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Leonora van den Heever
Van den Heever was born in Windhoek in 1926 but attended school in Bloemfontein. She went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria, and…
BiographyIan David Kitson
Ian David Kitson was born the 25 August 1919, in Cape Town. He joined the Communist Party in 1940 when it was still a legal organization. After serving as a…
BiographyJoseph Sallie Molefi
Joseph Sallie Poonyane Molefi ‘was born in 1930 at Winburg in the Orange Free State and attended St. Peter’s School in Johannesburg, matriculating in 1948.’ He…
Archive1986 Miners Cultural Day
A2 black on yellow silkscreen; graphic workers dancing and minehead; text: 1986 Miners Cultural Day; gumboot dancing; music, plays, poetry, book stalls;…
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC…
BiographyLionel Forman
Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed…
B.C.M. Azania Calendar 1986
Black Consciousness Movement Poster. Mustard coloured poster with black lettering. Calendar for April, May and June 1986. A statement of re-affirmation of B.C…
Extract from The Peasants’ Revolt, Chapter 9 by Govan Mbeki (1964)
”Why did the V.F.P. Strike Fail?”, Workers Voice, 1 February 1944
Letter from Max Gordon 6 to Fanny Klenerman 7, 21 December 1940
ArticleJames Sofasonke Mpanza and Johannesburg’s squatter movement 1938 to 1947
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal Province). In 1959, he…
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1986
A3 full colour poster; litho; drawing man and woman holding cross, soldiers shooting people; text: Month of Compassion 1986; ...This is true: the hour comes,…
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Born on 14 July 1893, J G Strijdom served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. During the 1920s Strijdom practised law in…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The decade after 1935 can quite justifiably be called a…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… his studies under Shaykh `Abdullah Taha Gamieldien (d.1946) and Shaykh Ismail Ganief (d.1958). These three shaykhs …
BiographyMiriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg, during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was imprisoned for six months…
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef was born on 13 August 1886 in Pretoria from Dutch parents. Pierneef started his high school career at the Staatsmodelschool in…
BiographyBertha Solomon
Bertha Solomon was born on 1 January 1892 in Minsk, Russia. At four years, she and her older sister were taken by their mother, Sonia Schwartz, to join their…
Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas,…
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
Bonakele Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He attended school at Welsh…
BiographyZachius Botlhoko Molete
Zachius Botlhoko Molete was born in 1930 in Winburg in the Orange Free State of mixed Tswana-Ndebele parentage. His father was a teacher. He spent 1949 and…
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
… by his wife Jeannette, whom he married in September 1946, and three children. …
BiographyBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala
Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala was born on 21 April 1937 in Bloemfontein. As a young boy Macala tended cattle on a farm in the Orange Free State and passed the time…
BiographyBerney Perez
Berney Perez was born in 1948 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here. He worked as an office machine technician while studying…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
As the driving force behind the creation of the Ko-operatieve Wijn-bouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, Beperkt (The Co-operative Wine Growers' Association of…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
Curtis Nkondo was born on 1st February 1928 in Louis Trichardt, Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of…
BiographyPaul Stopforth
“Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist who works in oil, gouache, ink, charcoal,…