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BiographyMfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose
Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose was born on 7 August 1917 at Kwa Mdingi, in King Williams Town. He completed his primary schooling at Kwa Mdingi Lower Primary…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada grew up in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He studied at Sastri College in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Witwatersrand…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
Vusimuzi Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister,Make grew…
BiographySarah Carneson
Sarah Rubin, later Carneson, was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1916. Her parents were both immigrants; her father, Zelic Rubin, was…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
Alfred Temba Qabula was born on December 12, 1942 in Flagstaff, Transkei. His father. a migrant worker, ‘coughed out’ the harshness of his life onto his…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
After becoming Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the head of the South African Police Security Branch. At…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
Zephania (Zeph) Mothopeng, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) since 1984 dies in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Mothopeng's death came at the time…
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
Compensation is a Settlement 43 km North-East of Durban, on the route to Umhlali-Tongaat. The Area of Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm acquired…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
Florence Mkhize was an active member and leader in some of the most prominent organizations that worked to end apartheid in South Africa, including the…
ArchiveApartheid - a vigilant witness
A reflection on photography I intended this book as a documentary to show what life is really like for Africans. The government will probably ban this book…
BiographyNowongile Cynthia Molo
Nowongile Cynthia Molo was born in 1949 in the former Transkei (now Eastern Cape). She completed the Junior Certificate (Form 3) at Bethel College. She has…
BiographyWinston Field
Winston Field was born on 6 June 1904, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom, where he was brought up. He moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1921. He…
BiographyIshmael Mkhabela
Ishmael Mkhabela began his political activism in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the BCM was banned, he served as a member of the Soweto Action…
BiographyJeremiah Rakoko Mabe
There had been periodic unrest at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s,…
EventMswati III becomes King of Swaziland
King Mswati III (Makhosetive Dlamini), became King of Swaziland when he succeeded his late father King Sobhuza II, who had died of pneumonia in 1982. Two…
Why protect worker’s rights?
The exploitation of workers was a feature of life in South Africa for decades. Apartheid thrived on cheap labour: workers had to contend with the migrant…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… the vision contained in the ANC's Harare Declaration in 1989 included a prominent role for the international … talks'. A commitment to negotiation The second…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai University students on black campuses were…
Andrew Tshabangu
Born: Soweto, 1966. Tshabangu has studied at a number of institutions, amongst them the Institute of Advancement for Journalism (1998) and at the Alexandra…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… City Press quoted in South African Digest, 18 September 1989, p. 11. Editorial, City Press quoted in South African …
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
President of the National Assembly; Your Excellency, President Jose dos Santos; Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen, I come to this…
ArchiveAsmal and the Irish connection to the bombing of Sasol in 1980, Saturday Star, 27 August 2011
ArchiveLondon bomb sparked by Voortrekkerhoogte rocket attack, TRC told, SAPA, 8 September 1998
ArchiveSpeedy action by two netted rocket launcher, Sunday Express, 16 August 1981
ArchiveRocket HQ traced, Emielia Jaroschek, Rand Daily Mail, 15 March 1982
ArchivePadblokkades op hoofpaaie wag vir 3 terroriste, Die Transvaler, 15 August 1981
ArchiveHou oë oop, vra Le Grange, Die Volksblad, 14 August 1981
ArchiveMcBride Amnesty Hearing Postponed until Next Week, SAPA, 30 September 1999
ArchiveBar bombings were indiscriminate attacks, TRC told, SAPA, 29 September 1999
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