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EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… retiring in 1999. A talented writer, she wrote several books, one of which is her autobiography, Call me Woman. The …
ArticleMarxism-Leninism
… and Friedrich Engels. These theories were published in books called The Communist Manifesto (1848) by both Marx and …
Emma Thandi Mashinini
Emma Thandi Mashinini was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to Orlando in Soweto;…
BiographyKate O’Regan
Kate O’Regan was born in Liverpool, England. She grew up in Cape Town. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1978 and her LL.B. (cum laude)…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… Jews had been killed. Read a book about the Holocaust Many books have been written about the Holocaust. One book, which …
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… career as a writer, penning plays, novels and non-fiction books. While he also worked often as a screenwriter, he … 1970s Harwood hosted the BBC series Read…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… movement, an anthology of Afrikaans poetry, and picture books for children. The GRA printed more than 93,650 Dutch and 81,000 Afrikaans books. Conclusion In…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… and his family went to exile in London where he wrote six books on South Africa’s apartheid. He has been awarded …
BiographySamson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
… Africa , Struik House, Cape Town. Available on Google Books . [Accessed 17 June 2015]| Tshikhudo, E. (2015) ‘ Venda …
BiographyAndries Treurnicht
Andries Treurnicht was born on 19 February 1921 on Middelpos farm in Piketberg, Cape Town. He attended Piketberg High School where he matriculated in 1939…
BiographyJodi Bieber
Jodi Bieber has lived in Johannesburg for the past 35 years. She studied photography at the Market Theatre photographic workshop, a non-profit organisation…
BiographyCarl Niehaus
Carl Niehaus was born on 25 December 1959 and grew up in Zeerust, North West Province. He completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on 29 June 1952. She attended Magog and Fairview Schools. Madlala-Routledge matriculated at the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… a literacy boom emerged during the Ming Dynasty. Books became affordable for commoners. Religious books, Confucian literature and civil service examinations …
Learning about history through writing
… at what has been written about it. Written SOURCES include books and newspapers. Nowadays we use the internet to find …
ArticleSharpeville
… (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… Conference of the NIO. 16 March 1952. Secondary Sources Books and Articles Bagwandeen. D., A People on Trial- For … Girl in Search of the Party…
BiographyGuy Tillim
Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. After completing a B.Comm at the University of Cape Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… may be able to recall their experiences of that time. Books and films also inform about the past. How do the writers of these books and the makers of the…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… An archive of PAC history related documents, articles, books and thesis will be included under “ Media Library ”. …
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… leaders in South Africa. She published more than forty books, including the book titled “Higher than Hope (1988)”, …
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… Africa. Alex Harris, a photographer who helped edit three books of South African resistance photography, wrote in 1989, … and Joao Silva, The Bang Bang Club …
BiographyPitika Ntuli
Born in Springs, situated east of Johannesburg, Pitika Ntuli grew up with a keen interest in art. As a young man, he got involved in politics, and he was an…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony on 24 May 1870. His mother taught him the elements of reading and writing in…
BiographyJoe Nzingo Gqabi
Joe Nzingo Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to…
BiographyAlexander Leor Fattal
Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts where his younger brother…
BiographyJean Clarice Middleton
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban. She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the University of…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… They studied their way of life in great detail and wrote books and made films about it. Their work has provided a very …
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced…