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BiographyJacob Mpemba
… nothing done by the Government except evils,’ and that ‘an African cannot walk on the pavement inJohannesburg. If the …
BiographyJabulani Sikhakhane
… the Head of Communications and spokesperson of the South African Reserve Bank. Mr Sikhakhane has received several …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… the early 20th century South Africa, and elsewhere in the African context and also in the Middle East. One concept that … as other nations who needed to live…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… since 7 May 2002 and current Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Charles Nqakula, was born to a poor family in the Eastern Cape. Nqakula…
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… The South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) reported that a … payments. During the trial, the girl tried to implicate a family acquaintance and claimed…
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… an open graduation. In 1962, the Unity Movement formed the African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa … early 1960s APDUSA was the only legal…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… beauty. Volkswagen Factory the biggest car factory on the African continent is located here in the Nelson Mandela … point of a new district: it is to be…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… in Johannesburg in 1907 with, and for, the wealthy South African Indian merchants whom he had so long represented.’ … Indians in the Transvaal by confining…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… in the Palais Wilson, the League made a mark on the urban landscape of Geneva by constructing the 'Palais des …
PlaceDzata Venda Ruins and Museum of the Drum, Louis Trichardt
… Dutch records, which refer to an interview in 1730 with an African by the name of Mahumane, who had visited the kingdom … likely that Thohoyandou expanded…
The New Generation
… Arts Centre, Nyanga 1970s Mofolo Art Centre, Soweto 1983 African Institute of Art (AIA), Funda Centre, Soweto 1983 … taken art into new social contexts…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… Western Transvaal (now North West Province) and Botswana areas in 1830. A group of about 12 Eastern Cape farmers … served from 1884 to 1899 with the outbreak…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK … Indian Congress he was introduced to members of the South African Communist Party…
South Africa After Soweto - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to World Marxist Review, February 1978
… in addition to the armed and unarmed struggle led by the African National Congress, the collapse of Portuguese … of an independent progressive State directly…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… of judicial executions in the world. Recently, a South African citizen, Muziwokuthula "Muzi" Madondo, 33, was … Mexico. Reports also claim that Madondo…
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate
… over in 1966 from his father Charles ‘Punch’ Barlow. Their family had been in charge of the estate since 1941, a Year … of the Estate took place during the…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of … or blood diamonds,…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… suffered from a shortage of unskilled labour. Most African people lived off the land as farmers, tenants on … The tax was instituted to force Blacks from…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… weekend. For half a century the probing gaze of the South African photographer David Goldblatt has been trained on the … the overt display of big feelings,…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… colonialism, what his stance would be with regard to the African republic thesis, whether he would succeed in his … to its present state. What happened to…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2008
… On January 8th 2008, the African National Congress celebrated its 96th anniversary, … that we will need to implement, including the issue of a Housing…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… area for "Muslim Malays" in 1952 in terms of the Group Areas Act of 1950. In 1962 a section of the 'Malay' Quarter … a singular voice against the injustices…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… on his speech. Sampson is reported to have given the African National Congress (ANC) salute in court. In 1966, …
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
… He was also vice-president of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) in 1953 and 1954, and its President …
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
… took up the position of Development Officer at the South African State Theatre, where he was required to work with … Paul Grootboom, by Kagiso Rafadi, 1…
BiographyCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
… June in 1926 in East London. Skotnes served in the South African Forces in Italy. Before returning to South Africa he …
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
… and in 1973 was appointed literacy director of the South African Students’ Organization (SASO). After being expelled …
Henry Mutile Fazzie
… state security apparatus.He later served on the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) before becoming a … B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
… went to Soweto's Nancefield hostel, where a battle between African National Congress and Inkatha supporters had just …
BiographyJeffry Dumo Baqwa
… care sphere of the field of medicine.He was the first African to become a full professor in its faculty of … South African Medical Journal, February 2002,…