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ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… Department that SOYA had been holding secret meetings in Sharpeville since 1952. At one such meeting, SOYA was … it was brought to the SOYA branch in the…
BiographyFranz Hodi
… Mariannhill under Sister Pientia Selhorst C.P.S. between 1960 and 1967. Exhibitions: 1965: DAM (Bantu Inter Faith Art …
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… reserve - urbanised, eager, fast-talking and brash." In 1960, Nkosi accepted a fellowship to study at Harvard … William “Bloke” Modisane for the film Come…
BiographyYetta Barenblatt
… Treason Trial, and was detained in Johannesburg during the 1960 State of Emergency , along with 20 other white female … eight days. She was only released…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Matthew’s political views had been influenced by the Rev Canon James Calata (a founder member and former secretary … as part of the ANC’s Defiance Campaign…
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
… - a Christian Sect that was slaughtered at the Bullhoek Massacre in 1923. In Krugersdorp he worked as a clerk for a …
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994 …
Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.
… to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway. …
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the … / The Drum Archive / african.pictures Sharpeville…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… one of these. After the State of Emergency was declared in 1960, activists were being banned, jailed or had gone to … military wing) and their sabotage…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… (PAC). Anti pass campaign was by the PAC organised in 1960 that ended in bloodshed as police fired on unarmed … landscape in the Western Cape. Incidents such…
BiographySiphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu
… and Joyce Nobantu Mthimkhulu was born on the 23 March 1960. He grew up in Njoli Street, Zwide Township in Port …
BiographyErrol T. Shanley
… however, were withdrawn in December 1957. Between 1957 and 1960, Errol was a member of the underground Communist Party. He was arrested in March 1960 during…
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education at Entokozweni…
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
… famous for in a dream, formed Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1960. He recruited his brothers, Headman and Joseph, and his … A series of dreams Joseph had in his…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… to attend the event. The PACanti-pass campaign of March 1960 drew few supporters in East London an ANC stronghold,but …
BiographyDaniel Gordon Gabashane
Gabashane is a graphic artist and ceramic sculptor. He attended the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift during the 1960s. He was an instructor at the…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to … police. At the time of APLA attacks on the St…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… case with Sophiatown, whose destruction was completed in 1960. After completing primary school education, Motaung …
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… at the time, characterised by horrific events such as the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 , the organisation had no choice but to close. In 1961 …
BiographyMhlabuvelile Hlamandana
… order on his mother and himself was dated 6 July 1960. Police served the banishment orders on him and his … Hlamandana,four months after the orders (dated 6…
BiographyJulius C. Malie
… political activity, but he joined the Liberal Party and in 1960 became its Transvaal organizer. He was a participant in … the Consultative Conference of…
ArchiveNon-racialism, non-collaboration and Communism in South Africa: The contribution of Yusuf Dadoo during his exile years (1960-1983) by Allison Drew
… The contribution of Yusuf Dadoo during his exile years (1960-1983) … The contribution of Yusuf Dadoo during his exile years (1960-1983) by Allison Drew …
BiographyMagdalena Gertruide Sauer
Magdalena, daughter of W. Sauer, Cabinet Minister, was the first woman to practice as a qualified architect in South Africa. She mainly practiced in South…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… ANC planned an anti-pass law campaign to begin on 31 March 1960. However, the campaign was pre-empted by the newly … in the small southern Transvaal (now…
BiographyDeputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
… on 24 November 1949. This order was withdrawnon 11 June 1960. …
BiographyPatrick O’Connor
… O'Connor was born in Bloemfontein. From 1960 to 1964 he studied at WITS where he obtained a BA(FA). …
Lionel Morrison
Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation…
BiographyMatsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono
Jomo Sono as he is affectionately known was born in Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” Bamuza Sono,…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Paper proposal for the CCAWUSA and Independent Socialists Panel …