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BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… at the age of 10, financial problems drove him to seek work at the age of 12 to assist his mother in maintaining the family, as his father had … world have…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
… many artists began to develop unique styles, and made anti-apartheid or socially conscious statements. Robert Hodgins … of historical events, images, figures…
BiographyWinnie Motlalepule Kgware
… home inspired by the projects and organizations of African-American women. She was active in the Young Women's Christian … subsequently expelled from Hwiti…
50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… is to create large scale awareness of the impact of apartheid displacement and to focus attention on the ideals … 50 years of forced removals under apartheid…
ArchiveThe Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement
… The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement …
ArchiveApartheid: hope or despair for Blacks?
… Apartheid: hope or despair for Blacks? …
BiographyDenis Mayer
… was born in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the … together with his efforts to assist black…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South … a lot of Marxist and Congress…
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school inspector. His mother, Catherine, was of Xhosa decent. The…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… National Congress (SANNC)) in 1912. Following the death of his father in 1871, the family moved to Scotland where Dr … that it forced the Afrikaners and the…
BiographyManilal Gandhi
… early 1897, when Gandhi's family joined him in Durban.As his father did not believe in formal education, Manilal's … some formal subjects. From an early age…
EventMac Maharaj announces his retirement
… Mac Maharaj announces his retirement …
ArchiveEditorial: His suffering and ours
… Editorial: His suffering and ours …
BiographyRafique (Rafs) Mayet
… the African Photography Festival in Bamako, Mali and had his first solo exhibition at the NSA Gallery in Durban. It … submitted essays for the show "Blank -…
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… school, he worked as a labourer and trade union organiser. His union comrades knew Mini as the 'organiser of the … battery factory. On his release he married…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… Eight former apartheid policemen, including former police commissioner, … Events, Longman: London, p . 42476.| Anc,'Eight former apartheid policemen',[online…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the … Russell, attending an Anglican Church…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… Nelson Mandela, Yusuf Dadoo and Walter Sisulu defied apartheid laws in Johannesburg and other major city centres. … The Defiance Campaign against apartheid…
Statement at a special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid to pay tribute to Paul Robeson on his 80th birthday, April 10, 1978
… at a special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid to pay tribute to Paul Robeson on his 80th birthday, April 10, 1978 …
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… School in Pondoland East. In 1972 Mayekiso left school to work in the Welkom mines in the Free State province. … Dissatisfied with the working conditions, he…
Anglo American announces that it is transferring its main listing to the London Stock Exchange.
… Anglo American announces that it is transferring its main listing …
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… Party literature and could be relied upon to do a job of work.” In 1950 she took up nursing at St Monica’s Home, the … The ANC nominated Alex la Guma, with…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… Whites were oppressors, an idea which he inherited from his father. Alexander was introduced to coloured militancy … He came to believe that to be Christian…
Apartheid’s Twisted Dream: David Goldblatt’s South Africa by Joseph Lelyveld, 2 July 2010
… African photographer David Goldblatt might be described as his country’s Walker Evans. Though Evans was one of … Museum where a copious exhibition of his…
Books, Articles, Documents and papers pertaining to Towards a people’s culture, Art and Resistance under apartheid
… to Towards a people’s culture, Art and Resistance under apartheid …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 1: Anatomy of apartheid
… Report of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society analysing the political situation in South Africa under apartheid. Contents include: What is…
BiographyTerry Bell
… Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his fellow exile, Barbara, in 1966 and together they have two … affairs through University College. …
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban. He joined the African National Congress … nine years each. He was released from prison in 1973…
BiographyMurphy Morobe
… in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal … about doing something against the…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary … and matriculated in 1946. He was introduced to politics in his early teens,…