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ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men … in their own lands to being cheap labour in the…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… Serote’s high school years came to a close, he joined the African National Congress (ANC). He soon became involved with … of people.” Nicholas Meihuizen…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Cape Premier Makhenkesi Stofile. On April 2006, the South African Government honoured Calata by conferring him with the … the graves to lay wreaths. On 20…
BiographySylvia Neame
… Party of South Africa (CPSA) – later renamed the South African Communist Party (SACP). Although her first choice would have been the African National…
ArchiveA Black South Africans view of the present
… of the demands for labour. This has drawn Blacks into the urban and industrial situation on a vast and unprecedented …
Restrictions on the media
… would have made it a logical lead story for all South African papers, radio and television. Particularly as it was … Party has steadily tightened the screw …
ArchiveANC National Conference: Building the ANC
… Report by the African National Congress Commission on Building Organisation … problems facing the branches, growth in the rural areas, recruitment, problems…
EventGill Marcus is born
… of Finance from 1996-1999, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank and Manager of Spoornet, was born in … executive chairperson of the mining…
ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Mr. M. C. Botha, officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development .... held in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976
… Affairs Administration Board and Representatives of the Urban Council, School Board and Teachers of Soweto in which …
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
… in Rome. Having won numerous medals and setting the South African Record on 800 metres, his greatest achievement was in … Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA…
Masango Caleb job Mayekiso
… was both a provincial and national official of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU).As an uncleared …
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
… Whittlesea , Sada , Lesseyton and surrounding Rural Areas. HERITAGE SITES OF QUEENSTOWN/KOMANI: THE HEXAGON … from Queenstown, is where 183 members of the…
PlaceMacfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
Their ancestors were settled in these Villages after the War of 1850, by the colonial authorities. The starvation and hardship caused by the cattle-killing…
BiographyKisten Moonsamy
… the struggle against apartheid in the ranks of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK). … Pamphlet issued by the African National…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg from 8th July 1972 to 10th July 1972
… discussed the draft constitution, the report of the urban and rural politics commission, Black business and …
ArchiveThis Council of the SACC calls upon all its member churches
… The South African Council of Churches (SACC) calls upon all its member … that they should preach that day on the importance of family life. …
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… were ones of profound change in the structure of South African capitalÂism. Although the primary industries of … production in the reserves wage struggles…
BiographyBalelekeng Sam Masemola
… Born in 1926, Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer …
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
… on plant physiology. In 1928 he went to Moscow as a South African delegate to the sixth congress of the Communist … From Protest to challenge: A documentary…
BiographyJohn Thomas Baines
… to the Matabele King Mzilikazi , on behalf of the South African Goldfields Exploration Company. Mzilikazi, however, …
BiographyBen Wa Mokoena Arnold
… Standard Bank, Johannesburg. Gallery 21 (25 African artists). 1975: National Museum and Art Gallery, …
BiographyDuke Ketye
… at Makhado. Ketye's work has been exhibited at the U2 African Arts Festival and he has also served as a judge for …
BiographyHarold Athol Fugard
… its multiracial cast openly rejected segregation in South African theatres. This led to most of his works being banned … South African playwright, actor, and…
BiographyTony Sithembiso Yengeni
… the leadership of Steve Biko before joining the banned African National Congress (ANC) in 1976. As a result of …
BiographySifiso Nkabinde
… spent time in Zimbabwe doing some work tasked by the African National Congress (ANC), but the organisation denies …
BiographyEsther Mahlangu
… France and elsewhere. Her awards include the South African government’s Order of Ikhamanga , silver class, in … 2015]| Pigozzi, P. ‘ Esther Mahlangu’ …
PlaceAnnlin, a Suburb of Pretoria
… Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first administered by Peri-Urban Health Board. In July 1964 it was incorporated into the … New Dictionary of South African…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrahams died at 97 in Jamaica, … liquor) brewing aunt (whom Abrahams…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… co-ordinate system, using the equator as an axis. In urban areas the trigonometrical beacons are black vein signals on …
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… The Mompati family Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Former President … yet another icon of our struggle and a distinguished South African and patriot, Mme…