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BiographyOprah Winfrey
… saw for sure he couldn't have given life to a baby born in January 1954. But by the time he found out the truth, … that grade she was then skipped to third…
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
… Reginald September was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on 13 June 1923, the son of Florence, a … political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in a Coal Mine at Hlobane. He died when Florence was 12 years … her three sisters were trained…
Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
… Ramaphosa. He wasn't sure if the young lawyer, who grew up in Soweto, was genuine when he wanted to organise the mining … across that boundary between…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
… Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four … built and began a programme to establish trade unions for black…
ArchiveTestimony of Bishop Manas Buthelezi in the court proceedings: The State versus W.W.C. Twala and 10 others (SSRC Trial)
… Evidence given by the Bishop Manas Buthelezi in the court proceedings the State versus W W C Twala and 10 others. The Bishop testifies in response to the…
BiographyHeidi Holland
… Heidi Holland was born on 6 October 1947 in Johannesburg , South Africa, the daughter of a British … a British colony, where she attended Ellis Robins School…
ArchiveFrom the Archive of Steve Bantu Biko by Mafika Gwala, 23 May 2019
… Gwala was a significant South African writer, who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. A prominent activist of that era, he … James Matthews and Mandla Langa. In…
Mme Makwena Matlala
… Affairs Department (NAD) report for 1949-50 noted that ‘in the Matlala Location [Matlala's Location, Pietersburg … initiatives did not endear her to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1652 Arrival of Malays 1 J S Mayson, describing the Islamic life in the 19th…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1903 - 1923 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1903 South African … 62 The South African Moslem Association was founded in Cape…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department … events and the revolutionary changes that…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department … Children: The Colonial Origins of…
EventThe first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State is founded
… the first congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State, which makes this day the founding day of the church in that province. The Dutch…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1960 Muslim … Muslim Educational Movement * 94 During the early '60s, in Cape…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… Letter to SRC Presidents, I Write What I Like, 1978. "Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, … is we, the indigenous people, who…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… In the Cape and Natal, the overwhelming majority of garment … workers have always been Coloured, Indian and Malay, while in the Transvaal, until the Second…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… and development he made a lasting contribution. Born in Johannesburg on the 15th February 1915, son of an Irish Socialist immigrant, he became attracted to…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in London, 21 March 1984
… conference. We owe this day to a massacre that took place in Sharpeville, South Africa, many years ago now. It shocked … world because although there had…
Chapter 19. The Dutch Reformed Churches - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… unions, but from 1934 is the three Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa began to play a leading part in the campaign of the Nationalist Party to disrupt…
BiographyMartin Plaut
… Martin Plaut was born in Cape Town, South Africa in May 1950. His parents were Erwin Plaut and Faith Plaut. … Labour Party. Martin Plaut's publications…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… Bechuanaland had been put under British protection in the 19th century. Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that … after a rift between his father and grandfather…
Address by President Mandela at a Masakhane rally in Vosloorus Katorus, 21 September
… Renewal of Katorus In 1993 when I toured the Katorus area with Adrian Vlok I was in pain. The community was divided into two groups at war … Most areas had…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Born Ronald Horwitz in in 1934, he moved to from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his … Ronald Harwood , Oscar…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… Mandela revealed he will not be standing for re-election in 1999. Mandela, who was released from prison in February 1990, became the first democratic…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, in Northern Tanzania. At first she found several parts of the skull, and in the…
EventMarie Vogts, botanist and pioneer of the Protea industry, dies in Stellenbosch
… Marie Vogts was a botanist who specialised in the Protea plant. She obtained a PhD in 1971 with a thesis on autecology and a variation of the … Cynaroides)…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The year 1944 was one of the busiest for the union. In the midst of the trouble, which started in February, we became involved in a series of court actions,…