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ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… organization. 18 March 1960 – the PAC calls on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and give … but because the jails can no longer…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… of the ANC in Natal, Albert Luthuli calls for unity among Africans and redefines the challenges that face them in the … Rioting spread to Port Elizabeth and…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… The movement mobilised a large number of black South Africans to unite and fight for revolution, however, it also … as an ideology, was to unite and make…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… the beginnings of a flowering of literature by black South Africans, as a generation of mission-educated Africans came of age. 1941 HIE Dhlomo published a…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… on the brutal oppression of the majority of South Africans perpetuated by the policy of apartheid, but the … international prestige and increased economic…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… corners of the globe - symbolise the achievements of South Africans all over the world. Rising sun - the new dawn …
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… with the aim of fighting for the rights of black South Africans. The organization was renamed the ANC in 1923. While …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 3: The Scramble for Africa: late 19th century
… life more convenient. Because the iron tools allowed Africans to flourish in their natural environment, they could … which Europe could make money from. Due…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… a childhood no different from the majority of Black South Africans at the time. Her family of seven fought to get by on … ‘To whom it may concern’. In it,…
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
Aaron Sipho Madondo, the last of 11 children in his family was born on 6 August 1958 in Mofolo South, Soweto. He began his primary school education at Gugu…
BiographyElizabeth Komikie Gumede
Recorded as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, Elizabeth Komikie Gumede was born in 1921. Gumede served as an…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
… Transvaal. It was similar to the pass laws hated by the Africans and the Criminal Tribes Act in India which was …
BiographyMary Thipe
… Zuma in 2016. This award is specifically given to South Africans who have contributed to the liberation struggle, … Brand South Africa. (2016). South…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… reported to have been hit by stones - and more than 200 Africans were shot down. The police also have said that the … public meetings. The police and army…
BiographyDr Morris Zwi
South African born, living in London for the past 22 years. He began working in social documentary photography through his need to 'bear witness' and to record…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… In his address Xuma queried the justification of denying Africans equal rights given their loyalty of service to their … meeting to protest against the…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… (Kronos Vol. 9, 1984). Christopher Saunders, ‘Liberated Africans’ and labour at the Cape of Good Hope in the First … Studies, UCT, 30.03.1983). Christopher…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
BiographyAdam Small
… with their learners about the oppression of Black South Africans as they analysed his poems. Prof Small is …
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… and allowed elections in the Bantustans. Black South Africans were offered collaborator candidates who were chosen …
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… in Egypt, in Persia and several other countries. Among Africans also clear signs of national awakening, national … cardinal principles: 1) Africa is a…
BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
Born in 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
Anti-apartheid activist Adelaine Hain who was successively jailed, banned and exiled to Britain in Pretoria in the early 1960s died peacefully on 8 September,…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… by many of her friends, colleagues, and the many South Africans whom she entertained over the years. Unfortunately, …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to Sonnyboy Nkwana and…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… under the Afrikaner government’s policy of “forcing Africans to develop along their own lines”. Like the leaders … bar. Indeed the similar experience of…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… surrounding Grahamstown had populations of Black South Africans designated by the Urban Areas Act of 1961 for the … things she did was attend the funerals of…
Rebecca Lan
Rebecca Lan was born in 1933 in Cape Town and grew up in Oranjezicht and Athlone. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania who arrived in South Africa in…
ArticleZulu
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The … it is estimated that there are more than 45…