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Cecil Higgs, one of SA’s foremost painters, dies in Cape Town.
Sam Nujoma escapes from South-West Africa (now Namibia) to Botswana.
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
Peter Houman and Steve McQuillan's book " Mini-Nuke Conspiracy: Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare " claimed that South Africa did not destroy all its nuclear weapons…
ArchiveInterview with Murphy Morobe
… he became involved in the South African Students Movement (SASM) …
ArchiveS.A S.M. May/June l975
… SASM Newsletter that contains articles that reflect the …
BiographyBrian Percy Bunting
Brian Bunting was born on the 9th of April in 1920, at the buntings Regent St home in Johannesburg.he is the son of Sidney Percival Bunting and Rebecca…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… the formation of the South African Students’ Movement (SaSm) to organize among school students. Black Consciousness … in Soweto, the annual General Students’…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… wider reach. In 1974 the South African Students Movement (SASM) was formed. SASM is widely considered an initiative of the Black …
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana (nèe Mbanjwa) was born in Melmoth, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM…
BiographyFrank Chikane
Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in Johannesburg. His father was a preacher in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM)…
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp December 1962/January 1963 Volume 6 Number 4 National Conference Issue
ArchiveA letter sent to leaders of the Christian Church in South Africa by the Black Sash
ArchiveThe Black Sash Natal Coastal Region Advice Office Annual Report Presented at National Conference 1981
Natal Coastal Region Advice Office Annual Report Presented at National Conference on 14 March 1981 discussing case statistics, case histories, pensions,…
ArchiveMeet the Black Sash: further members of the Northern Transvaal regional executive and country organisers
Police Dogs and the Indian Community by The Black Sash, December 1963 - February 1964, Pretoria
ArchiveLetter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the South African Students…
BiographyEdward 'Eddie' John Daniels
Eddie Daniels was born on 25 October 1928 in District 6, Cape Town where also grew up and attended Sydney Street School. District 6 was one of the so-called …
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
Stanley Mabizela was born in 1934, 7th of March in Port Elizabeth, joined the liberation struggle at an early age when he first joined the ANC Youth League…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community…
EventAmanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS
Amanda Coetzer was born on 22 October 1971 and began playing tennis at the age of six. Coetzer began her professional tennis career in 1988. At only 1.58m in…
SA’s Bafana Bafana loses its first World Cup Soccer match against France 0-3.
Sam Nujoma, Swapo leader, is deported from South West Africa to Zambia.
EventSwaziland welcomes SA’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
The Swaziland government welcomed South Africa's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claims the territory is historically…
Nic Mallet is appointed as SA’s sixth rugby coach in five years.
Mandela supports SA’s bid to play in next year’s cricket World Cup.
South Africa beats England by one wicket in SA’s first Test win.
BiographyMagwaza Alfred Maphalala
Magwaza Alfred Maphalala was born on 6 April 1948 in Bergville, Ladysmith in Natal. He was an only son. Maphalala completed his schooling and matriculated in…
BiographySheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel) was born in 1944* in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) to a middle-class Orthodox Jewish family. Her aunt and uncle…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
Born in Port Elizabeth, Stanley Mabizela joined the liberation struggle at an early age when he first joined the ANC Youth League. A son to a farm worker,…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and began her tertiary…