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BiographyRuth Naomi Leon
The youngest of nine children, Ruth Naomi Leon (who later started calling herself Tania) was born in a small town called Wellington in the Cape Province (now…
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
… she continues to work towards the betterment of all South Africans. … Desai, A. (2015).Indian South Africans and the Black Consciousness Movement under …
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
Dorothy Cleminshaw (nee Mullany) was born in Cape Town on the 15th of September 1922. She went to Ellersie College in Sea Point and matriculated with a full…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
Stephen Joel Chifunyise[i] was born on 21 September 1948 in Nhema, Shurugwi, in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). He started school…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… of separate, communally-based political representation for Africans was extended by the 1936 Representation of Natives … it was not needed. Industrial…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Africa Acts disenfranchisement of Indians, Coloureds and Africans in the upcoming Union of South Africa. 31 May, Dr. … Convention-SANNC). The ANC declared…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… CPSA. Later they were told that they were the first South Africans of Indian origin to join the CPSA. After a month the … Indians. “There are special laws,…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… designed to provide preventive testing for elderly South Africans and provide legal aid for those unable to receive … the health of marginalized and…
BiographyThomas Mbeki
Little is known of his background except that he was Xhosa-speaking and born about 1900. About 1924 he enrolled in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)…
BiographyAlexander Kgobe
It was alleged that in 1958 Alexander Kgobe alias Malemane, from La Pucella, Potgietersrus District, Transvaal [now Mokopane, in Limpopo Province] wrote…
BiographyMtetunzima Ganyile
Mtetunzima Ganyile, from Amanikwe Location, Bizana District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was described in the motivation for his banishment as one of…
BiographyMashudu Jonathan Mudau
Mashudu Jonathan Mudau was born on 1 January 1953 at Mbaleni, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He started his schooling at Makwarela Primary and passed…
BiographyChris Qwazi
Chris Qwazi, a photo-journalist, started out as a freelancer in the 1980s at a time of increased resistance against Apartheid in Port Elizabeth, and the…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… enfranchised minority who owned land, the majority of Africans living here had been proletarianised and were … in these areas as a means of coercing at least…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… and the question of extending franchise to Black South Africans. This convention can be considered the prelude to … Africa Act 1909 and the denial of…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… YCL. One of the people who helped to promote communism to Africans was Willie Kalk, a young cabinetmaker of German … that their main job was to ‘preach’…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… people should determine their own future - Africa for the Africans. It was first expressed by a Xhosa missionary, Tiyo … of the PAC was based on a vision of…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
Pessel Podbrez (name given at birth, later changed to Pauline) was born in Kovna, Lithuania in 1922, the eldest of two children. In 1933, the family immigrated…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
… Mr Tobiansky began to sell his many unsold plots to the Africans, Coloureds and Indians seeking homes in the area. …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… a South African history survey course that sought to put Africans back at the center of their history and highlight …
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on …
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
… sources of education and cultural enrichment to all South Africans, especially researchers. …
BiographyRas Thomas Mokoka
Ras Thomas Mokoka, originally resident at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 19…
BiographyStanley Basil Lollan
Stanley Basil Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by…
BiographyDavid Thlolanyane Mabe
David Thlolanyane Mabe, originally resident at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Western Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 26…
Brett Eloff
Brett Eloff is an independently employed professional photographer, residing and working principally in Johannesburg, South Africa. He began his career in…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… Free State and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. Many South Africans are the descendents of slaves brought to the Cape … a colonial contact was a two-way…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… amongst others, are food favoured by most Black South Africans. In rural communities, people gather weeds such as … the most creative forms of expression and…