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BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… a blog on President Jacob Zuma entitled The End of History. He is survived by his wife Sarchen, daughter Ingrid …
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… time of his death he was working on the compilation of a history of the South African liberation movement in song. He …
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… University. Together they wrote the classic labour history Class and Colour in South Africa: 1850 - 1950, a …
BiographyShirley Gunn
… a non-profit organisation that focuses on capturing oral history and disseminating through multi-media. She is the …
Faith Gasa
… ) from 1968 to 1972. She then went on to study History and Afrikaans in 1972. It was at the university that …
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
Born on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
… labor action against a single employer in South Africa history.Despite accusations of recklessness from other labor …
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… completed his B.A.degree, majoring in Education and History and successfully completed a B.Ed. in 1990 at Wits … themselves and build unity and pride in our…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… struggle away from the limelight. But she will go down in history as a member of the battalions of resilient women … Mother of Light, pp. 17-19, 23. ↵ [2]…
Thomas G. Karis
… book series, From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964, …
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… an old house in Glenwood, Durban, with a rich but sad history. The property was the site of a former underground …
BiographyReverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
… of the ANC (1924-1927) was a quiet period in the history of the organization. Mahabane increasingly tried to …
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… and understanding. Now, he reflects, “I engage with history, with memory; I hover between two places, which is a …
BiographyHeidi Holland
… she began research on her first book, The Struggle: A History of the African National Congress . By coincidence, …
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… van Riebeeck remains a significant figure in South African history for his role in establishing the colony at the Cape …
ArticlePaper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU)
… packaging, wood, sawmill and furniture industries. It had branches in the Transvaal, Natal and the Western Cape. One of …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik … Africa and the Communist International : A…
BiographyOliver Mtukudzi
… Mtukudzi was widely known for his contribution to the history of Zimbabwean music. One of Mtukudzi’s hit songs, …
BiographyAnn Tobias
… Randolph Vigne in his book, Liberals against Apartheid: A History of the Liberal Party of South Africa, 1953-68, wrote … Randolph Vigne, Liberals against…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… order from Vereeniging, Potchefstroom and Johannesburg branches, the 'real business' was ushered in next morning by … PARTY CONSTITUTION was adopted,…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… organisations. This ushered in a new period in the history of the ANC and of the UDF . As the ANC moved back … structures and participate in the…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… as a mayor, including getting the largest grant in Oakland history, he refused to run for elections in 2010. Ronald …
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… as a mayor, including getting the largest grant in Oakland history, he refused to run for elections in 2010. Ronald …
BiographyKabelo Sello Duiker
… at Rhodes University, where he studied journalism and art history. He later moved to Cape Town where he found his …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to … 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation. History reveals that there is evidence of…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… Ndebele’s papers focused on an economic interpretation of history and political development in South Africa, but with a … . . . the words we use belong to…
Event“Maberete” strike ends more than a decade of labour broking at the South African Post Office
… strikes they had developed various tactics to bring postal delivery to a complete halt. They formed a group known … |Mpho Sibanyoni. “Temporary postal…