in 1900, and, on the strength of experiences there, he chose to go to Cape Town to propagate Pan African views on…
Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela
… Balindlela was born on 28 November 1949 in the Western Cape at Hermanus , after … of Education. In 1992 Balindlela completed a short course on Distance…
BiographyEric Molobi
… Eric Molobi was born on June 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he … Steffen Robertson and Kirsten …
BiographyIzak de Villiers
… Izak de Villiers was born in Paarl on 30 July 1936. He attended Paarl Gymnasium, a school for … He wrote 54 books, including five of poetry and one on…
BiographyMandla Nkosi
… Mandla Nkosi was born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce … in large collages of charcoal and pencil drawings. On 26 June 1987…
Sizakele Sigxashe
… Sizakele Sigxashe was born on 21 June 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National … then worked as Chair of the Intelligence Services Council on Conditions of…
BiographyAlbert Nzula
… abortive efforts of J. T. Gumede to put the organisation on a more radical course. Alcoholism undermined Nzula's … to work for the Communist International as…
John Alfons Pandeni
… (Plan) SWAPO fighters who were captured and imprisoned on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, he became the … and Rehabilitation in March 2005. Pandeni…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… Click on image to enlarge It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 February 1944. 12TH FEBRUARY 2016 BY: JADE DAVENPORT … one…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
… each one of us through your force of example, vitality of spirit and passion for justice. Today, as the nation bids you … touched the hearts of millions and…
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… said; 'there's nobody here' it was so hot, that we slept on the blanket. So it appeared that no one had slept on the … about 1980, it was Sasha that gave the…
BiographyAli Bacher
… after his playing days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the young … like Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards and…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… architect of the ‘Black Republic’ thesis, which was based on Lenin’s 1920 thesis on the national and colonial question (Mkhize, 134). Alex la … growing up in…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from … and skill as an administrator. Abdurahman…
BiographyNongqawuse
… There are only varying perspectives and speculations based on the evidence available. Nongqawuse is said to have been an … institutions by British colonial…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… political activism, religion Eli Weinberg : Reflections on the Jewish Community and Apartheid Eli Weinberg was born … racism, particularly with the advent of…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts. Working under gruelling conditions, paid a … barren compounds with concrete ‘beds’, the…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… National Congress) broke out a lot of people lost their lives in this street; that was the tragedy faced by the … where the situation was tense between the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… Meer 1947 Evictions in Benoni and Non-European Unity On Wednesday night hundreds of people — Indians, coloureds … Last Saturday Mr. J.E.H. Reader, a 56-year…