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BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
… studio in Soweto. He exhibited extensively in South Africa and abroad (including 5 group shows in the USA). …
BiographyAlec Erwin
… Officer of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and remained an Officer until 1993. During the … Democracy Education Trust The Road to…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… to die Anglican mission station at Epinga in South West Africa/Namibia. He started receiving formal education at the …
BiographyBen Baartman
… after the signing of the Nkomati Accord between South Africa and Mozambique, Baartman was arrested along with other …
Ntela Richard Sikhosana
… and international politics. When he returned to South Africa he joined the underground ranks of MK in the Natal …
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
… known as the "Mother of the Black resistance" in South Africa. Image source She was first issued banning orders in … Every Step of the Way: The Journey to…
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…
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… as prisoners of war under the protection of the Geneva Convention. A few weeks before the event at Wonderboom police …
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… and World AIDS Day. The campaign began in 1998 in South Africa as one of the intervention strategies towards creating … impact of violence against women and…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… of the first democratically elected president of South Africa through his childhood in rural Transkei, the beginings … promoting international goodwill and…
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…
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…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… proclaims an end to the immigration of Asians to South Africa. 28 January, Gandhi reaches a compromise with Smuts . … married by ceremonies which allowed…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women … people were forced by the government…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… to find a sea-route to India around the south coast of Africa, reach the coast of Guinea, West Africa. 1483 Diogo … and have access to slaves. They have,…
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The SANNC sent petitions and deputations, … to involve themselves with the internal…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… the Progressive Party saw their ideals realized in South Africa's interim Constitution. In the 1961 election, only … This began one of the great…
Insurrections: The Storming
… possible, that it could be deep and full of surprises for all of us. For the third, the question was how to develop a … “Prosperus” (in our version) an…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… possible, that it could be deep and full of surprises for all of us. For the third, the question was how to develop a … “Prosperus” (in our version) an…
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… trial of nine student leaders from the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African Students' Organisation …
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… became a republic in 1960. Nkrumah was a founder of the Convention People’s Party. Nkrumah experienced several … BBC, ‘ Kwame Nkrumah’s Vision of Africa’ ,…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… ‘boererate’, and anybody was allowed to use them. South Africa is very rich in oral traditions. In the next unit there are some examples of stories from all…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be allowed to … Every Step of the Way: The Journey 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…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), the major liberation … class in the class struggle. SWAPO…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships … European ships had to travel around the southern tip of Africa to reach their destination…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… country. During the first decade of democracy in South Africa, the energies of civil society organisations in the … appeals for a public treatment programme…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… and 1989, the producers managed to attract people from all sectors of the community and the Dance Umbrella heralded … programme/s, performed once. Vita…