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ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… South African boy, was one of the first students to die. On June 16, 1976, more than 10,000 black high school students … school officials, none of them will…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… first recorded public Hindu temple to have been erected on the African continent. Built in 1875, . It was declared a … Temples and Religion played a…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… the CI and were obliged to accept the 21 basic principles on which the CI was founded. Decisions of the CI were binding on all the constituent parties –…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… the two rival parties, which had claimed more than forty lives in the preceding weeks, a joint rally would pose a …
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… Emergency was over. Lilian and I came out of gaol together on the morning of 31 August and climbed into the police van … yet so familiar to us that it had…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… Africa, but that Africa’s time to assert herself had come. On January 8, 1912, the first black South Africans to qualify … more importantly the people of…
Address by Jacob Zuma marking the Commemoration of the International Day of persons with disabilities, during the State visit by President Rupiah Banda of Zambia, 03 December 2010
… together towards the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities This theme offers … to enable them to take informed…
Chapter 6
… nor had they lost interest in their liberation. On the contrary, the accumulation of their daily experience … of these laws must of necessity breathe the…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
… Gonaquasub group of the Khoikhoi. Sara grew up on a colonial farm where her family most probably worked as … given the name ‘Saartjie’, a Dutch diminutive…
BiographyOscar Dumisani Dhlomo
… Oscar Dhlomo was born on 28 December 1943 at Putellos, Umbumbulu, about 30 … for his DEd which he completed through Unisa in 1980, on the topic of teacher…
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… Lindiwe Sisulu was born on the 10th of May 1954, in Johannesburg . She is the … when she was arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 13 June 1976. She…
BiographyChris McGregor
… Christopher McGregor was born on 24 December 1936 in Somerset West in the Western Cape . He … became exposed to the music of the army marching around. On his…
BiographyPenny Siopis
… of wealth tilting in to disgust. The famous Patience on a Monument continued this language, but mixed the oil … of torn up history books, with the main…
BiographyLesley Lawson
… an independent educational project and became a writer on the Peoples’ College project. This was an educational … Ingrid Hudson and Nomsisi Khuzawayo. Ingrid…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.4 1992
… For Mama Afrika, Thokozani Mthiyane; The Entrepreneurial Spirit, Kurt Donald; How Many More, Steven Brimelow; …
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… for public debate and democratic engagement. In this spirit, South African History Online, the History Workshop …
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… William 'Bloke' Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in Sophiatown, a multiracial … would go to jail whilst doing it. "(Modisane, Blame Me on…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
… Frederik Bester Howard (Erik) Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a … man of bold views and colours, a born teacher…
BiographyMtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana
… Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a renowned saxophonist born on 18 July 1938 in Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth . The … Pukwana grew up studying the piano at his…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
… Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now … for African National Congress (ANC) activities and while on …
BiographyZubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet
… also a member of the Writer’s Association of South Africa. On 30 November 1977, 29 black journalists, including Zwelakhe … roles with the Union of Black…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
… Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane was born on 27 August 1957 in Tladi, Soweto. Molokoane became … by enemy forces. From a reconstruction of events based on…
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
… her opposition to the concentration camps and reported on the appalling conditions in these camps. She focused her campaign on the liberal opposition, and in…
BiographyFaith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
… Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko was born on the 2 April 1965, at Charteston Location, Nigel. She … Legislature in 1996, was a Party Whip and served on portfolio…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Pan African Parliament, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 16 September 2004
… Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the government and peoples of South Africa, I … and cultural alienation that have…
BiographyHyacinth Joseph Bill Bhengu
… Hyacinth Joseph Bill Bhengu was on 7th of September in 1919 Ixopo distric in Natal.He … a banning order in November.In 1973 he went to the UN on an exchange…
BiographyPhumzile John Gomomo
… Phumzile John Gomomo was born on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to …
BiographyCharles Kwelemthini Sakwe
… one of the "fathers of the Bunga" and served successively on the United Transkeian Territories General Council and the … he gave evidence before the…
BiographyThabiso Johannes Thelejane
… Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in October 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mr Thelejane was killed at scene 2. He was … for his family who were all…
BiographyNkosiyabo Xalabile
… the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2004. On 16 August 2012 Nkosiyabo was killed at scene 2 after being … weeks leave to prepare for the…