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Albert Bawo-Dlamini
Albert Bawo-Dlamini, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) died on 17 March 1988 in Zambia where he was in exile.
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… boosted the development of black football in South Africa. In some ways, Luthuli's contribution exemplifies the … sport movement built its campaign to…
First Matabele War
… In 1890 Cecil John Rhodes became premier of South Africa with the support of the Afrikaner Bond. Rhodes' grand imperial vision for a British Africa included…
Andrew Majane
Andrew Majane was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He was killed in Angola during a Unita raid.
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… of the twentieth century, in 1910, the whole of South Africa was united under one government. Until this time, the … and Free State were areas under Boer…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South Africa. It is at the Young Communist League’s meetings that … Kathrada is admitted into the…
BiographyD Fuyani
Born in 1924 Fuyani was a factory worker. He was the rural organiser of the African National Congress, and prominent in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth.
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… home protest on 26 June 20 June, Communist Party of South Africa is disbanded ahead of the enactment of the Suppression … 26 June was observed annually as…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… to South African parents. His parents moved back to South Africa and settled in Port Elizabeth. He studied law at both … was instrumental in the campaign for…
BiographyLeslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the Defiance Campaign and became a prominent Orange Free…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… all people have a “mutual ancestor” which originated in Africa because the earliest human remains (about 200 000 years old) were found in Africa. Scientists…
PlaceLebowa
… C N M Phatudi. In 1994, it was reincorporated into South Africa and it became part of the Limpopo Province. It … Lebowa was the actual residence of more…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… to participate in the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations, but took part in the 1994 … contribution to the struggle against…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… decline shortly thereafter. Inactive, if not dead in South Africa during the 1960s and beyond, both sections seem to … more than thirty pages in this issue…
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… D. E.H, (1989), Lives of Courage, women for a new South Africa , (iUniverse), pp.54 -64| Bookholane, F, Quotation by …
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
… (2000)’A history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa 1983-1991’, Ohio Press, United States, pp …
Online directory - archives and media sources
… National Archives The government archives service in South Africa houses and preserves the state records and other … institutions. Contact info National…
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… miracle' and the subsequent installation of South Africa's first democratically elected government referred to … president. Opening of first democratic…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend for the 2014 National and … 7 February 2014, the President of the Republic of South…
Introduction
… miracle' and the subsequent installation of South Africa's first democratically elected government referred to … Opening of first democratic parliament of …
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…
Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana
On 12 May 1952 Shepherd Mdladlana was born in Keiskammahoek in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the…
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…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… positions on issues in practice as a means to solve Africa’s problems. The annual lecture in his honour … immortalizes his perspectives. The Programme…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… by The Department of Education We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our past; Honour those … to build and develop our country; and…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… is heritage? What are heritage resources? What are South Africa's World Heritage Sites? Investigating heritage … and gives us a sense of identity and…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… - (achievement and success) - portray all roads leading to Africa and the Cradle of Humankind, which emphasises the …
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
Born 1910. Businessman. Joined the Industrial and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress. Leader of the Korsten…
BiographyAmichand Rajbansi
… p.g 9.| The Times of India , (2000), ‘Rajbansis of South Africa part ways’, 19 August [online] Available at …