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BiographyEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was born in Uitenhage, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) around 1873 as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Mpinga clan of the Tembu tribe…
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
Adriaan Vlok was born on 11 December 1937 in Sutherland, Cape Province to Betty Oliver and Nicolaas Vlok. He grew up on a smallholding close to the Orange…
BiographyJürgen Schadeberg
Jurgen Schadeberg was born in Berlin, Germany on 18 March 1931. He was raised by his mother, Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent family of limited…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at Kilnerton. After completing his studies, he worked at…
BiographyRichard Gert Sibande
Richard Gert Sibande was a leader among farm workers in the eastern Transvaal. He was an African National Congress (ANC) activist, and one of the first-string…
Archive1996 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 1996
Honourable President and Deputy President of the Senate; Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson…
BiographyRebecca Malope
Rebecca Malope was born in 1968 in Lekazi near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Beyond the fact that she did not progress that far in her education, little is known…
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
Dumisani Abraham Mabaso was born on 20 June 1955 in Soweto. He received his initial basic art training at the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) in…
BiographyJoyce Patricia Nokhuthula Khoza
Born 1945, Groutville. In 1967 she attended the Teachers’ Training Course, Adam’s College, Amanzimtoti; in 1969 she took the Special course in Arts and Crafts…
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later enrolled for a…
BiographyAllerley Glossop
Allerley Glossop was born in Twickenham, England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in London, where she had taught. She farmed…
BiographyDr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she…
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
Zubeida Jaffer is a journalist who was active in the South African anti-apartheid and the trade union movements. She obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal Indian Congress Youth League as a teenager. After…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the Pretoria area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later took employment as a…
United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism", Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
"Lessons of the AII-Bantu Convention", The Spark, 2,2, February 1936
A Holding Operation: Surviving the State of Emergency, June 1986 - February 1988
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1948-1994
BiographyJackson Mthembu
Jackson Mthembu was born in June 5th,1958 in Witbank. He grew up in Kromkrans, a reserve for Black people between Hendrina and Carolina in the then Transvaal,…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… and the long poem The Valley of a Thousand Hills (1941). 1946 Peter Abrahams, an important voice who began writing in … was of mixed-race descent. His early…
BiographyDumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula
He was born in 1960 at KwaMashu, Durban. He passed his matric in 1978 at Isibonelo High School in KwaMashu. He is a graphic artist who studied at Fort Hare…
BiographyJohn Gomas
John Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the Cape Town branch of…
Lessons from 1976
Speech presented at the NUSAS July Festival, University of Cape Town
ArchiveLessons from 1976
Speech presented at the NUSAS July Festival, University of Cape Town
ArchiveSechaba September 1986
ArchiveSechaba October 1986
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