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BiographyPaul Stopforth
… “Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist who … and lithography. He was born in 1945…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… of our deepest aspirations and the blueprint for a new South Africa. 1984 saw us take bold steps forward on the road … poised to intervene effectively during…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… words: "In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face". … our own borders, was consolidating…
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
… Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of … half-a-million jobs in 1981. He was co…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban , Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ), … of Cape Town. In 1960, Nash…
BiographyGreenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
… In 1953 he spent six months in Europe as a delegate to the World Youth Festival and a congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions. After his return to…
BiographyIndres Naidoo
… the African National Congress (ANC) in 1961 and joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1961. On 17 April … honeymoon. He managed to find a job…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… members able to attend his graduation ceremony, fellow South African Silas Modiri Molema , who was a student at … at the time, accompanied his friend. Before…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… businessman, and his wife Fathima. Bassa's father came to South Africa with his family in 1927. Bassa was schooled in Durban … international assemblies as…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… Thelma Gutsche a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the … her love for the film industry. During the Second World War Gutsche was hired…
BiographyBantu Holomisa
… in 1978. He was one of the first blacks to undertake the South African staff and management course at the Army College … delegationto the Convention for a…
BiographyDr. Philip Blaaiberg
… in Cape Town where he subsequently retired. During the 2nd World War Blaaiberg joined the South African Army Medical Corps and as a captain, led a … of the…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… North, where he became politically active. He joined the South African Student Association (SASO) , and when the … am in prison for the sake of peace for our…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… to talk about Pretoria, the administrative capital city of South Africa. Firstly it is important to know where Pretoria is in the world. Then we will talk…
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, … Indian (Gandhi march, etc.) and Coloured people (post-war strikes, A.P.O. petitions) were…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I wish to convey our sincere appreciation and … what was later going to be observed…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an ambiguity regarding the … accumulate any amount of land” (208). In…
BiographyEsther Mahlangu
… In 1986, researchers from Paris who were travelling the world to document traditional arts saw the paintings on … murals for public venues in Johannesburg…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… blatantly. But these chaps are running a good operation, South Africa is prosperous. Our investments are making very … have been the easiest thing just to…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in … in trade union politics and joined as a member of the South African…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… name from the Roll of attorneys. Yusuf Dadoo attends the South African Indian Congress meeting where the Transvaal … 1 September, Germany invades Poland and…
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… Compatriots, fellow South Africans and comrades, On behalf of the National … The cream of our youth have to master the skills of war instead of dedicating…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… ICC Origins In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945) the international community recognised the … determining the competency of national courts. …
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… in 1900 from Russia to England. Bernstein relocated to South Africa in 1932 where she worked in advertising agencies, … was author of six books, publication…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
… University, where he was the first recipient of the South African Bursary to study at Churchill College at … Witwatersrand. Ndebele joined the English…
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, … fought hard for and forced Britain after the Anglo-Boer War to give them those privileges…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of … the SADF and UNITA’s stubborn and vicious CIA-aided bandit…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… The ANC sends another delegation to the UK in the wake of World War I. 1921 The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) forms. It is initially made up of…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… a concern for workers rights. As a teenager, he joined the South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO), which became … helicopters leaving Saigon near…
BiographyPitso John Mosimane
… Krugersdorp area, west of Johannesburg . He is a former South African football player and currently the coach of … soccer team) assistant coach to Ted…