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ArchiveList of Members of the Satyagraha Movement
… The chapter was taken from the book Pioneers of the Satyagraha, …
ArchiveTrade unions face the future
… of the Trade and Labour Council marks the closing of a chapter In South African labour history. It also marks the …
ArchiveGod made us all, but ... Racism and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… Chapter in a book about the role of the World Alliance of …
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
The Early Years Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes…
ArchiveW C R P: 3rd Annual Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture
… World Conference on Religion and Peace, South African Chapter. Speaker - Beyers Naude. Photo of Beyers Naude. …
ArchiveThe Bill of Rights
… rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights. Constitution, chapter 3. …
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
Ron Press was born in 1929. His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. He…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked as a truck driver, a union organiser for sugar…
BiographySylvia Neame
Sylvia Brereton Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… of this topic appears in the electronic version of this chapter.) We received the kind permission of Stellenbosch … so, it was initially planned to include a…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… trying to survive during the country’s most painful chapter; a moment in time when their very existence was …
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… strains of radical thought into the ANC. It was an unhappy chapter in the history of the organisation. Gumede was …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… at University of Edinburgh, Yusuf Dadoo began a new chapter in his life that started by befriending his fellow …
Post-Election Political Violence
… such statistics when assessing, as we are doing in this chapter, the national levels of ongoing political … which results in deaths on an ongoing basis. <<…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… the chances of a successful outcome. In the first chapter University of Cape Town historian Chris Saunders … Commission within this context. In the second…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near Pietersburg in the…
BiographyJeremy Vearey
Jeremy Vearey was born in 1963 in Elsies River. He describes the area as a ‘different Elsies River’ than today as it was only around 50% built houses. It was a…
BiographyNorman Levy
Born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania, Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon (a founding member and later the…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner. Else and Deneys were…
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… leaders in the new democratic South Africa. As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto the South African constitution. …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Village . Johannesburg: Heritage Committee, Transvaal Chapter of the Institute of South African Architects. GUEDES, …
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… impact on the loss of life during this period. This chapter examines the actual course of destabilisation during … strategy of destabilization must be judged…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… used. For this reason, and because of the focus of this chapter on organisation during the 1980s, I use the term, and …
The Durban Mystery Unraveled: An empirical analysis by Eddie Cottle
… within the changing economic situation of the 1970s. This chapter will provide arguments and present evidence as to why …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012
… in visual excesses in which I no longer believe. The first chapter (The Witwatersrand), was strongly graphic and … DG : Sam’s influence is strongly evident…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, KwaZulu Natal (then Natal). Young Asmal was raised in a vibrant,…
BiographyBilly Nair
Billy Nair was born in Ansonia Lane (now Lacey Road), Sydenham, Durban on 27 November 1929. He was one of five children born to Parvathy and Ittynian (Kisten)…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo JordanEs'kia [Ezekiel]…