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PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
Ezakheni is an African township that was built in the old KwaZulu homeland about 25km from the town of Ladysmith. The area was established in 1972 and its…
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
In the first quarter of this year South Africa’s normally staid and insignificant mask industry exploded. Like its peers across the globe it had orders…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
At seven p.m. sharp, seven nights a week, during the darkest days of apartheid, an incendiary radio broadcast beamed out from Lusaka, Zambia. It began with the…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
Fred Khumalo reminded us two years ago, on the occasions of the Mafika Gwala lecture, that as a young man he took a collection of his verse to Mafika Gwala to…
BiographyEric Molobi
Eric Molobi was born on June 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the…
BiographyKagiso Patrick Mautloa
Kagiso Patrick (called Pat) Mautloa was born 24 September 1952 in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal. Mautloa's family moved to Soweto in 1954. He attended…
BiographyJudus Mahlangu
Judus Mahlangu was born on 14 January 1951 in Brakpan, Transvaal. Mahlangu matriculated at KwaPhakama High School in Springs in 1969 where he first studied art…
BiographySylvester Stein
Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in Durban. He studied engineering at Howard College in Natal before serving in…
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
Bonakele Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He attended school at Welsh…
Sizakele Sigxashe
Sizakele Sigxashe was born on 21 June 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary School…
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
Gomolemo Mokae was born in Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of a Methodist minister, Reverend Modisagarekwe Michael and Lotlamoreng…
Alan K. Mabaso
ANC member who died in exile in Angola - death due to UNITA ambush
BiographyWalter Battiss
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters…
BiographyDezso Koenig
Dezso Koenig was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1902. He emigrated to South Africa from Hungary in 1931. After his training at the Hungarian Academy in Budapest he…
BiographyRosa Hope
Rosa Hope's The Old Miii was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its …
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
Brink is a distinguished South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is now Professor of…
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
The Merino sheep-farming Town of Burgersdorp, in the North Eastern Cape has been a pivotal point in Afrikaner: History; Culture and Religion. Many Towns in…
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
Upington is the chief City in the Northern Cape Region, of South Africa. It was formed by uniting Christian Schroder's 1871 Mission Station, 'Olyvenhoutsdrift'…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
Anton Fransch was born and raised in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. He was the second youngest of 7 siblings. He attended Modderdam High School and joined Cosas …
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
The Al Azhar Mosque is an Islamic Mosque in District Six, Cape Town. It holds the same name as a rather resplendent more-famous Mosque in Cairo, Egypt but what…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
An image showing the persecution of German Jews after the Nazi took powerImage Source Source 3A The source below shows how the Nuremberg laws affected…
Mbongeni Clement Khanyi
Khanyi Mbongeni C. was sent to prison on Robben Island. He was given prison number 0/0071 and was released on February 20th 1981.
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
BiographyJoseph Royeppen
in 1910, Joseph Royeppen, a Cambridge University graduate and a barrister, and his companions are imprisoned for their opposition to legislation that prevents…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
Lewis Nkosi was born in Chesterville, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and was educated at local schools before enrolling at M. L. Sultan Technical College in Durban. …
BiographyFlora Mogano
Flora is a mother, grandmother, church elder, foster mother to 9 AIDS orphans, and manager of 8 voluntary HIV/AIDS caregivers. She runs a crèche for the poor…
BiographyThembile Benson Ndimba
Born 1921. Messenger-clerk. Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the African township of Korsten and one of Korsten's…
BiographyPatricia Jobodwana
Jobodwana was the first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South African university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at the age of 14 for a BSc…