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BiographyArchibald Mncedisi Sebeko
… Archibald “Archie” Sibeko (aka Zola Zembe) was born on 3 March 1928 in Kwezana Village, near Alice in the …
BiographyMatsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono
… known was born in Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” …
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… from the national parliament. Black councillors had served on the municipal council since the turn of the 20th century. … Party(NP), with its platform of…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… for victims injured after a heavy crackdown by the police. 1948 Govan Mbeki and Ma Mofokeng have their fourth child … football team are spotted by the South…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… to India and pressure was exerted by European creditors on Indian merchants to force them into insolvency. At the … Edgecombe, on November 27, 1913. Those…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… power. (For example, in 1926 white women were starting on two-rand a week, which was the same wage as black men in … unregistered unions in the sweet…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… of Satyagrahis. In the two or three years that they lived on the farm, the families developed strong bonds and a determined spirit of dedication to the cause…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… After the South African general election in 1948, the National Party , an Afrikaner political party that … and interior operations in South Africa were…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… with a simple phrase, “Rootedness and openness.” She went on to explain that this means being rooted in a home culture, … illustrated children’s books. Her…
BiographyLouis Luyt
… Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the … Adri and they had four children. Louis Luyt passed away on 1 February 2013…
BiographyClements Kadalie
… most propagandistic part, that of the secretary general. On 20 November 1924, Kadalie was arrested and issued with a … the ICU. He later formed an…
BiographyIsmail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert
… Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to South Africa in … an Islamic centre in Guguletu and to…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi was born on 11 April 1944 at Ga-Nchabeleng in Sekhukhuneland, Northern … he held until the 1977 banning of the organisation. On 27 June…
BiographyBhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku
… to Mseleku being signed by the label Verve . He would go on to produce five more albums before his death. One of these … in his home country also led to…
BiographyLucky Shabalala
… Practice, Mikula, Vines and Associates. He has exhibited on group exhibitions in Durban. …
BiographyLungile Kepe
… as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of imprisonment during the …
Lennox Madikane
… the Pretoria Central Prison, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 1 November 1963. …
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… a majority and became prime minister with the support of Jan Christian Smuts . Their government promoted unity between … fascinating history of Kruger…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… Banner, Visual Arts Group. Review: The Art of Poise: Nine Lives by T. Afrika, Dirk Klopper …
BiographyRuth Elizabeth Arndt
… In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school education. She served as …
BiographyRichard Rive
… Richard Rive was born on 1 March 1931 in Cape Town, and grew up in District Six, …
BiographyFrancis William Reitz
… Orange Free State in 1889. He was a journalist who worked on the Cape Argus . He wrote topical and satirical poems in …
BiographyAnele Mdizeni
… the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2005. On 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being shot …
BiographyJohn Moshoeu
… John “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on 18 December 1965 in Diepkloof, Soweto, Transvaal (now …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Therefore, what happens in the 'North' has a huge impact on what happens here. For this section, it is important to … (UDHR) was adopted by the United…
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
… oldest Town in the North-Eastern Cape, it was founded on the Farm Klipfontein in 1846. The inhabitants became the … The first lecturer of the initial five…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… or the threat of such. Areas of African (Xhosa) occupation on the eastern frontier however, although annexed by the … more enterprising and resourced…
BiographyMathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu
… Mathews Motshwarateu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto. His talent for athletics …
BiographyEugene Marais
… in Transvaal politics. He withdrew to a lonely life on a Waterberg farm, north of Pretoria and created some of …
BiographyGail Johnson
… gatherings ”” including the United Nations conference on Aids ”” about his life and the government’s unwillingness …