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TRAC (Transvaal Rural Action Committee) Newsletter, 1983 - 1990
TRAC, the Rural Action Committee, established in 1983 as a project of the Black Sash, published this Newsletter with the intention of giving communities under…
BiographyFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa
Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa was born in 1939 in Barberton, in Mpumalanga (Eastern Transvaal) province. He received his primary schooling in Barberton,…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… herself and her loved ones. Her formal education began in 1913 at Ohlange Institute . Rev. John Dube , founding member …
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. Slabbert attended…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had negative socio…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
Joseph Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… with him- while he refused to leave his position. In May 1913, his Orange Free State supporters in the SAP insisted on … be excluded. At the national SAP…
ArchiveHomelands Labour 1979 -1983_1993 -1994
Statemenf by S. P. Bunting, Ocfober 1931 Private, for circulation among members of the Communist Party only.
The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa PLANS FOR 1944
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
Abdul Samad Minty was born on 31 October 1933 in Hartebeesfontein, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). Minty grew up in Johannesburg where he…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1904. She was a member of…
BiographyJohannes (Jan) de Klerk
Johannes de Klerk was born on 22 July 1903 in Burgersdorp. He was the eldest son of Reverend Willem de Klerk and Aletta Johannes van Rooy. De Klerk went to…
BiographyHarold Athol Fugard
Athol Fugard, born Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard in the remote village of Middleburg on 11 June 1932, grew up in Port Elizabeth. His father was Afrikaner and his…
BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
Hester Elizabeth Cornelius was born on 5 April 1907 in Lichtenburg Western Transvaal to an Afrikaner family. Her family was very nationalistic, with both her…
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
Nomava Eslinah Shangase was born in Pondoland on 9 May 1931. Shangase qualified as a nurse at King Edward Hospital in Durban. As a nurse, in South Africa, she…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a miner, and a full-time…
BiographyBen Turok
Leading member of the South African Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came with his family to South Africa in 1934. After…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… John Langalibalele Dube elected as the first President. 1913 28 May, A group of women from the urban Waaihoek …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… over) and becomes operational in 1901. It is repealed in 1913 after the Passive Resistance Campaign. 1896 The … of standard or habits of life. The Act as…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… in less obvious ways. Clash between strikers and police, 1913. Clash between strikers and police, 1913 Newcomers from the land The rapid development of the ……
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… is later renamed as the African National Congress (ANC). 1913 Dube leads a deputation to England to protest against … the adoption of the South African…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
[Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September 19, 1983] Dearest…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1953-1954
Survey of race relations in South Africa in 1953 and 1954 and includes chapters on: Politics and attitudes; The plans and activities of non-European…
BiographyDavid Hemson
David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up in a…