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ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… and beyond our country, by dedicated and brave South Africans. The three geographical pointers are represented by …
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… were produced locally because of the war. Many Black South Africans were drawn into the manufacturing sector on the … decided to quit his job and join the…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old, due to the Group…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… Native Affairs officials, dealing with policies towards Africans in Pretoria, tell the Queenstown officials to … that the police had shot at the Israelites…
BiographyMary Malete
Mary Malete was the president of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) and the first president of the South African Confederation of Trade Unions …
Mary Matilda Brown
Mary Matilda Brown was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for social and moral reform and was a campaigner…
BiographyVuyani Goniwe
Vuyani Goniwe, also known as Jorissen (his MK name), from Ntselamanzi Location, Alice in the Eastern Cape, left South Africa in 1977 together with Bandile…
BiographyHargreaves Nkosana Mbodla
Between 1959 and 1962, eight people were banished from various districts of Mpondoland, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape]. They included some of those who…
Faith Gasa
Faith Gasa was born on 1 January 1945 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). She graduated with a diploma in nursing in 1967. Gasa…
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
Stanley Mabizela was born in 1934, 7th of March in Port Elizabeth, joined the liberation struggle at an early age when he first joined the ANC Youth League…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… His work was a reflection of the history of many South Africans, telling the stories of black people during the …
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… dominant white minority. And at present by no means "all" Africans have their "permanent homes" in the Reserves. Millions of Africans were born and have…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… British have no love for the Afrikaners. Both hate- the Africans, the Coloured and the Indians, and although the … They only hate their oppression and…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Congress supported and battled for the civil liberties of Africans and other disenfranchised people, in addition to … Africa in 1948 – and the social…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… returns to South Africa where establishes links with other Africans. July, The Natal Native Congress is formed and Dube … also the encroachment of white…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… English-speaking liberal, the disillusionment of educated Africans, the poverty of African life, crime and a host of … language as a unifying characteristic…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… educational system that was representative of Africa and Africans. Most student leaders raised the concern that the … proponent, Biko. Biko had diagnosed why…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… Annual Conference of the African National Congress. Fellow Africans, I send you, one and all, heartiest greetings. My … standpoint of the African National…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… It is necessary to grasp that the landlessness of the Africans in particular has flowed from the imperialist policy … as it confronts us to-day. While the…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Parliament, Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions, Fellow South Africans We have great pleasure to welcome you to the seat of … sacrifices of scores of freedom…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… were determined to forge a settlement that excluded Africans from meaningful political participation in the …
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africans. 1976 Reddy becomes the Director of the Centre …
Learning about history through writing
… country won the final? Why was this important for South Africans at the time? In your own words, what have you learnt …
ArticleSharpeville
… the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and thereafter …
BiographyLouis Botha
… followed regarding Dutch and English-speaking white South Africans. Botha agreed that South Africa came first, but he … At the outbreak of World War I,…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… in South Africa. 1799 The first school specifically for Africans opens near what is now King William's Town. Previous to this only a handful of Khoi and…
BiographyPaul Mokabe
Mokabe was one of the students who stood up against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe…