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BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… in 1934 when JBM Hertzog merged the National Party (NP) with Jan Smuts ' South African Party (SAP), to form the United Party (UP). Radical members of the NP…
BiographyDali Tambo
… in search for knowledge about South African leaders and history. Tambo is also the founder and executive officer of …
BiographyJan van Eck
… obtaining a BA degree majoring in geography and history in 1964, a secondary teachers' diploma in 1965 and a …
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… This led him to explore related issues such as the social history of tuberculosis and the social causes of …
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… He claimed that black Americans were unconscious of their history and needed to learn to appreciate their roots of …
BiographyCedric Nunn
… 1988. Children. Johannesburg. South Africa. Group. 1987. History Workshop. Wits University. Johannesburg. South …
Janet Burnside Soga
… to be ordained to the Christian ministry. Scottish social history shows that, just prior to this period, many weavers …
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… Party on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, to write a history of the Party. The outcome, his book, Fifty Fighting …
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… first black male to hold the position in South Africa’s history. A year later, Maimane was elected leader of the DA …
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… will be allowed to vote after five years. However, the NP did not confine to anything specific except for general … with whom. The declaration sent a strong…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship … • Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Thambi Naidoo as one of the most important figures in the history of the Satyagraha Campaign in South Africa. In 1912, … Naidoo must ever remain as one of…
BiographyFanele Mbali
… He graduated from Fort Hare with majors in English and History and in 1961, he obtained a teacher’s diploma … Sisulu University) where he taught Economics,…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… the question was, where did one start? The ANC and the NP wanted to build on the agreements arrived at in CODESA and … of the constituent assembly. In…
ArchiveThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
… Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
… Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed the history of South Africa. It paved the way towards a new … the election with 62.65 % of the vote…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… that senior police officials and several National Party (NP) politicians sanctioned and condoned his actions and named … Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to … considered to be mouthpieces of the Nationalist Party (NP) government throughout the…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able to gain a majority in parliament. Given this … 1. Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… rather sleepy port city. In certain respects its peculiar history marked it out as different from South Africa’s other … heralded by the electoral victory of…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… Ebersohn and Eamon Ryan, who profiled the group and its history in 1998, record that Ackerman was sent to … In the event Cape Town lost its bid two years…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… never caught. Meanwhile, on 25 May 1992 the ANC and the NP met to find solutions to the deadlock. A day later the … to embark on a mass action campaign to…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… to conscientious objectors and drug users. Levin has a history of drug abhorrence, with his doctoral thesis being a …
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… The life of Maggie Bopalamo tracks the history of the Rustenburg area in a remarkable fashion. …
BiographyZweledinga Pallo Jordan
… Umkhonto we Sizwe , employing his academic background in history to compile a syllabus for political training.In 1979, …
BiographyMandla Langa
… the Foundation for Global Dialogue and South African History Online. He married June Josephs, owner of Xarra Books …
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… Swaziland, where his strong attachment to Zulu culture and history is said to have earned him the affection of the aged …
BiographyRobert Broom
… Africa" in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1910) "Structure of Skull in Cynodont Reptiles" in … Sites: The Cradle of Humankind from …