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South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… African Students (NUSAS) in the 60s. Together with Steve Biko, Gwala and others who espoused Black Consciousness, …
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… of them, especially Ben , Langa's older brother, to pursue lives that were dangerous in conflict with the apartheid … the arts for their role in highlighting…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… 1991: 27). One practical manifestation of this was Biko's use at UNMS of student groups of different ideological … members of SASO sought to ensure latitude…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… He also predicted that if Grendon’s epics and other writings ever surfaced, they would “put him in the same …
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - was a period of profound political, social, and demographic transformation in southern Africa…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… liberation, King William’s Town is closely tied to Steve Biko , leader of the Black Consciousness Movement , whose …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Le Monde, Addis Ababa, 08 June 1983
… died in Sharpeville and Soweto were not soldiers. Steve Biko was a civilian. All the people hanged were civilians. …
PlaceUNISA’s Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology
… It is situated at the corners of Justice Mahomed and Steve Biko Streets in Sunnyside, Pretoria. It offers both art and …
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… women were able to share their personal and political lives with women that they knew were behind their cause and … to organise and fight against oppression…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some … early 1990s, the political violence…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
… appeals for a public treatment programme to save lives, all the way to the highest court in the land. … all pointed towards a new era of joint action to save…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… Nama and Herero had claimed between 65,000-80,000 Herero lives and around 10,000 Nama lives, almost completely annihilating both peoples. The …
ArticleSan hunter-gatherer society in the Later Stone Age
… it as a gift of God. The most important part of the San's lives is fire. The men are responsible for making fire and … until it made a spark to light some…
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…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… resources for the development and upliftment of their own lives’. Their radical, leftist, anti-capitalist and …
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… body. 1986 Robert Capa Award New York, U.S.A. Saved the lives of a mother and daughter in Leandra. The son was killed …
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… the young and growing members of the human race. The snake lives on in African mythology because of a classical …
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… and attained political asylum in West Germany [1975], lives and works in a variety of civil-rights’ networks both …
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… nation. His involvement in the student press union, his writings in the Solidarity News Service, and his … protecting all citizens in South Africa. Today,…
South African and World leaders
… class include; 1. Helen Joseph 2. Emily Hobhouse 3. Steve Biko 4. Albert Luthuli The people listed above were not the … and supporters. This is not always…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather mild earthquake … .It measured 7.5 on the Richter Scale and…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… (hint: it’s not a R15-million lawsuit). Extraordinary Lives is a biographical podcast series that celebrates the … extraordinary person who has inspired…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… Black Consciousness (including the writing of Steve Biko ) and the Frelimo independence movement in Mozambique . …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… at UWC included Peter Jones who went to work with Steve Biko on community related issues and hold positions in the …
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… (BCM), which dominated political resistance until Steve Biko , who was a leading figure, died in detention and the …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… Africa. You seek no glory and no accolades. Your actions, writings and speeches over five decades bear testimony to the … "Nelson Mandela is in Robben Island…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… people and injury of hundreds. [6] Activist Steven “Steve” Biko founded and established the Black Consciousness … factors that have plagued South Africa and…
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… anti-Apartheid era - Walter Sisulu , Thabo Mbeki , Steve Biko , Chris Hani and Oliver Tambo - making this Area’s …
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… rainy season. Driekopseiland has inspired a range of writings and artworks, and a number of prominent visual …