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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…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… Assembly United Nations Organisation West Minister London Africans South Africa Protest against [proposed] … territory was under Article 22 Covenant League…
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,…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… Assembly United Nations Organization Westminster London Africans South Africa protest against incorporation South … territory was under article 22 covenant…
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…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… failure of the Rebellion, and the political exclusion of Africans, Coloured and Indians from the new Union …
ArticleThe History of Christmas Day and its celebration in South Africa
… terms of religious affiliation, about two-thirds of South Africans are Christian, mainly Protestant. They belong to a …
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… WCCA broke away from the CAHAC and thus was dominated by Africans with permanent residence rights. In 1984 Johnson …
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…
Cheryl Ellen Gillwald
Cheryl Ellen Gillwald was born in Welkom in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 December 1956. She matriculated in 1974 at Roedean in…
BiographyJosias Ratshilumela Madzunya
… politically by attending Communist Party meetings.In 1947 he became a member of the African National Congress …
BiographyJulia Nicol
Julia Nicol worked actively as an anti-apartheid activist in the late 1980s and early 90s, particularly concerned with the anti-discrimination rights for…
BiographyMandla Michael Yende
Yende was recruited into the PAC and APLA by Themba Phikwane in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, in 1976. Phikwane, who had just returned from exile…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… and exploiting their labour to the benefit of White South Africans [vi] .Some of apartheid’s most oppressive … 1900s in order to restrict the freedom of…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Scholarship to the University of Fort Hare. [vi] [vii] In 1947, at the age of 23, he graduated with an English Degree. … Laws, Themba, along with thousands…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… to see the conditions their government's policies forced Africans into, and reflect on the inhumanity of apartheid. … those things were happening. It is…
BiographyAudrey Coleman
Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…
BiographyMike Hutchings
Born in 1963 in London, Mike Hutchings grew up in various countries around Africa, before finishing basic schooling in South Africa in 1980. His earliest…
BiographyAlfred Toto Metele
Alfred Toto Metele was born to farmworker parents,in the farming area of Qumhra, Eastern Cape. He attended school at Mooiplaas, outside East London, where he…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… gives an insight into the socio-political concerns of Africans in Natal at the beginning of the rule of the … in South Africa, black and while. He attempts…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… indirect rule. Indirect rule was established to administer Africans under the colonial administration rather than give … homelands or Bantustans. The…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… the hated Group Areas Act. And he called upon Blacks – Africans, Coloureds and Indians - to reclaim their ownership … Congresses, they had mobilised the vast…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… run some African political organisations which divide the Africans and render them helpless and impotent. It is … "Mr. Msimang Answered," ilanga lase Natal,…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… however, and by 1990 an estimated 74,000-120,000 South Africans were living with HIV. That year, a national … sterilisation to potentially use against black…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… Native Representation Act of 1936, which removed the Cape Africans from the common voters' roll and gave them a … came to fruition in the Dadoo-Xuma-Naicker…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… formation of the Independent ANC Fietas, Johannesburg: 'Africans' are moved out of the south of Fietas (between 17th … born. The Transvaal Inter-Race Soccer…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… it was the first establishment of this kind for Africans. According to ‘Bantu World’, Mohl described his … very high percentage of our talent lies buried. It…
ArticleXhosa
… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The … in 2006 it was determined that just over 7…
BiographyJacob Koti Dikobo
Jacob Koti Dikobo was born on 22 April 1962 in the village of Bataung (Makgophong) in Zebediela, Limpopo, where he also grew up. He went to Khureng Primary…