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BiographyNellie Jibiliza
Nellie Jibiliza was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, she grew up in a politically active…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… joined these alternative art education centres in the 1970s but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… apartheidregime had been forced onto a new path. In the 1970s mass action began again, involving an increasing level …
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… apartheid regime had been forced onto a new path. In the 1970s mass action began again, involving an increasing level …
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
Diana Mitchell was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, or what was then known as Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 16 November 1932[i]. She was famous for many things,…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… founding and early growth period of the unions during the 1970s and early 1980s. These principles included democratic … founding and early growth period of…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
[Dr. Jadwat is from Natal; probably from Isipingo and later Durban. He was a student at Sastri College in Durban. [A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian…
‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in Burger’s Daughter by Rebecca Trout
… Movement rose to prominence in South Africa in the 1970s and forms one of Gordimer’s central focuses in Burger’s … commitment to the liberation movement,…
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… Africa's isolation from international competition from the 1970s hampered Malan's ability to compete internationally. …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… celebrity status had grown internationally. In the 1970s, prisoners were allowed to keep a vegetable garden …
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… the re-emergence of mass popular action during the early 1970s which culminated in the Soweto uprising of 1976-77. … this period and served as a broad…
BiographySam Tambani
Sam Tambane was born in the village of Tshiozwi Ha-Sinthumele in Venda on 23 August 1953. Sam was the first child of Kutama Fridah Tambani and Nkhumeleni Jack…
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
Leleti Khumalo was born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township, the North of Durban. Growing up a poverty-ridden township, she became a member a youth backyard…
BiographyFabian Defu Ribeiro
Fabian Defu Ribeiro was born on the 19th of June 1933 in Bantule, he was the third child of Joseph and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father came from…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
Molefe Pheto grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg. As a talented young boy who displayed many interests in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… and family. Project: Women’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa Nicole Dellaportas Nicole Dellaportas is …
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
Deon T Daniels aka DJ Ready D, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 11 December 1968, before the residents there were forcibly removed. Ready D and his…
BiographyDavid Patrick Russell
Born in the late 1930s, Bishop David Patrick Russell became involved in the struggle against apartheid from an early age. He did his first degree at the…
BiographyIshmael Mkhabela
Ishmael Mkhabela began his political activism in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the BCM was banned, he served as a member of the Soweto Action…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly…
BiographyJoey Fourie
Joey Fourie was born in Oudtshoorn in the then Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a traditional Afrikaans family. She was educated in Wellington, Cape…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… for universal franchise in a unitary state. By the late 1970s even council members expressed frustration at their …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… membership to these organisations. By the end of the 1970s, South Africa was largely isolated from participating …
EventPrime Minister opens SA's first atomic reactor
… project was begun by the Atomic Energy Board in the early 1970s to develop a unique uranium enrichment technology. …
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… village of Emjanyana was probably established in the mid-1970s, in Ngcobo Eastern Cape. In 1894 the Society for the …
BiographyNgugi wa Thiong’o
The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi in Limuru, Kenya on…
BiographyRichard Steele
Richard Steele was born to a Scottish father and a South African mother, in Pretoria, in 1956. His father emigrated to South Africa at the end of the Second…
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
Kalushi Drake Koka was bornin Pietersburg on the 9th of June,1927. He enrolled for teacher training after completing his matric. In 1960, he became actively…
BiographyAllison Wessels George Champion
Allison George Champion was born on 4 December 1893 at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by American…