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BiographyLuli Callinicos
… Democrats in her youth, and wrote several protest letters to newspapers as part of a concerted campaign after the … . During the 1960s, Callinicos taught…
BiographyProfessor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel
… an honours degree in 1968. He was awarded a scholarship to study in Belgium, he completed a PHD in literature and … rector, a prolific author, Gerwel was…
BiographyAndreas Vlachakis
… locally and internationally. He is currently a contributor to the highly regarded South African photojournalism agency … in the commercial photographic…
BiographyBokwe James Mafuna
… movement. In 1969 Mafuna was hired by the Rand Daily Mail to write for its township edition.As journalist he met … African Students' Organisation (SASO) who…
BiographyZwelakhe Sisulu
… Zwelakhe Sisulu was born in Soweto on 17 December 1950, to liberation struggle icons Walter and Albertina Sisulu . He … the third of five children. When he…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… Africa. The story of the Simonstown Agreement dates back to 1955 when it was signed by South Africa and Great … the Simonstown base and Naval Dockyard were…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… who taught another jazz artist, Charlie Parker, how to paint [iii] . Tladi received a scholarship to enter Cropper’s studio in 1980 [iv] . Lefifi Tladi’s…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… Africans in the arts and has taken South African theatre to new dimensions. Made possible through the Union of South … by architect and painter Arthur…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… ruler of the Netherlands, Prince William of Orange, had to flee to England. In England, the prince asked the British to … along the frontier, but he failed…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… the Dutch East Indies. In 1651 the VOC issued instructions to Jan van Riebeeck to establish refreshment station at the Cape to provide fresh … of their land…
BiographySindiwe Magona
… education by correspondence, and later won a scholarship to study for her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Columbia … her experience of impoverishment,…
BiographyElize Botha
… Elize Botha contributed numerous talks on literary matters to the Afrikaans programme series for the South African … through the years. In 1987 she became…
BiographyWinston Churchill Masakeng Saoli
… where his father was headmaster. When his family moved to Soweto in 1963, Saoli enrolled at the Morris Isaacson … United Kingdom (UK). He was one of four…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
… and Photographic Society of America. He was invited to join the London Salon, an elite group of photographers … unit at Witwatersrand Medical School and was…
BiographyHelene Marie Passtoors
… tasks, and set up communications for units that were to be settled inside the country. Passtoors was involved in … severely tortured and poisoned during the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… Hindus and Moslems protested against this seeming affront to their convictions. Each community was offended at the … the agent for what he is doing. They…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the song composed to mark this historic occasion. By the middle of 1956 plans … been laid for the Pretoria march…
Samuel Chibane
… In 1963 Chibane was also charged with inciting Africans to attack government installations, stealing bombs from a … arsenal and sabotage. He was convicted…
BiographyDeputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
… Documentation related to Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata’s banishment alleges that 10 … Msizwana Mbata of the Mtembu community for not attempting to prevent the…
BiographyJane Alexander
… Made in the mid-Eighties, the Butcher Boys were a response to the dehumanizing effects of Apartheid. The effects of … from the state-sponsored terrorism of…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… were 19 political groups at this event. All parties agreed to support the Declaration of Intent, which said that they … that there were many tensions. The…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The number of people of colour (POC) being admitted to UP then increased dramatically since the end of Apartheid … court again on 18 July 2016. These…
BiographyEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
… at the Lovedale Training College after which he was sent to a Methodist mission school in Nancefield, near … of Reverend Mboweni, the first Tsonga Methodist…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
… March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957, he went to work at a shirtmaking factory until 1960. During this … his LLB degree. Through sheer hard work…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… FRELIMO and a mutual commitment between the two parties to issues plaguing southern Africa. The Collapse of … party (and later, the president of Mozambique),…
BiographyJan Gerritze Bantjes
… the Great Trek in 1837. He was appointed secretary to the provisional Voortrekker administration which had been … arrival at the Vet River. On occasion he…
BiographyLouis Washkansky
… Of Lithuanian Jewish extraction, Louis Washkansky came to South Africa aged 9, and became a grocer in Cape Town’s … material of his new heart, compromised…
BiographyRobert Edward Jansen
… spanning three decades. In the early 1970s, Jansen shot to fame as an original member of the Pacific Express band and … with Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ebrahim)…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
… School in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe to study at Rorke's Drift. This he…
BiographyBen Skosana
… interest in rural development and rural social problems. To follow his interests he joined Zululand Churches and … in London. After serving the IFP in London…