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ArchiveNative, Bantu and African
… Discussion with African friends and a study of opinion among them long ago … Native, Bantu and African …
ArchiveSouth African Library: exhibition
… of medieval and renaissance manuscripts at the South African Library, Queen Victoria Street, from 12th July to … South African Library: exhibition …
South African Students Organisations
… This is a letter from the secretary of South African Students Organisations to Dear Sir about resolutions … South African Students Organisations …
ArchiveSome aspects of the South African industrial revolution
… the advances in education; the development in the housing schemes; and the improvements made in social services … Some aspects of the South African…
ArchiveThe South African Reality
… presented by Desmond Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, to students at the University of … The South African Reality …
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 …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… from the BCM, he is also credited with launching the South African Students Organisation (SASO) , which was created as a … courses to get his law degree…
ArchiveHousing & Hostels Free State 1975 - 1998
… Housing & Hostels Free State 1975 - 1998 … Housing & Hostels Free State 1975 - 1998 …
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… His mother, Catherine, was of Xhosa decent. The Letele family immigrated to South Africa shortly after Arthur's … Cape Province. Following this, he studied…
BiographyBrenda Nokuzola Fassie
… voice of the future.' Brenda went to live with Lebona's family in Soweto , where she was supposed to finish school … that proved to be one of the most…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ), to a middle class Indian family. [i] From an early age Jana developed an awareness of … to fight this hated system by joining an…
BiographyMalesella Benjamin Moloise
… 1982 murder of a black security policeman. However, the African National Congress claimed responsibility for the … This spiralled out of control and…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of … that time, Amina had contact with the…
BiographySamson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
… himself how to carve. He sold his pieces to supplement his family’s income, but did not make art his primary career … the love of his art’ and need to…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
… Harry Pitman and Ismail Mahomed represented the Haffejee family. Ghota Motala helped Ismail Mahomed, future chief … police during Apartheid. His tragic death…
Janet Burnside Soga
… Kirkland. The 1851 Scots census indicates that the family was then living in the Saltmarket area of the city … at that time, was one of the worst slums in…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… area, the young Timol was schooled at home. In 1949, the family moved to Roodepoort in the Western Transvaal. In 1955, … Indian Congress (TIC) and later…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… 1933 outside Polokwane, Limpopo. He was the last born in a family of six. His father Reuben Tshomoko Sethulane worked as … communist MP to read. As a…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
… activist Ruth First . Kgositsile, being a member of the African National Congress (ANC), through the newspaper, … My Name is Afrika , which established him…
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in … of its co-founders Sam Nujoma, began attacking the South African regime. It was…
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… South African Foreign Minister, 'Pik' Botha denied South African support for RENAMO, claiming that the country is … on 16 March 1984. The move followed talks…
BiographyLawrence Schlemmer
… said to have possessed an encyclopaedic knowledge of South African sociology, politics, economics and anthropology. His … Academy of Science of South Africa,…
BiographyPeter Hain
… Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african born parents returned home in 1951.His … a liaison to facilitate their political work.In…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… Kristshnasamy Thambi Naidoo , was four years old when her family moved to the Tolstoy Farm. Gandhi, with the help of … After the First World War Thambi…
ArchiveUnder African Skies (Live from The African Concert, 1987) by Paul Simon
… Under African Skies (Live from The African Concert, 1987) by Paul Simon …
ArchiveProgramme of the South African Communist Party - 1962 - The Road to South African Freedom
… Programme of the South African Communist Party - 1962 - The Road to South African Freedom , South African Communist Party, 1962, Inkululeko Publications,…
BiographyJoe Slovo
… a Bachelor of Laws degree. He volunteered for the South African forces during World War II and was subsequently … of South Africa (CPSA) [in 1953, the name…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found … and Land Act,which was intended to…
BiographyChris Hani
… had to leave their rural home in search of work in the urban areas of South Africa. This had a profound influence on the … really began in 1957 when he…
BiographyFred Carneson
… Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the sixth of nine children. Fred’s parents were both … in London.He once again became…