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BiographyVuyisile Mini
… was Khayinga`s turn, followed by Mkaba, as they too defied all prison rules to shout out their valedictions. Soon after, … to Challenge: A Documentary…
Grade 4 Archive
… into being every month. More than ten million Jews from all over the world observe the Sabbath every week and … place and the people around them. In a…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… In all countries where market-assisted land reforms have been … such as Zimbabwe and Namibia, and more recently, South Africa, market assisted land reforms…
BiographyCloete Breytenbach
… he said matter of factly. Upon his return to South Africa, Cloete established a photo agency with fellow … in District Six , and conflict coverage from…
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
… the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in September 2011, a position he currently holds. He … and a LLM (Master of Laws) from the…
BiographyErnest Malgas
… Congress Youth League (ANCYL),and in 1962 left South Africa for military training in Ethopia. he was arrested in Rhodesia en route back to South Africa in…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) … . The notion of Government of National Unity,…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… the pattern and direction of trade unionism in South Africa. It introduced the race factor into labour economics … workers into support of an industrial…
The Atlantic slave trade
… out by disease and conflict, so the colonisers turned to Africa to provide cheap labour in the form of slaves. The … had been my own, I would have freely…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… an advocate and a political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era outside the country, by … them are “equality before the law,” …
PlaceDurban Main Post Office
… was the first meeting place of the South African National Convention, which took place in a hall to the left of the …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… to forum the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa (ICU). The aim is “ Bring together all classes of labour, skilled and unskilled, in every…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… significant only because it was fully representative of all the regions of the A.N.C. covering various strata of the … white minority. Our demands were…
Hettie McCleod
… politics. In 1945, she joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and started to work full-time as a Party … She was forced to leave her children…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… Black Consciousness Movement rose to prominence in South Africa in the 1970s and forms one of Gordimer’s central … the specific context of South Africa,…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… carrying on business or farming in the Orange Free State." All Indian businesses are forced to close by 11 September and … entry to the Transvaal and Cape…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
… Province (now Gauteng), and the University of South Africa (UNISA) respectively. A lawyer by profession, Rubin … as an officer in the intelligence corps in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… its centenary. As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and South Africa’s Struggle for Freedom feature, SAHO started updating the presidential profiles of all the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
… The time comes in the life of all oppressed peoples that some among them should, as rebels, … The African National Congress and the peoples of South Africa…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… population With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. … apart from earlier periods in South Africa. Of…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… work while living in Southern California during South Africa’s apartheid. In order to appropriately study a … otherwise known as apartheid, had life altering…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… employed, J. B. Marks joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1928 and devoted himself to the fight for … political and union organizer on his…
BiographyGraeme Craig Smith
… class cricket debut for the United Cricket Board of South Africa Invitation XI against Griqualand in the same year. … later, in the Fourth ODI against…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… to Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN), South Africa, to join her father, who had been there since 1929. Her father was a Bundist, and once in South…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… way to attack the town. In response Lieutenant Zürn orders all settlers in the area to evacuate their homes and seek … speak, has left the region to aid a…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
… The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century … anthropology provided the basis to…
Hettie Du Preez
… struggle against political and economic injustice in South Africa. She was a prominent figure in the trade union … patriotism and dedication to the oppressed…
BiographyDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
… death occurred amid a post-colonial race for resources in Africa including the eastern province of Katanga, Congo where …
BiographyRaymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri
… his contribution to the attainment of a democratic South Africa. Phiri was part of the eight month-long Graceland …
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
… studio in Soweto. He exhibited extensively in South Africa and abroad (including 5 group shows in the USA). …