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TEC, SA to take over in Bop A joint Transitional Executive Council (TEC) and South African government delegation flew into Boph
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
In 1899, an investor named Herman Tobiansky envisaged a pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg. It was some way…
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
Gary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles. Player, from South Africa, was the first non…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama was born in Bombay in 1870. After passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…
ArchiveToo Few Own Too Many Newspapers
ArchiveToo many workers - too few jobs
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
Trouble in Natal - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, the eldest son of Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected peasant farmers of Rayi,…
ArchiveTRC Amnesty Hearings, Johannes Mnisi, Part 3, on resumption 8th day May 1998
ArchiveTRC to hear McBride Magoos Bar bombing amnesty application, SAPA, 16 September 1999
ArchiveFuel refineries strategic targets for ANC in 80s, TRC hears, SAPA, 27 September 1999
BiographyJulia Nicol
Julia Nicol worked actively as an anti-apartheid activist in the late 1980s and early 90s, particularly concerned with the anti-discrimination rights for…
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BiographyAudrey Coleman
Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
ArchiveToo Despairing
The turn to armed struggle
For several years, different liberation organisations debated engaging in armed struggle against the Apartheid state. Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the…
COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTIONS
A CHANGING APPROACH TO HISTORY
a preliminary overview to 1910
Address to Beijing University
Directions to conference venues
Background to the strike
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
By the late 1970s, and especially as a result of the June 1976 uprising, the Apartheid government was forced to consider reforms to Apartheid policy, pressured…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
Travelling conditions on the ships transporting workers from India were deplorable. The voyages were long, with the danger of disease breaking out, ever…