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EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Todd Tozama Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 March 1921. He obtained music and … Matshikiza School of Music. He…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in … of various anti-Apartheid…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 …
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Article by Oliver Tambo - In the observer, 10 November 1985, London
… imposed new restrictions on the press a week ago, it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly reality of apartheid … out of world politics. On the contrary,…