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BiographyLucy Mary (nee Mullins) Wiles
… to Brian Wiles, became a member of the well-known Wiles family who have been artists for several generations and long … work within a genre that became well…
BiographyIsmail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert
… the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist couple who renamed … II. During World War II Carlton…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… while his mother, Fiore (nee Cottiero), came from a family of small industrialists and landowners. A second son, … Lindiwe was born. In 1968, he became a…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… the Atlantic Charter ANC CELEBRATES THE 70 YEARS OF AFRICAN CLAIMS DOCUMENT AND DEFEAT OF FASCISM AND NAZISM We … - Forced Labour, Migrant or Recruited…
BiographyCameron Mbulelo Madikizela
… graduated from Fort Hare. He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and the Society of Young … When the Bantu Education Department…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… died a few days later. In the same year, the elder of the family, Karamchand Gandhi, passed away, leaving his sons in … was named Indian Opinion and its aim…
Full speech - Mamphela Ramphele: Rekindling the South African dream
… Fellow South African citizens, I am here today to invite you to join me on … is the support and encouragement I received from my family, my teachers, my…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The African National Convention must receive the whole hearted … the answer to the further encroachment upon…
BiographyShaun Maclean Pollock
… moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme represented South … English squad. In 2000 he was…
BiographyPansy Tlakula
… several organisations including commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission from 1995 to 2002 and member of the African Commission for Human…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… were established in Pretoria and Bloemfontein during South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. … these camps. The death toll in Black…
ArchiveReg September - Liberated African
… Founder of the South African Coloured People's Congress … Reg September - Liberated African …
Constitution: South African Students' Or
… Constitution: South African Students' Or …
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
… Nellie Jibiliza was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, … Potato Boycott in 1959. Following the…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… has persisted to the present day. The end of the South African war resulted in renewed economic activity, and in the … with a smattering of commercial…
BiographyMary Eveline Fincken
… William Fincken and his wife. She was born of a musical family. Her grandfather and his sons were amateur organ … Fincken was one of the first staff members…
BiographyMhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo
… burned down because of this disagreement and he and his family were forced to flee for survival.In 1990, an … modules/ Supplement_PDFs/Maphumulo.pdf.|South…
BiographyThandi Klaasen
… worker, she grew up in Sophiatown at the heart of black urban culture and resistance politics, discovering her gift … 1959. Klaasen performed in both the…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… in Paarl , in the Western Cape . She was born into a large family of 8 children, and attended a multi-racial school in … During the early 1950s a large…
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
… in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge University with … son of British navy captain.In 1947…
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
… in the Ramokgopa district and sources confirm that her family did in fact live in the Dwaars River area under Chief … Colony (both Charlotte and her husband…
BiographyWilton Zimasile Mkwayi
… in Umkhonto We Sizwe. He was born into a peasant family near Middledrift in the Cape in 1923, and was the … clerk, and a stevedore.He became a union…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… The trial was to be moved to Pretoria, where the African population was much smaller and the Congress … all the African accused lived; even those from other…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
… of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. He … and Railway and Harbours worker, he…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
… was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini , South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National Congress (ANC) member to…
BiographyMark Shope
… of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. He … and Railway and Harbours worker, he…
BiographyBertha Mkhize
… when Bertha was about four years old, after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to … in business until 1965 when the…
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… Party Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate", South African Worker, 27 February 1937 The traditions of the labour … come to our mind when we recall this…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… of the conquest of Zimbabwe, with his British South African Company (BSAC), bought a written concession for … the text that follows. Rhodes pioneer corps:…
BiographyMichael Matlala
… Matlala took part in Wold War 1. According to his family, he was banished, from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg … [Tshivhase], [Northern] Transvaal, [now…