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BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… A colossal figure amongst South African choral music composers and directors, Professor … to earn the money he needed to go to college. Due to South Africa’s…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… South Africa's Strategy of Creating Client States The … for herself an independent and equal position in the world's economy and the international political…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage … of Apartheid . la Guma was born in 1925 in District Six ,…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… by those closest to her, was born in Lusaka, Zambia to a South African father and a Zimbabwean mother. She received … produced work that has been lauded by…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members of Parliament, Fellow South Africans: When I spoke from this podium on February 11, … ineluctably, mere anarchy would be…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… became sports editor of the New Age and wrote for The World . He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in … on 5 February 1950 at Newclare,…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a … . During the 1950s, Sejake was a leading…
BiographyCynthia Shange
… title Miss Natal, which qualified her to enter the Miss South Africa competition for Black beauty queens. Shange won the … victory entitled her to represent…
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
… was involved in promoting the development of education in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Between 1987 and 1989, she … programmes. In 1990, Mlambo-Ngcuka…
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… his mother did not. The reply was that there was no one in South Africa suitably qualified in genetics to answer the question. … in 1999 and today is known…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… with the chant. Hundreds of miles and two countries to the south, people gathered in matchbox homes in Johannesburg’s … Radio Freedom, too. The station’s DJs…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… Caribbean islands off what would later be called North and South America. He was convinced he had found the East Indies. … time Amerigo Vespucci claimed to…
BiographyLouis Luyt
… Union and shortly afterward was elected President of the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU). It was during … the Springboks’ (Amabokkebokke) capture…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African … Duncan Village, East London, Eastern Cape…
BiographyHarold Strachan
… Art Gallery collection and in private collections in South Africa. Strachan published a book called ‘Way Up, Way Out’ in … trilogy about growing up in South…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… in 1924, in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he … entitled The Will to Die (1972)…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Sandton Convention Centre, 2 April 2007
… of the most critical challenges facing all nations of the world. We have gathered here to engage the difficult problem … the concept of "bellum omnium contra…
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… of MK’s High Command. He inspired generations of young South African communists through his own passion and … Party’s newspaper, The Daily Worker. He…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… He was a central participant in the development of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and was … international solidarity activities in Prague…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… refers to the continents and islands of North, Central and South America. This part of the world is also known as the 'New World' and the 'Western … This…
BiographyEphraim Nkwe
… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March 1987 … They sought refuge at the West German Embassy in…
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
… By this time, Nyawose, Ivan Pillay (presently Acting South African Revenue Services Commissioner) and his brother … the Mozambican government which was…
BiographySipho Gumede
… and Places, was released. The next year, together with South African greats Caiphus Semenya, Hugh Masekela , Letta … African countries followed. Sakhile…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… resistance and social conditions during the 1980s in South Africa. However, Mofokeng was an increasingly important … group and collaborative exhibitions…
BiographyGraeme Williams
… as a photographer. In 1991 he started contributing to the South African documentary collective, Afrapix. Williams later … from the intensity and violence of…
BiographyRuth Naomi Leon
… was born during a time of great racial discrimination in South Africa, her parents kept her sheltered from the harsh reality … board member from 1983 to 1984…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… ties between countries and considering the issue of world peace. Nkrumah also hosted the All African People’s … 21 states joined the ranks of OAU member…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… Joyce Ozynski The Rand Daily Mail , a prominent, liberal, South African daily] routinely avoided using pictures of … the massive influx of Africans to white…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… in the newspaper Imvo Zabantsundu 1912 8 January, The South African Native National Convention - later the African … in Cape Provincial elections. 4 August,…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black South African in a country where his race comprised of the … apartheid regime in various South African…