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Flyer of the African Resistance Movement announcing its formation, June 12,1964
… Flyer of the African Resistance Movement announcing its formation, June …
Articles, documents, thesis and books relating to the South African Indian Congress
… Articles, documents, thesis and books relating to the South African Indian Congress …
BiographyKerr Alexander
… Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. When he was six years old the Kerr family moved to Greenock where his father represented a … applied for the post of first principal…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
… of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her family moved around several times but when Bolton was six her … she attended sent her to work as a…
BiographyWilliam Sinclair Winship
… specialist on the Board of Management of Durban Child and Family Welfare. He was also chairperson of both the Adoption … and Neglect, as well as convener of…
BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
… 1907 in Lichtenburg Western Transvaal to an Afrikaner family. Her family was very nationalistic, with both her father and … criticism from the left-wing…
BiographyMarius Schoon
… born. Soon after the birth of their son, Schoon moved the family to Angola as he felt it would be safer than Botswana. … this time Schoon worked as a…
BiographyLewis Baker
… He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their … two years to run concurrently: a total…
BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
… Mkhize was then appointed a commander of the Natal MK urban machinery in Mozambique in 1981, working with Dumisani … in April 1994. Mkhize was integrated…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… Affairs and fellow councillors, on behalf of the South African Indian Council I wish to place on record our sincere … in its birth by the ghost of Pageview,…
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
… The Muizenberg Police Museum, also known as South African Police Services (SAPS) Museum, is situated on the … Blaauwberg Online (2009), South African Police…
PlaceIziko South African Maritime Centre
… The Iziko South African (SA) Maritime Centre opened in 1990. It is based at … Iziko South African Maritime Centre …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… During the 1950s, Sejake was a leading member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), and the African National Congress (ANC) in Soweto. Noted…
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… died on 22 June 2006. The veteran actor had been on South African Screens for decades. He appeared in many local … Emzini Wezinsizwa. Mlilo was only 48 when…
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
… on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town . [i] Peter is a South African alpine skier. [ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years old, … he began…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… over other forced removal activities under the Group Areas Act . It is difficult to assess what he really thought … from Luanda. They were overruled and in…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
… Canon James A. Calata , who was Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) for many years, Ngalo entered politics at a young age. She joined…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and … from Natal University College. He worked…
EventDay of the African Child
… 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 … in South Africa. By adopting this…
BiographyRamnie Dinat
… the trial of the late Bram Fischer , Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Ramnie, then pregnant, queued … and Aid Fund for Southern Africa…
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…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… South African National Art Gallery. Source: www.sa-venues.com This … Thomas Butterworth Bayley, the collection of Iziko South African National Gallery has…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… of the New Age and wrote for The World . He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1939. By the late 1940s, he had become an active member of the…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… ‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, … the social grammars of property, relationship with land, family…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… time. Her mother, Bessie Amelia Emery, came from a wealthy family of Scottish descent. No information on her father … prejudice she experienced was excessive…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… On 5 April 2011, South African photographer Anton Hammerl was killed, allegedly by … to oust Muammar Gaddaffi’s regime in February 2011. South African…
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
… South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October … included his grandmother, who was a pianist for the local African Methodist Episcopalian…
BiographyHeidi Holland
… and a Swiss mother. When she was three years old, the family moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ), then a … research on her first book, The Struggle:…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… Madaka who, both passed away in 1990. In 1969, his family relocated to KwaZakhele Township. He received his … in anti government student activities under the…
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… age. While at high school he became involved with the African National Congress (ANC) through contact with other … supporter and a member and leader of the…