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BiographyDora Taylor
… of NEUM. Her contribution in the unity movement was mainly on history and criticism. She gave a materialist perspective on culture and society in the…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa on MaMbeki. In 2006, the South African Government conferred the Order of the Baobab in Gold on MaMbeki…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
… Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, … Sihlali departed from the instructor’s approach of drawing on…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
… a non-racial audience at the Millsite Theatre in Dundee on 23 November 1952, Limbada criticised the NIC for not … within Congress by using Congress platforms…
ArchiveHugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
… the clandestine African Resistance Movement and embarked on a sabotage campaign, targeting government installations … he was pilloried for betraying white…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
… far I was born in 1925 and grew up near Hermitage Street, on the hill in Paarl. We were four brothers and four sisters. … and bioscope. I was very interested…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… Former Home of past Presidents featuring exhibits on their lives, plus art exhibits & performances. It is now a … Theatre in the City of Bloemfontein, South…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… Sam Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, … a couple of times. His daughter-in-law, Esme Goldberg,…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… quiet in Cape Town during 1977. The students concentrated on their studies. 61, 7 percent of those who wrote the … passed, so few lost a year of their…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… realism, Brecht, and “worker culture”. Political debates on the National Question played out in South African … had two of the historic figures that appeared…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… was born in Ethiopia in a region called Ejersa Gora on 23 July 1892. His birth name given by his parents was Lij … and educated by private European tutors…
BiographyLucky Sibiya
… early art career consisted of carving decorative motifs on the surfaces of gourds for lampshade bases. He was given …
BiographyMarthinus Wessel Pretorius
… South African Republic and founder of Pretoria. He died on the 19th of May , 1901, in Potchefstroom. …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt photographie les zones grises sud-africaines by Le Monde, 15 June 2017
… sans doute pas prédit la ségrégation raciale instaurée en 1948, au moment même où l’Europe semblait s’être débarrassée …
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… school protests became more frequent and prominent on the national agenda and media. In February 1920 the first … crisis. It did not publish the two reports…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… receive an award for the movie. The film was a documentary on South Africa made by an American film director, Lionel … She was the first black musician to…
BiographyVincent Tshabalala
… Vincent “Toivo” Tshabalala was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga on 15 August 1964 where he also grew up. Tshabalala became …
BiographyEdward Sonnyboy Bhengu
… Edward Sonnyboy Bhengu was born on 8 November 1934 in Sophiatown to Gladys Toti in the …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… the apartheid regime which had come to power in 1948 and had enacted a series of racist and repressive laws. … Canon John Collins in London and the American…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… again shall racial discrimination be allowed to blight the lives of our people. We make this pledge with confidence, knowing that we stand on the solid…
BiographyRev. Mangena Maake Mokone
… of the African National Congress , and J Tabane. On the 1st November 1892, he took a decisive step and founded … church in South Africa. The church was…
BiographyAleta Michaletos
… of Pretoria in 1974. Since 1971 she has actively served on the boards of several Foundations, Committees and … She has travelled extensively and also writes…
BiographyQaqawuli Godolozi
… led to his continued harassment by the security police. On the 8 May 1985 he received a call to fetch an overseas … they were tortured, drugged, shot and…
BiographyIan Berry
… down only ten months after Berry's employment and he moved on to a new position at the Benoni City Times. Soon he also … to Paris where he became an…
BiographyWilliam Kentridge
… performs plays like Woyzeck, Faust and King Ubu to reflect on colonialism, and human struggle between the past, … (2000) Collage, construction paper, tape,…
BiographyRissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
… Haribhai "Barney" Desai was born into an Indian family on 10 April 1932 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South … Africanist Congress (PAC). He had…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
… She was critical of this body as it focused only on white issues.Her father was an Attorney. Blackburn … government to enquire into the police shootings at…
BiographyNana Henrietta Moabi
… Lichtenburg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province ) on 18 September 1938. She completed her lower primary … and is listed by the Office of the Special…
BiographyRussel Botman
… Russel Botman was born on 18 October 1953 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now … M. (2014). Russel Botman: visionary, leader and fighter on sacred ground…
BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
… Workers' Union and a politician, serving for a period on the Cape Town City Council. Deane became the chairman of …