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BiographyHeidi Holland
… she began research on her first book, The Struggle: A History of the African National Congress . By coincidence, …
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… van Riebeeck remains a significant figure in South African history for his role in establishing the colony at the Cape …
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… as a mayor, including getting the largest grant in Oakland history, he refused to run for elections in 2010. Ronald …
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… as a mayor, including getting the largest grant in Oakland history, he refused to run for elections in 2010. Ronald …
BiographyKabelo Sello Duiker
… at Rhodes University, where he studied journalism and art history. He later moved to Cape Town where he found his …
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… in 1947), he was awarded a BA, with distinctions in both history and economical history. He was later awarded an LLB by Wits. In 1949 Schwarz … Declaration…
BiographyJoey Fourie
… she won a seat on the Woodstock City Council during a history-making election which gave Woodstock three communist …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… Ndebele’s papers focused on an economic interpretation of history and political development in South Africa, but with a … . . . the words we use belong to…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… place of refuge. Source: Giliomee, Hand Mbenga, B., A New History of South Africa, Tafelberg, (Cape Town), p157 … a medal or ribbon. Source: Giliomee, H and…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… referred to as the ISL -Jhb) was a turning point in the history of the South African radical movement, firstly … letter from Commissioner of South African…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… pursued his academic studies and first obtained a B.A. (History and Criminology). He went on to attain a B. … University of South Africa (UNISA) in African…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… the KwaZulu Natal Police (KZP), the South African Police (SAP) and the South African Defence Force (SADF) to adopt … the township's hostel, known to be an…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… of Indians in Natal awakened Bassa's interest in the history of Indian immigrants in South Africa and their …
BiographySir Ernest Oppenheimer
… as Northern Rhodesia, or Zambia today. To access a social history of diamond and gold mining in South Africa, taking a …
BiographySamora Machel
… the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our …
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… but to enroll for a degree in Swaziland, majoring in history and politics. Her studies were briefly interrupted …
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… educationist, politician, lawyer and author of the history of the squalid living conditions and struggles of the …
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… He was the author of considerable books in Hindi, namely History of passive resistance in South Africa, My experiences …
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… Vlieg Photographic Collection is held by the South African History Archive. De Vlieg now lives on the kwaZuluNatal North …
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… and trying to take more than just a military approach, history will judge her kindly,” [viii] Dlamini-Zuma was …
BiographyLesley Lawson
… she produced a series of slide and tape shows on the history of political resistance for HAP (the Human Awareness …
ArchiveThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
… Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… to join forces against the South African Party (SAP) in the next election. When his party lost Wakkerstroom … a by-election in April 1924, reducing the…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… Officer had liaised with the South African Police (SAP) about the matter. The SAP approved the withdrawal of the ISU from the Aliwal North …
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly … General Louis Botha leader of the South…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship … • Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… He became one of the youngest judges in South Africa's history when, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Cape … It grieved Steyn to see that a decade…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the University of the Witwatersrand, and … Cultural Festival" - London, United…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…