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BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela was born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg. She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema Masekela. Her…
BiographySathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima Benjamin was born into a humble family in Claremont, Cape Town in 1936. Deeply influenced by the cosmopolitan culture she grew up with in the shadows…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father worked as a shop assistant in a Chinese…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela on the 50th anniversary of the 1946 Passive Resistance campaign and the launch of the commemorative publication Durban, 13 June 1996
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland and grew up on the…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa Mvusi (known as Selby) was born in Richmond, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 18 June 1929, to Vunina (born Nxasana) and Jotham Mvusi,…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial experiences with…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… Lady Selbourne, Hatfield and Booysens are established. 1906 Pedestal removed and a fountain erected in the middle of …
BiographyPeter Hans Paul Gastrow
Gastrow became a politician shaped by the liberal politics of 1960s and 1970s South Africa. In 1971, his political views were strengthened by the forced…
BiographyRichard Ernest van der Ross
Richard Ernest Van der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
Jameson Gilbert Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College, where he completed his…
BiographyMichael Barry
Michael Barry was born in 1954 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). After receiving his schooling in Port Elizabeth, Barry worked as a…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
BiographyBertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her early childhood. She attended the Thokoza Primary School and then…
BiographyRefiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
Refiloe Phelile Florence Jackie Sedibe (known as Jackie Sedibe) was born at White River in Mpumalanga. Sedibe’s mother was a domestic worker and her father …
BiographyBen Wa Mokoena Arnold
Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold was born on 19 July 1942 in Johannesburg. Arnold attended school in Albertville, Newclare and Coronationville. In 1957 he studied under…
BiographyLeo Rbc Francois
Leo Francois Rbc was born in Chemnitz, Germany, 1870. Francois, a long serving President of the NSA, was a protagonist with SASA in his quest to unite the…
BiographyPieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the Eastern Transvaal, he graduated from St. Peter's…
Esdras Lusiba Ntloko
Early life and the 1976 uprisingLusiba Esdras Ntloko was born on 18 July 1954 in Queenstown (now Komani) in the Eastern Cape. He became active in student…
ArchiveConversation with Ben Mclennan, Cape Town, 1986
ArchiveArise Vukani Volume 1 Number 6 March - April 1986
ArchiveDossier of deaths in detention since 1976
ArchiveThe Black Sash Volume 4 Number 4 August 1960
ArchiveHelen Joseph: 8 April 1905 - 25 December 1992
White poster with black lettering and border. Black and white photograph of Helen Joseph. Notice of a Requiem Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral on 7th January 1993…
ArchiveGrahamstown Advice Office Report 1976 to 1977
Grahamstown Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 15 March 1977 discussing Case statistics, unemployment, pensions, housing, marital support,…
ArchiveBorder Advice Office Annual Report 1976/1977
Border Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 15 March 1977 discussing: Analysis of Cases, unemployment, pensions, illegitimate pregnancies…
Archive1986: working together: EDA and Afrapix calendar
Black and white poster. EDA (Environmental Development Agency) and Afrapix calendar. Cover page. Words 'working together' in three languages.
ArchiveJune 1976 : 10 years : whats changed : educa
Support the Education Charter Campaign. Black border with light brown lettering. Light brown centre with black lettering. Image of children working at…
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