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The tomb of Tutankhamen
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THE STRANGULATION OF ACTIVITY
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Community histories of Polokwane
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Community histories of Nelspruit
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ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These are not MK records. There are probably … era and other difficulties in…
BiographyPhilemon Pearce Nokwe
… school situated in Rosettenville, and not the school of the same name at Crown Mines.) Nokwe then proceeded to the South African Native College (University…
BiographyMyron Peter
… (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the student boycotts in…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings … and positive associations with this pidgin; the…
BiographyRick Turner
… He was highly influential in the re-emergence of the Black labour movement and one of the first in the … conducted at the home of Fatima and Ismail Meer ,…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently been adopted by the South African … claim that “disablement is nothing to do…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old South African boy, was one of the … students. The photo of a teenager carrying Hector’s limp body as Hector’s sister ran…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… she used her success to shine a light on the ugly truths of apartheid government. She utilised her voice to sing … government; her songs and success proved…
Jacob Zungwane Mashabane
… On the 5th of October 1976 Mr Jacob Mashabane, aged 22, a University of Zululand student was reported to have died in detention at the Johannesburg Fort…
BiographyCedric Nunn
… and Resistance" in 1982 and to the Staffrider exhibitions of 1983, 1984 and to the "Year of the Woman" exhibition in 1984. His work was includes a … of the…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and … Youth Association (CRADOYA) was launched…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
… Skei Gwentshe played a key role in the establishment of an African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) branch … 1948, and ‘in organizing East London for…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… The fall of the of the fortress town of Tobruk was a major blow to the Allied … Korps, had bypassed them and linked up with the main body of the Africa Korps…
BiographyPeter Becker
… Were Becker was born in Rivonia South Africa the youngest of the three sons of Harold Paley Becker and his wife, Anna Petronella Louw. Becker's early years…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The Federation of South…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… was born in 1927 in Vasilitsi, near Koroni in the south of Greece. During World War II, when the Germans occupied … years old, seven allied soldiers from New…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market …
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
… Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei . After the death of his … for…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its the … held for two…
BiographyAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique . She was born in the late 1870s…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the…
Leong Yun Pin
… Mr Leong Pin died on 19 November 1966 after being detained on 18 Novemver 1966 at the Leeuwkop prison under the 180-day clause.The official cause of death at…
EventInaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… On 4 -5 March 1955 the Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was held at the Trades Hall in … in 1961 the leading non…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel …
BiographyJohanna Catharina Cornelius
… grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War , their mother being held in a concentration camp during the war and their … forming the Garment Worker’s Union …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War Issue In…