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The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
Barbara Masekela’s speech (ANC Women’s Section), 1982
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
Resource Links: World War II (1939 - 1945)
League of African Rights19, Petition, 1929
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
From 27 April 1994 to 3 February 1997, South Africa was governed by a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC…
BiographyAdam Small
Professor Adam Small was born on 21 December 1936 in Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother of Muslim Indian heritage and a slave descendant…
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South Africa. This thesis…
BiographyMary Elizabeth Davis
Mary Elizabeth Davis was born in Portobello County, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 December 1858. She was a business person and supporter of women’s causes. Davis…
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968…
BiographyBishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu
Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu (nee Hlabisa). His father was a policeman and a farmer. His father died when he was a…
BiographyJohn James Issel
John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town. At a tender age, he worked on a vineyard, cleaning grapes…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… the Rivonia trialists were finally released in November 1989, there was a palpable sense that liberation was around …
BiographyJannie “Jan Bek” Momberg
… the founding members of the Democratic Party. This was in 1989. After the unbanning of the ANC in 1991 Momberg joined, …
BiographyLaurent Kabila
Laurent Desire Kabila was born on 27 November 1939 into the Luba tribe in the Katanga Province in the Belgian Congo. In 1960 Kabila became a leader of a youth…
BiographyRoelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the Humansdorp district…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Fihla grew up in PE from 1945, after his parents…
BiographyDr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she…
BiographyMargaret Nash
Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal…
ArchiveThe mid 1986 Crossroads/KTC Squatter Camp Demolitions in Wider Context: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1987
The mid 1986 Crossroads/KTC Squatter Camp Demolitions in Wider Context: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 14 March 1987 discussing…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
Carel Boshoff was born on 9 November 1927, a second child from the second marriage of his father. He spent his early life on a cattle farm in the Waterberg…
BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
Johnstone “Johnny” Mfanafuthi Makhathini was born in Durban on 8 February 1932. He attended school at Adams College in Durban where he trained as a teacher…
BiographyCarl Niehaus
Carl Niehaus was born on 25 December 1959 and grew up in Zeerust, North West Province. He completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A…
Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
Refiloe Phelile Florence Jackie Sedibe (known as Jackie Sedibe) was born at White River in Mpumalanga. Sedibe’s mother was a domestic worker and her father …
According to W. Steenkamp in his book SA’s Border War 1966-1989, the final death toll at this date was as follows: 715 SA secur
… Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race … According to W. Steenkamp in his book SA…
After the Conversion of Iscor Act was passed on 17 May 1989, Iscor shares are sold on the stock market, realising R3,7bn.
… Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race … After the Conversion of Iscor Act was…
BiographyGladys Thomas
… in Six Narratives by South African Women Writers 1925-1989. University of Johannesburg (South Africa), 2012., p.85. … in Six Narratives by South African…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
Before the establishment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA), there were many controversial and unequal positions regarding the…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989 …
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…