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… Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. … meetings, she came into contact with one of the foremost black intellectual, I.B Tabata , who was the founding member … C, (2002), ‘Dora Taylor: South African Marxist’.  English in Africa , Vol 29, No 2, pp5-27. …

… the World Council of Churches, the Republic's policy in respect of the Black states in Africa and the arms sales to the Republic. In … along. They believe that the time has now arrived for a Black man to become the Secretary-General of the UN. They … Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the …

… Rugby developed as a sport in South Africa in the late nineteenth century. It is said to … and soon became representative of the exclusion that the Black majority faced from South African society. Not only did South Africa exclude Black players from their teams, but international teams …

… Chief of the Bakwena tribe of Mmanape of Tshukudu in Phokeng, Rustenburg. Mokgatle's grandmother, Matlhodi … Province).  Mokgatle started his primary education in 1925 at the Phokeng Preparatory School, run by the … to burn the hated pass books that the law required all black people to carry on them. As a member of the Matopo …

… Stanley Huette Uys was born on 27 April 1922, in Coalbrook, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). … High School, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). In time, he was to disown his father and three siblings, … involving Verwoerd over the removal of the few remaining Black people from the common voters' roll. Uys and his …

… the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of … unusual type. This was in South Africa on 9 August 1956. Black women of our country had for centuries been subjected … inequities. They were suffering as part of the exploited black labour force, as impoverished mothers and, by and …

… 'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The … city onto the global television screen and international consciousness. This history is divided into various, … The history is thus divided into by and large white and black sections, which seem to develop their own internal …

… John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, later Voortrekkerhoogte, in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and later … including Botha himself, who hunted and braaied the rare black-faced impala. Botha flanked by his generals, launched …

… while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand Transvaal (now Gauteng ). A month earlier, on 12 February, her father was killed in a heroic attempt to save a fellow miner’s life. Her young … stop her from being active in the women’s’ organisation, Black Sash . She marched, in Pretoria, with Helen Joseph and …

… Offset litho; black and brown; World day of prayer for a free Namibia May 4th 1988 : In Commemoration of the Kassinga massacre, May 4th 1978 … World day of prayer for free Namibia May 4th 1988 : In Commemoration of the Kassinga massacre …

… established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in … a year before he was assassinated. His struggles as a black individual growing up in America shared relations to the struggles that millions of black people were facing halfway across the world in South …

… Offset litho; black; How much more bloodshed before he is free to be human in the land of his birth? When Justice rules, then will Peace … How much more bloodshed before he is free to be human in the land of his birth? …

… From the book:  The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the hands of the military and at this stage of conquest it … be discovered. But this economic machine already demanded black hands in thousands and tens of thousands. Government …

… Kgosi [Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s, took office in 1932 at the age of 22. He went up ‘to standard five [grade … Education Act and the suggested removal of the Hurutshe “black spots.”’ Considered a "thorn in the flesh” of the …

… Nomaka Mbeki (née Moerane), known as MaMbeki, was born in February 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount … of South Africa (CPSA) in Durban, making her the second black woman to join the CPSA after Josie Palmer  (Mphama) . …

… Offset litho; black and white … : Another blot on our stained conscience : No to the war in Namibia …

… 27 February 1937 The traditions of the labour movement in South Africa young as it is are traditions that we can be … to slip into a dim memory of the past, but to commemorate in a fitting manner from time to time. In particular does this apply to the Great Strike of 1922 on …

… From the book:  The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory movement in South Africa until, at the height of the repression in the … The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note …

… Trevor Andrew Manuel was born in Kensington, Cape Town on 31 January 1956.Manuel first became involved in politics when he joined the Labour Party Youth in 1969 at the encouragement of his father. In 1983, he … Gastrw S. 1992, WHO’S WHO in South African politics NUMBER 4 , Ravan Press, …

… In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland. The attacks claimed the lives of … The South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland …

… editor of the banned Daily Dispatch a newspaper based in East London arrived in Britain with his family after fleeing South Africa via … fled the country with his wife and five children, arriving in London in 1978. The pro-government Afrikaans press … Daily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family …

… among the workers, and nearly all of them are punitive in character. Before Union each of the four provinces in South Africa enacted its own laws. One of the earliest … and Servants Act, Act 15 of 1856, of the Cape Province. In the Transvaal, a Master and Servants Act was introduced in …

… of South Africa. People abroad believe that all Europeans in South Africa live, and have always lived, in comfort and affluence. In South Africa itself, even during the 'twenties and … Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs …

… engineer, began the construction of his own aeroplane in 1907 at Brandfort, in the Free State. This was the first South African built … is possible that John Weston based his design on a Voisin. In France he fitted a Gnome rotary engine (50hp) and flew it … Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 609-10.|The History of Aviation in South Africa . Website: sapfa.org.za …

… Douglas Portway was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He studied fine art at the Witwatersran Technical … of Johannesburg. After his first solo exhibition in 1945 he gained such a reputation that he became the first … Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg …

… In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating schools has led to a … Education is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli …

… Margaret Roach "Killie" Campbell was born in Mount Edgecombe, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 9 September … 1881. She was educated at St. Anne's Diocesan College in Natal and St. Leonard's School in Scotland, where she is said to have developed a profound …

… From:  Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos … a fact, that academic production isolated from the person in the street, (the worker, the clerk, the dust collector, … There are enough South African academics, especially in the so-called "humanities" who spend the best years of …

… of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after independence was gained from the British in 1962 and by 1966 he had installed himself as president. He was overthrown by Idi Amin in 1971 and fled to Tanzania. He returned with the …

… January and February 1973 mass strikes by African workers in Durban broke out in protest against low wages. In total … they faced. Straight after the strikes, when worker consciousness was high and workers realised the need to … in 1986. Its political orientation was Pan-Africanist and Black Consciousness, but it never attained the same size and …