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BiographyReverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
… The Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu was born on the 11 June 1934, at Engcobo, Transkei, one of seven … the late Rev. James Calata, an Anglican priest who served…
BiographyPeter Engblom
… a century and a half ago. Of Lapp descent he was born on a sugar plantation and, after matriculating in Zululand, … the Zulu people entitled A Land called…
BiographyJoel Sibisi
… was born at Rorke's Drift. After leaving school he worked on farms in the Dundee area. In 1970-71 he attended the ELC … of his pots. He exhibited at the…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… On Thursday August 16, 34 striking miners were shot dead by … restoration of “order” becomes more important than the lives of countless workers? If we want…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He … and internationally. In 1974 Kani and Winston went on tour with Sizwe…
BiographyNöel Robb
… N ö el Robb (nee Barrow) was born on 25 December 1913, in Plymouth, England. She was the third … she accepted, remaining at this school for four years. On 28…
BiographyCecilia Makiwane
… enrolled, even though she had her teacher’s certificate. On completion, she and the other student she enrolled with … for general nurses of the Colonial…
BiographyLaduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela
… his autobiographical writings and illustrations, from 1951 on. He worked briefly on the railways in 1927, which he does not mention in his … revelations in…
BiographyLulu Dube
… read. “Today we can see far primarily because we stand on the shoulders of giants, heroes and heroines for which … She passed away in Durban’s Inkosi Albert…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… Colony hindered many attempts at wide-scale resistance on the part of Cape slaves. Instead many slaves’ attempts at resisting and deposing their enslavement…
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… an immediate sense of stillness overtakes, of slow, quiet lives untroubled by the outside world. On Voortrekker Road, the town’s main street, Victorian…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… Today, just over a century after the discovery of gold on the Rand, the nature of South Africa’s future is in the … life in the past, and allow us to judge…
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…
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…
BiographyThomas Kgope
… Thomas Kgope was born on 10 April 1954 in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Kgope met Norman Catherine while he was working as an electrician on the latter's new studio…
BiographyA. J. Sililo
… Natives' Representative Council in 1937. In 1939 he was on the deputation of the joint African National Congress … Boards Congress to the minister of Native…
BiographyAndries Ntsenyeho
… for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Andries died at scene 1 after being shot … Now his oldest son, Thabang, will have to…
BiographySemi Jokanisi
… Semi Jokanisi (29) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Semi was killed after being shot twice by … nephew and mother. His death has…
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
… in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 August 2012 Mr Sagalala was killed at scene 2. He was … for his family who were all financially…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a … field, in the Transkei, southern Natal and…
ArchiveEulogy at funeral of Dr Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, by Jacob Zuma, 22 December 2009, The Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Pretoria
… leadership, Father Phumlani Masuku, Fellow South Africans, On the 16th of December, we paid a special tribute to the … South Africans, who have experienced…
BiographyJacob “Baby Jake” Matlala
… world champion ever. Matlala began his boxing career on 2 February 1980 with a fourth-round victory over Fraser … Jiminez who stopped him in the 10th round…
BiographyNoni Jabavu
… and continued to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female writers and … she felt, issues of identity and the impact…
BiographyHarold Cressy
… Harold Cressy was born on 1 February 1889 in Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu Natal. He was one … now the University of Stellenbosch, and was rejected on the same…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
… Tiyani Lybon Mabasa was born in Johannesburg on 17 June 1952. The second of eight children, his single … AZAPO was officially launched in February 1979. He…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
… Twasile Champion Galela was born in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on 24 October 1947. He received his primary education at … and had two sons and a daughter, one…