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BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
James Randolph Vigne was born in 1928 in Kimberley and grew up in Port-Elizabeth. He went to school at St Andrew’s College in Grahamstown where he enjoyed a…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal Province). In 1959, he…
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
Abram Onkgopotse Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West Province, South Africa. His parents, now late,…
Siphiwe Nyanda
Siphiwe Nyanda was the eldest of the six children of Betsy and Henry Nyanda, a traffic inspector and area supervisor of liquor outlets for the Johannesburg…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew For months past, "the Bantu press" has been working very…
BiographyNgila Micheal Muendane
NGILA MICHAEL MUENDANE is an ex-political prisoner, a published author, life coach& inspirational speaker and the founder and Executive Member of SOULTALK, as…
BiographyReggie Williams
Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The…
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
Sir de Villiers Graaff (Div) was born on 8 December 1913 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He attended Western Province Preparatory School, Claremont, Cape Town from…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto performed its first acts of violence on this date. Popularly called…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
Richard Owen Dudley was born in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in Palmboom Road, Newlands. The large house was…
BiographyDr Morris Zwi
South African born, living in London for the past 22 years. He began working in social documentary photography through his need to 'bear witness' and to record…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…
BiographySamuel Makama Martin Masabalala
Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala was born in 6th December 1877, in Uniondale in the Cape and was educated in Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth. He worked for some…
BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
Born in 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
Benjamin (Ben) Ulenga was born in Owamboland. His father was a labourer, who from age 16 or 17 had to leave Owamboland to work on various English, Dutch,…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
Please note that there is a compulsory assessment task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum)New identities: Human Rights for allThe…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
Jabulile Nyawose and her husband Petrus Nyawose worked long hours for Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU), focusing on delivery to members and paying attention…
BiographyBabette Brown
A tireless advocate for justice and equality in South Africa, the United Kingdom (UK), and all over the world, Babette Brown was born in 1931 in Johannesburg,…
Cheryl Ellen Gillwald
Cheryl Ellen Gillwald was born in Welkom in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 December 1956. She matriculated in 1974 at Roedean in…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
Very little is known about the languages of South Africa's San people, as most of these beautiful, ancient languages were never recorded. Fortunately, the /Xam…
BiographyAudrey Coleman
Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…
ArchiveMK Special Operations Unit Project Interviews, Aboobaker Ismail (Rashid), 19 March 2016 (Roodepoort), 9 July 2016 (Roodepoort), 27 December 2016 (Cape Town) and 2 January 2019
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. Nyoka was…
BiographyFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa
Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa was born in 1939 in Barberton, in Mpumalanga (Eastern Transvaal) province. He received his primary schooling in Barberton,…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she became…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher in the Methodist…