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BiographyKewpie
Kewpie was a hairdresser and iconic queer figure from District Six. A gender fluid individual who identified by female pronouns, Kewpie was a seminal nightlife…
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama was born in Bombay in 1870. After passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust…
BiographyMagwaza Alfred Maphalala
… Maphalala represented SACTU at the International Labour Organisation and other international forums. In 1983 he was …
BiographyAdam Small
… an expert witness in the well-known South African Student Organisation (SASO) trial . It was during this period that … (South African Academy for Science and…
Archive“‘Hundreds of Native Workers are Joining the Communist Party in Bloemfontein; … which organisation … ever faced calamities, persecutions and prosecutions as the CP did?’: The Communists in the Free State, 1921-1940” by Peter Limb
… are Joining the Communist Party in Bloemfontein; … which organisation … ever faced calamities, persecutions and …
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… by the movements in Ghana spearheaded by Nkrumah. The organisation was set up to form a political instrument, … African states, forming a front against…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM). In retaliation students stoned the police and burned …
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… him. For instance, he was active in the Oudtshoorn Youth Organisation and a community newspaper- Saamstaan . Mhlauli … Headmaster, Member of Oudtshoorn Youth…
BiographyDennis Brutus
… Bank, International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organisation. The Reagan administration attempted to deport …
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… for Community Development (FDC), a "not for” profit organisation,she founded in 1994. FDC makes grants to civil …
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize at …
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
… At a NUSAS meeting, Ramgobin tabled a motion for the organisation to elect Chief Albert Luthuli as Honorary …
BiographyJane Alexander
… (“beyond safety”) 2013, 2016-tableaux concerning social organisation, borders, security, displacement, and faith. …
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… Kasrils also headed the ANC’s Campaign Section at the organisation’s headquarters in Johannesburg. Kasrils was an …
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… In 1940 he joined the Liberal Study Group, a multiracial organisation, and was exposed to radical ideas. To a great …
BiographyAnthony Richard Stubbs
Anthony Richard Peter Stubbs was born in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1923, and educated at Eton, at Balliol College, Oxford, and at the College of the…
BiographyLloyd Spencer
Lloyd Spencer was born in South Africa in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed his own medium format photos using his father's antique cameras as…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. In retaliation students stoned the …
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
… up under auspices of the South African Student Movement (SASM), which later evolved into the formation of the Soweto …
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives …
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
Chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes, was the son of Fuba III and the grandson of Zibi II. He was educated at Love dale…
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang. Mogoeng was born on 14 January 1961 in Goo-Mokgatha (Koffiekraal) village, north east of Zeerust, North West Province. He was…
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
Peter Sexford Magubane was born on January 18, 1932 in Vrededorp (now Pageview) Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is one of South Africa’s most…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… Effective Schooling Project (KESP), a nongovernmental organisation aimed at improving management in black schools. …
BiographyNorman Levy
… brought to Zambia and Zimbabwe by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). He was later commissioned by the ANC and …
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… studied law and he was active in the South African Student Organisation (SASO). At university, he was passionate and a …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… African Students (Nusas), an outspoken anti-government organisation with a membership drawn heavily from White … a deep questioning of the role of Nusas…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… chairperson of the Rural Women’s Movement (RWM), an organisation focused on issues that specifically affect women …
BiographyNtongela Masilela
Professor Ntongela Masilela was born on 9 December 1948 in Orlando West, Soweto, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), the eldest son of Florence Vuyiswa Masilela…