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PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… The South African State Theatre was built by Performing Arts department … – directed by Anthony Farmer. [v] In June 2000, the South African State Theatre was…
BiographyVesta Smith
… with her four sisters. Her mother was a seamstress. The family’s stay in Vrededorp did not last long as the … Smith was eighteen years old. She became a…
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
… the 1950s. During this period he became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) in … massive support from the community…
ArticleFor Freedom and Equality - Celebrating Women in South African History Booklet
… For Freedom and Equality - Celebrating Women in South African History Booklet …
Ministers in the 2004 National Assembly of the South African Parliament
… Ministers in the 2004 National Assembly of the South African Parliament …
Ministers in the 1999 National Assembly of the South African Parliament
… Ministers in the 1999 National Assembly of the South African Parliament …
Speech of Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African Nationa Congress
… Speech of Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African Nationa Congress …
ArticleA visual archive of letters from South African Police to Walter sisulu
… A visual archive of letters from South African Police to Walter sisulu …
Documents, books and further readings pertaining to South African Communist Party
… Documents, books and further readings pertaining to South African Communist Party …
BiographyVilla Baker
… was a civil rights lawyer and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). They continued their … be politically active, but she would devote…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… to Limpopo where his brother was also born. Mafela’s family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in Kliptown for five years…
BiographyRuth First
… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, later South African Communist Party [SACP]) in 1921. Ruth and her … , JN Singh (executive member of both the …
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Dudley who they got to know. In 1961 in terms of the Group Areas Act the Dudley’s were forced to move and in later years … the lane named Dudley Lane in…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked … for bringing militant leadership into control…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
… on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 … and a leading activist in the…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike … forms…
Group Areas Act No 36 commences. While in theory this was not discriminatory legislation, it was implemented in a way that was
… Group Areas Act No 36 commences. While in theory this was not …
Message to the Natal Indian Congress Secretariat: Call for an All-In Conference to Fight the Group Areas Act, November 1955
… Call for an All-In Conference to Fight the Group Areas Act, November 1955 …
South Africa signs an agreement with Hungary on co-operation in the areas of culture, education, science and related fields and
… signs an agreement with Hungary on co-operation in the areas of culture, education, science and related fields and …
Violence erupts when 50 000 (or 100 000 according to police) residents from GaRankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve and areas in the Od
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 481 … police)…
The Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in future be adm
… The Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in …
Part of District Six is proclaimed as a White group area. New Coloured residential areas will be established on the Cape Flat
… as a White group area. New Coloured residential areas will be established on the Cape Flat …
Report of a Deputation from the ANC and Congress of Urban Advisory Boards to the Minister of Native Affairs, May 15-17,1939
… Report of a Deputation from the ANC and Congress of Urban Advisory Boards to the Minister of Native Affairs, May …
BiographyMono Badela
… Studies at Rhodes University (2002). "Mono Badela - South African journalistic legend" "How does a young white South African become a journalism professor,…
Peter Papela Nthite
… to Adams College but left school at 16 to help support his family, working as a truck driver. Joining the African National Congress during the 1952 …
BiographyElliot Tonjeni
… in the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and the African National Congress . He left the CPSA in 1929 but … an instrument for promoting political…
ArchiveAfrican Communist, 1959 - 1994
… policies led to the publication in October 1959 of The African Communist in cyclostyled quarto form. Under the … "This Magazine" the journal stated: "This…
ArchiveSouth African Institute of Race Relations: key facts and trends
… Facts and figures on South Africa regarding its population, housing and transport, employment, labour, education, health … and welfare, economy and politics…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in … War . He was only 15 years old when he…
ArchiveRelative African poverty
… Relative African poverty …