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BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… an adventurer and left his family to seek his fortune in South Africa in the 1920s. In South Africa he tried his hand at … radio both as a reporter and as…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… Callinicos taught English literacy to workers in the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) offices in … Culture (1987), which won the Noma Award for…
BiographyThandi Klaasen
… Thandi Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated jazz musicians and a defining voice … into artistic resilience,…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… in an unfolding story of life in and around historic South Africa. An appropriate juxtaposition of objects helps … increasingly demanding times that followed…
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
… convened to mark the international Day of Solidarity with South African and Namibian Political Prisoners. We wish to … entitled "Reagan Administration…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… the King of the Baostho Moshoeshoe I. 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the Transvaal and British colonial administrations. … College, Middlesex, England. 1885…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… how things were supposed to be. Hence in some parts of the world some races, often Europeans, were said to be more … treat. The white settlers had defeated…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… but did not complete his degree. In 1953 he attended the World Youth Festival in Bucharest and also toured in Britain, … in the Treason Trial. Following his…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… and Barbara Creecy, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Your Excellency, … confined in concentration camps during the…
Statement at the Symposium on the Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
… the future of the millions of children of this part of the world and what we can do together to shape that future. … all the necessary detail. With regard to…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… was a prominent business person who first came to South Africa from India at the age of five with his stepmother. Her … She began writing in the women’s…
BiographyEric Mtshali
… Freedom Charter . In 1957 Mtshali was recruited into the South African Communist Party (SACP) by Stephen Dlamini , … of MK’s Natal underground. In July…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Zoutpansbergers agree to be incorporated into a United South African Republic 1867 Schoemansdal evacuated by the … fervour among the Dutch population. 1880…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth Frontier War of 1834-35, and he acted as interpreter for Colonel Harry … Colonies about Shepstone's scheme to…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth Frontier War of 1834-35, and he acted as interpreter for Colonel Harry … Colonies about Shepstone's scheme to…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… throughout Africa following the end of the Second World War was a crucial factor in achieving independence for many … was publishing pamphlets castigating…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… throughout Africa following the end of the Second World War was a crucial factor in achieving independence for many … was publishing pamphlets castigating…
BiographyIsaiah Stein
… Heinemann. The outlet for Stein’s political energy was the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC), formed … 1962. He was a fiery participant in…
BiographyJoseph Booth
… figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of the earliest proponents of the … his radical notions of African self…
BiographyRichard Goldstone
… where he obtained a BA LLB degree with honours in 1962. World-renowned South African judge, Richard Goldstone has served in the most … in 1989 and Justice of…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in KwaZulu- Natal , South Africa. She has been writing and performing on stage and … stories and plays. Her writings are…
BiographyAntjie Krog
… a Teachers diploma (cum laude) at the University of South Africa. Antjie has published nine volumes of poetry, two … and the Conference on Women and Violence…
BiographyJohn Smith Moffat
… John Smith Moffat was born on 10 March 1835 in Kuruman, South Africa. He was the son of the missionary Robert Moffat, who … Pioneer Column provoked Lobengula…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… with the question of the franchise. The exception was the South African Moslems' Association (SAMA), which mobilised … rights of Coloureds. However, after…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… and afterwards in the town. When the Second Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) broke out he joined the Boer forces as a lad … the final examination for the…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly … the Afrikaners had already been defeated in…
BiographyWangari Maathai
… the first women graduate with a PhD in East and Central Africa. [v] Maathai chaired the Department of Veterinary … awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1984…
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… in the clubhouse enjoying the post-game fare, outraged the world and gave impetus to the international movement to … Within a year of this victory, Sewgolum…
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… The need for more cheap black labour after the Second World War led the South African government to look for migrant workers outside …
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… Fusion and its chances of long-term success if the Second World War had not cut short its life must necessarily be tentative. … Fusion left untouched the…