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BiographyFikile Magadledla
… Art Association, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, on 13 December 1952. As a young boy Fikile enjoyed boxing, … work contains an element of resistance to a…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… offices in Johannesburg. She is well known for her work on the formation of the South African working class, which … Publishing in Africa, and A Place in the…
BiographyMweli Skota
… shortened name in the mid-1920s) and continued to serve on the ANC national executive committee off and on over the next decade. In the mid-1930s Skota…
BiographyMargaret Singana
… Margaret Singana was born Margaret Mcingana on 1st January in 1938 in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape . In … the band. She became the first black artist to…
BiographyGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor
… Naledi Pandor was born on 7th of December, in 1953 Durban . She received most of … Chief Whip of the ANC. She also convened the Sub-Committee on Higher…
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
… party's activists most strongly in favor of an emphasis on organising blacks. He became the editor of the party's … Act and sentenced to another three months…
BiographyVictor Mhleli Ntoni
… player. He first learned voice and guitar, before settling on the bass as his chosen instrument. As a self-taught … Ntoni passed away in a Johannesburg,…
BiographyRobert Moffat
… Robert Moffat was born on 21 December 1795 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. His … 1870, Moffat and his family went back to Britain. He died on 9 August…
BiographyEphraim Nkwe
… the defiance. Banned organizations unbanned themselves. On 20 August 1989, SAYCO unbanned itself. Nkwe declared, … Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Ephraim…
BiographyFanie Jason
… Fanie Jason was born on the 15 May 1953, Heathfield, Cape Town. Under the South … the prestigious Adbul Sharif award. The following year, on of Jason's…
BiographyJohn Nyathi Pokela
… prison Pokela attempted tirelessly to unite PAC factions on Robben Island. After his release in 1980, Pokela went into … which they did in 1982. He made a…
Bantu Education boycott
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner - … the government wanted: to work in the factories and so on; they must not…
The ‘special branch’
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner We … house sometimes in the middle of the night and they knock on the door,…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… for violence against communities of color. Black Lives Matter (BLM) Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in … Taylor, George Floyd…
BiographyTseko Naphtali Maine
… Naphtali Maine was killed in the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. …
BiographyJohn Motsoahae Mailane
… Motsoahae Mailane was killed in the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. …
ArticleDrum Magazine
… where he became Schadeberg's darkroom assistant, and went on to become one of the magazine's best photographers; and … in their depictions of Black South…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London
… a cause as humane as the one that has brought us together on this day! Today, all of us must, through force of … and persistently upheld the nobility of the…
Statement at the Launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign by O. R. Tambo, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988
… a cause as humane as the one that has brought us together on this day! Today, all of us must, through force of … and persistently upheld the nobility of the…
David Magome
… African National Congress . He died in exile in Hungary on 21 November 1986. … . Accessed on 19 July 2012. …
Abel Chiloane
… Abel Chiloane was released from Robben Island prison on 20 June 1978. His prison number was 1/5355. …
Shamar Abduraghman
… Shamar Abduraghman was released from Robben Island prison on 9 June 1982. His prison number was 15/8157. …
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… of the government’s claims that Africans were satisfied. On three occasions, in marginal jottings written years apart, … in the 1940s. When Luthuli appealed…
Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
… brought against Zuma, the home of the victim's mother, who lives in KwaMashu, north of Durban, was burgled. On Monday the complainant was taken to court at…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… followed from the mid-1870s by entrepreneurs from Gujarat on the west coast of India. Roughly 10,000 to 15,000 of … about recreating the religious and…
Sibene Abishayi
… Sibene Abishayi was released from Robben Island prison on 4 November 1964. His prison number was KB1692/64. …
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Black Consciousness Movement , at the hands of the police on 18 August 1977 increased tension in the political … the power of collective action and that a…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… Congress, at the meeting of its National Executive, held on 17th June 1951, decided to invite all other National … that on this day we should pay tribute to…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… Killing Movement’ of 1856-7. The movement was spurred on by 1) the encroachment of colonialists over the lands and … to their positionalities in the…