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Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… and friendly socialist countries. The latter part of the 1960s witnessed attempts by the African National Congress … on the government from outside the…
BiographyChris Qwazi
Chris Qwazi, a photo-journalist, started out as a freelancer in the 1980s at a time of increased resistance against Apartheid in Port Elizabeth, and the…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… were banned, and by 1965 Sactu petered out. From the early 1960s onwards, the state brutally suppressed all political … in anti-apartheid resistance was…
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
Chief Justice Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi Zondo (popularly known as Judge Raymond Zondo) was born in the rural town of Ixopo, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1960…
Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, dies in Germiston. His poetry was translated into English,
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… an increasing tide of Independent African states in the 1960s. Coupled with the growing influence of Pan Africanism … the presence of the ANC in Lesotho…
Indemnity Act No 61 commences with retrospective effect from 21 March 1960. This Act indemnifies the government, its officers a
South Africa signs a treaty with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland amending the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.
Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).
Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).
Start of a weekend of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… was later transferred to the Jubilee Arts Centre in the 1960s. Due to political tensions, Cecil Skotnes and Sydney …
BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial was born in Constantia, Cape, 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely…
BiographyVictor Mhleli Ntoni
Victor Mhleli Ntoni was born in Langa in 1947, Western Province (now Western Cape) learning music from his mother, a locally recognised singer and his uncle,…
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
Brink is a distinguished South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is now Professor of…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
Anderson Khumani “Dan” Ganyile’s was born in 1935 in Bizana District, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He attended St John’s School in Umtata and then Lovedale…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… , led by Steve Biko, emerged towards the end of the 1960s, taking the lead in continued resistance to apartheid. …
BiographyRick Turner
… South African Council of Trade Unions (SACTU) in the early 1960s. After Black students left NUSAS, white activists tried …
EventHistory of December 16
… citizens in South Africa. However, in the 1950s and early 1960s the South African government reinforced repressive … the struggle for freedom and equality…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… afield as South West Africa (modern day Namibia). In the 1960s, there were about 30 prisoners in B Section. In January …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… aid to the liberation movements. However by the end of the 1960s this support seemed to be unreliable. It was only … relations as part of the outward looking…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… its constituency, which had turn apathetic during the 1960s under the weight of state repression, are …
Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSSA)
… committee to decentralize the Federation and in the 1960s it was disbanded. …
BiographyMoses Mphahlele
Moses Mphahlele was the Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal during the 1920s, he was born in Pietersburg and received his…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… Government introduced the homelands, and during the 1960s the Government's objective was to form a tribal …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula –…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the apartheid system. Mnguni was…
Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, is born in Riversdale, CP. His poems were translated into E
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… the Southern parts of the country came to a head in the 1960s. Coupled with financial problems and rebellion by …