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BiographyMoses Mabhida
… near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida could not … was a central participant in the…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… party's infill wherever possible in native bodies like the African National Congress or ICU ; promotion of an assistance … labour recruiting system…
BiographyMartha Mohlakoane
… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the African National Congress in…
BiographyMlungiseleli Velaphi
… (UDF) member. He left South Africa in 1985 to join the African National Congress (ANC) and mKhonto we Sizwe (MK), … a nine-person MK unit tasked with…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1939 to a working-class family. His father, Girjabaksh, came to South Africa as an … as his father had passed away by then. The…
BiographyThambi Naransamy Naidoo
… in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where the family had moved during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African War). He was the son of…
Dora Nginza
… death, she remained a representative of the Eastern Cape Urban Area conferring and deliberating with males on civic … with a gold wristwatch by the New York…
The New African
… black lettering. Notice of a new publication - The New African. On sale weekly in Natal on April 3rd. Words - 'a new … The New African …
BiographyNils Severin Andersen
… father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family … exhibited annually in Pretoria from 1943 –…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… equality, with policies in place to educate and liberate African females. One of Josiah’s fellow-pupils was Charlotte … disastrous for the political status…
BiographyFrantz Fanon
… of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle class. His family were descendants of African slaves who had been…
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
… Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications …
The roots of African nationalism and Pan Africanism (under construction)
… The roots of African nationalism and Pan Africanism (under construction) …
Explain the concepts African nationalism and Pan-Africanism (under construction)
… Explain the concepts African nationalism and Pan-Africanism (under construction) …
Leaders' Co-ordinating Committee's Work", South African Worker, 4 September 1937
… Leaders' Co-ordinating Committee's Work", South African Worker, 4 September 1937 …
Louis Charles George 'Loet' Douwes-Dekker
… South Africa (TUCSA). Later he became the Chair of the Urban Training Project (UTP), a Black trade union service … for the TUCSA in the late 1960s,but…
BiographyRichard Mzamane Mabaso
… Johannesburg (Tributaries). SAAA, Pretoria (Contemporary Urban Black Art). 1986: Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. FUBA …
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
… for it as well. Later, Cleminshaw worked for the South African Council of Higher Education (SACHED)after being … was tasked with investigating National…
BiographyWilliam Frederick Nkomo
… Cape. In 1937 Nkomo studied for a BSc degree at the South African Native College (Fort Hare). He also obtained his BA … world youth conference in Washington…
BiographyBasil Paul Petersen February
… District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living in places like … at St Andrews primary school in Saldanha…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… of the Mount Fletcher district of Transkei . Ma Mbeki’s family, the Moeranes, are Basotho members of the elite … years. MaMbeki was also a founding member of…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and as a child, he wanted to … of South Africa that enabled him to…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist … in political training before was deployed to South…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… of Pretoria, Gauteng, as the headquarters of the South African Police counterinsurgency unit working for the … Vlakplaas police squad.Coetzee ordered the…
BiographyEsther Barsel
… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), until 1936 when the family moved to Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now … Barsel dedicated her life to the struggle of…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay. Jack … in the area. In 1975 he and other…
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay. Jack … very young. In 1975 he and other…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its the social … Society . Curtis also worked as an archivist…
BiographyEmil Sachs
… of the Talmud and the Pentateuch. In 1914 the Sachs family moved to South Africa and settled in Ferrelrasdorp, … elected to the national executive committee…
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
… In 1953, at the age of 16, Dinat left school to work in a family-owned bicycle store in Rustenburg. In the 1950s Dinat … Ramnie, Dinat was already working…