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BiographyQaqawuli Godolozi
… Qaqawuli Godolozi was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he…
BiographyVera Ponnen
… Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. … Democrats , and was therefore…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… national unity, continued freedom and prosperity. Just as in any other nation, it is of critical importance to … A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM -…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… as a defeat for the democratic ideals they had defended in the Second World War, less than five years earlier. The … and many left South Africa for other…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… opening the Annual Conference of the Party, held this year in Johannesburg on January 15th, 16th and 17th. He added a … ownership of the means of production…
BiographyPhaswane Mpe
… Phaswane Mpe was born and brought up in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo). … (Wits). Not having much money, he found accommodation in…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) … Club) were arrested at her home. The 4 were arrested in connection with the death of…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State , the son … a social and humanitarian support group to work among the…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… White South African, her first encounter with police came in 1956 when she adopted a mute Black boy (6). She wanted to send the boy to the school for … she…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg . Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto … the social effects of apartheid. Although…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed … assiduously to bring about cooperation and unity all black workers. He was…
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
… Nomhle Nkonyeni was born on 9 April 1942 in New Brighton , Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape . She started her acting career at the age of 19 years. In 2002,…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… day she died – a day celebrated as National Women’s Day in Mozambique. It occasions a celebration of her exemplary … early 1980s, nor when I became active in…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… Party (NP) Government was rejected by opposition parties in 1979, leading to the appointment of the Steyn Commission. … the NP Government's policies had been…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… While he was being detained in jail in Port Elizabeth, Barney Pityana read in a newspaper … recalls the shock and grief he felt that day, and how the Black…
Gender and deviance in South African industrial schools and reformatories for girls, 1911-1934 by Linda Chisholm
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Between … young girls and mental. The process whereby criminalised black…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… How does a person place himself in the current South African discourse when he is young, … of their work. “I don’t talk in those terms of white and black. I…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… Jean Alkin was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. … when she was 16 years at Cape Town High School in 1934…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… of separate development from various quarters: the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), the resurgent trade union … that were not overtly political also…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VIII - “Christianity and Civilization”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE EIGHTEEN-FIFTIES and … what is surprising is to find it put into the mouth…
ArchiveSoweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa.
… Students Reprsentative Council, calling on residents of Black townships to boycott Christmas shopping and shebeens as … and mothers, brothers and sisters,…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… Preface In the following pages the reader will find what has been … dynamic way of directing the attention of our Government in the Union of South Africa,…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… of Rights," Adopted by the ANC Annual Conference PREFACE In the following pages the reader will find what has been … dynamic way of directing the attention…
BiographyWalter Sidney Felgate
… Walter Sidney Felgate was born on 19 November 1930 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Felgate graduated from Pretoria Boys High School in 1949. He studied…
ArchiveJoin all the catholic bishops of Southern Africa in a mass for peace
… Cream poster with black lettering. Notice of a Mass at St Peter Claver Church, … Join all the catholic bishops of Southern Africa in a mass for peace …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… bore the brunt of the effect of the increase in basic Indian foods such as rice, dhall ghee, etc. The cost … more than doubled, while that of dhall and ghee…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? … the latter being one of the main obstacles to overcome in order to…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… 1895 The Kinetescope (invented by Thomas Edison) was a box in which people could see a moving image. The first … to appear. 1930 In August 1930 the first…
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… Professor Ntongela Masilela was born on 9 December 1948 in Orlando West, Soweto, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), … articles and newspaper clippings…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six … - separate lifts, separate washrooms, and so…