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BiographyZindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela was born on 23 December 1960 in Soweto to South African struggle icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. It…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… Congress (ANC). The violence claimed nearly 20,000 lives during the last decade of racist National Party … Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The tragic event saw the…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… under the influence of activists such as Paul David, Steve Biko and Ben Ngubane. During the 1970s, Rajes came into …
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… he and Lee hung a 10-metre-long banner with the words "ANC LIVES" from a high building in the centre of Cape Town, along …
V - The Funeral
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa Thirteen Western … were converging on the town for the funeral of Steve Biko…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… movement in 1920’s is Bâ’s literary forebear. But his writings did not address the issues African women in Senegal … gender, and Bâ constantly works to…
VIII - The Pathologists
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The cause of … brought about by complications following on brain injury. Biko…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… of their own struggle against Apartheid. Indeed, as Steve Biko, one of the most prominent leaders of the movement, put … of the shackles that bind them to…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… and international scale. However, information on the lives and works of these authors are scant. Having said that, … on her blog and websites where she…
BiographyKenneth Mosenyi
Kenneth Mosenyi was jailed for a month during the uprising in Bahurutshe. He was involved in the African National Congress (ANC) prior to his return from…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led…
BiographyMaqashu Leonard Mdingi
Leonard Maqhatshu Mdingi was born on 2 February1926. He grew up at his family homesteads first near Bizana, and then in Amadiba Location towards the coast in…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… transformation in South Africa. SASO, established by Steve Biko, Barney Pityana and other black student leaders of the … doing ‘things for themselves and all…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… Convention (BPC), a political party of which Steve Biko was honorary president at the time of his death in 1977 … who helped to shape the liberation struggle…
I - Introduction
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa This is the year, … sky hurls down no rain, only iron. Bertolt Brecht Steve Biko…
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… and the South African Students Organisation; Steve Biko and his influence on the activities of the Black … Movement; Women and the Black Consciousness…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… Students Association, a NUSAS breakaway led by Steve Biko in 1970. 1968 18 October, Rand Afrikaner University … them from reaching the Union Buildings July,…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… educate the public, and to help former prisoners make new lives. He played a leading role in setting up the National …
BiographyGideon Mendel
… The Body at Risk ICP, New York 1993 Positive Lives. Photographers Gallery, London Monograph 2019 …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… confessed, the only happy day they had had all their lives… [a]ll this passed off very decently, considering that …
XI - The Verdict
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The Deputy … he stated that no one could be blamed for the death of Biko: Van…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… it had been. In March 1973 the government banned Steve Biko and a number of BC activists. Eight Nusas office-holders … lasted from June 16 to October 1977,…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… maintained a policy of non-racialism and while Steve Biko’s views on Whites in South Africa were not extreme, some … Vorster Square, the notorious detention…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… at the Cape as they fought for freedom, land and their lives. Firstly, the growing Dutch settlement and the … indigenous societies, while exposure to…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
Alpheus Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found…
BiographyFiroz Cachalia
Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company Law from Witwatersrand University. Cachalia is currently…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
Wintson Ntshona was born on 6 October 1941 in Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in school plays with John Kani. During…
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
… He appealed for ‘support of the Government otherwise our lives are at stake;’ in the same breath, however, he stated …
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Police James "Jimmy" Kruger requesting the easing of Steve Biko banning orders and as a consequence he was placed under … arrest. Woods was also placed under…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
… the most part. Many were sharecroppers ... they owed their lives to the company store. So because they hadn’t been able … which were suggested by the…