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BiographyIsaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
… known, was soon confronted with the discriminatory laws and exploitative conditions which people experienced under … labour laws. He joined the African…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… The relationship between our Constitution and other laws The Constitution is a law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other laws…
BiographyMurphy Morobe
… a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and moved around with the family. He began school in Ermelo, … parents in Soweto. He completed Primary…
Provincial government and symbols
… Go to the places section of the SAHO site, and read about the South Africa’s nine provinces. Also visit … events In a few sentences, write what each thing is…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… influential group of socialists, including Eddie Roux , and this impacted on the life of Podbrey. She used to listen to meetings from the balcony and…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with his aunt. His mother was a domestic worker and his father…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to Orlando in Soweto ; … arrival that their homes were flattened by…
Document 100 - “15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike: Communist Party Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate”, South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate”, South African Worker, 27 February 1937 …
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… 1896. After their five-year contract was over, his parents and grandparents settled in Natal with their families. They … His father previously worked on the…
Speaking for ourselves: FOSATU Worker News by Victor Gwande and Nicole Ulrich
… This paper will provide an overview of FOSATU Worker News , including the editorial policy, content and circulation. We are especially interested in…
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
… Growing up, she quickly developed an inquisitive mind and was always asking questions – much to the delight of her … he was not always around, they were…
BiographyPenelope Jane Dunlop
… She chose PJ Powers as her stage name using her initials and the name Powers. She began her professional singing … the rock band Hotline . The band lasted…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… Africa has produced a number of female authors who were, and still are, able to assert themselves as writers, both on a national and international scale…
BiographyBilly Nair
… 1929. He was one of five children born to Parvathy and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, an engineer's assistant in a … the Essendene Road Primary school in Sydenham,…
BiographyHalton Cheadle
… Cheadle was born on 30 July 1949. He received a BA Honours and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of … along with David Hemson, David Davies…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent activist, who focused on the rights of black transgender sex workers. She was a sex…
BiographyJames Matthews
… After completing standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist. However…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
… a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, thanks to her grandmother, who was a traditional wall and floor painter…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters. He is the 10th child in a family of 12. … started in 1984 when he was working as…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula – moved north to George Goch in … worked as a clerk, miner, and…
BiographyWinnie Motlalepule Kgware
… on the 27th of October in 1917. A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of the North (Turfloop). In … on campus. She gave sustenance to the…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… 1823. He was the son of Christoffel J Brand, a journalist and a parliamentarian who was a member of the Cape elite, and … between the British, the OFS and…
BiographyBertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
… early childhood. She attended the Thokoza Primary School and then the Public Secondary School, both of which were in the location. Her father was a garment…
BiographyDiane Case
… , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race mother of slave ancestry. The family later … in Wynberg where Diane attended Battswood…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… GANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN HIS COUNTRY, SOUTH … until his…
All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.
… All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the …
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… divided as to whether or not they should join the war, and if so, on whose side they should fight. Although South … closer to the Germans. Many of them were…
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Celebrating Freedom and Democracy
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