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The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… Allie, University of Cape Town Ms Obenewa Amponsah, Steve Biko Foundation Mr Omar Badsha, South African History Online …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… 1960s. He was detained in 1977, the same year as Steve Biko. He used his writings to speak out against the injustice …
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… Nelson Mandela in 1985; reworking the Peter Gabriel song, Biko, along with Lou Reed as part of the Amnesty …
ArchiveAhmed Timol and the return of The Light by Kevin Bloom (Daily Maverick), 28 October 2016
… during his detention. I have obtained statements from family members and friends who testify that Ahmed was free of … The recommendation in the Timol case,…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… Eastern Cape, like Thabo Mbeki , Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko . Capital : Bisho Main languages : isiXhosa , Afrikaans … of these birds is killed, death…
Safety and security issues
… domestic violence is not limited to female members of the family, statistics show that women are most affected by this … father is the only source of income,…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… was shaped by apartheid legislation. Deborah Matshoba’s family was forcefully removed by the government to Kagiso … Institute who trained her and fellow…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… in 1898. His mother worked as a cook for the Stainbank family. When he was twelve, his mother passed away and the two young brothers were adopted by a seine…
BiographyDorothy Adams
… wine making industry, tannery and fruit production. The family of Dorothy was directly associated with the …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… her central concern. Of mixed blood, and with a traumatic family history, Head left South Africa to avoid its racial … Black Consciousness (BC) movement, of…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… Adrian van der Stel dies in the line of duty and the family moves to Batavia. 1659 : Maria Leviens remarries and … , Tygerberg and Wagenmakers Vallei areas…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… it also has to do with what has been passed on from the family, community and place where people have been raised. For example, heritage can include a family…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… and it was discovered that she was not one of the king's family members, but that she was possibly also from a noble family. She was discovered lying on her…
ArticleSouth African National Symbols and Heritage
… Heritage is also about what has been passed on from the family, community and place where people have been raised. …
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… South African Students' Organisation (SASO) led by Steve Biko , through which they planned to formulate their own … studies at the University of Natal in…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… through such journals as Black Review , in which Steve Biko played a prominent part. With it, emphasis within …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… to internal problems. In 1970 Black students led by Steve Biko broke away from NUSAS to form South African Students …
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… at the age of thirteen. Kasturba moves in with the Gandhi family in Rajkot. 1888 Birth of their first son, Harilal … Gandhi leaves for South Africa with her…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… of solidarity between the larger group and the individual family unit. This process not only lays stress upon … and it is generally he who represents the…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… is descended from the junior line of the Royal Thembu family, but is a close confident, member of council and … child and he grew up in a loving and…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… a seasonal cattle-grazing ground on the farm of a single family became first a railway siding and finally a proclaimed … season returned. Among these…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… by the American Black Power movement, the likes of Malcolm X , and closer to home Frantz Fanon, Kenneth Kaunda, Julius … (SASO) was formed under the…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… to prevent the Portuguese from settling on the island of Biko, which was inhabited by the Bubi society. In 1778 …
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… utensils, but is also reputed to be the home of the family's ancestral spirits, or shades, and thus also serves a … had changed to a linear pattern. The…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… out. On one side of a section there are three blocks of family homes. Then right next to them are two long blocks of … Dick Clark, who took the opportunity…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… buried in a cemetery in the central town of Luena. His family and UNITA officials had demanded his reburial for many …
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… the English and Jews was limited to the urban setting [x] . Assimilation A potential explanation for the Jewish … over English-speaking individuals [xii] …
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… Haron, have died while in detention. The murder of Steve Biko, which was widely reported in the international press, … are held incommunicado without access…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… take in some of the province's history and culture. Steve Biko's grave is in King William's Town and a wonderful …
The National Bird
… KwaZulu-Nata l and the highveld, usually in pairs or small family parties. It grazes in the field and eats seeds, …