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National Liberation League of South Africa,Honesty is the Best Policy (c. 193g)
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
Thoko Phillip Mamagobo, popularly known as ‘Thoko’, was born on 6 May 1933 and raised in a village situated about 110km from Polokwane, Northern Transvaal (now…
Mary Matilda Brown
Mary Matilda Brown was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for social and moral reform and was a campaigner…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… which enforced more drastically the provisions of the 1913 Act which had restricted Africans to reserves by passing … buy land outside the reserve if he had…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
Esmé was as active as I was and we enjoyed working together. One of our early activities was helping to organise non-racial youth camps over the Easter…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume two 1943
Click to read South Africa's Radical Tradition: A documentary history, Volume two 1943
Squatters and Housing: Paper presented at National Conference 1983
Squatters and Housing: Paper presented at National Conference on 12 March 1983 discussing forced removals, housing, squatting, resettlement, destruction of…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
Following is a list of abstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes - Celebrating 50 Years Conference. “White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”:…
Durban Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference 1973
Durban Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 16 October 1973, discussing: Rorced Removals, Pass Laws, work permits, housing, Bantu…
BiographyElijah Barayi
Elijah Barayi was born in Lingelihle, (Cradock ) Eastern Cape, on 15th of June in 1930. He was one of eight children of working class parents. Barayi…
BiographyRobert Gwelo Goodman
Robert Gwelo Goodman was born in 1871, Taplow, England. Goodman's The Parade and the City Hall, Cape Town (1917) is a painting that has special relevance for…
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg. She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the…
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as…
BiographyAnna Zieminski
Anna Zieminski was born in Cape Town, South Africa in February 1957. She schooled at St Mary's Dominican Convent and the University of Cape Town. In 1983 and…
The Housing Shortage: Paper Presented at National Conference 1983
The Housing Shortage: Paper Presented at National Conference on 12 March 1983 discussing housing statistics, lack of housing, apartheid, disparity between…
NUSAS 61st Congress, 28 November - 1 December, Wits, 1983
Programme for the 61st Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 28 November to 1…
The Black Sash Johannesburg Advice Office: Annual Report 1973
The Black Sash Johannesburg Advice Office Annual Report Presented at National Conference on 15 October 1973, discussing: Urban Areas Act, Pass Laws, forced…
Athlone Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference 1973
Athlone Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 16 October 1973, discussing: Work permits, Pass Laws, Apartheid, race relations, Urban Areas Act,…
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She matriculated from Ohlange High School in Inanda and…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced…