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BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the…
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
Dan Mohapi grew up in Soweto. He was first involved in the political struggle in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high school education at…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
Cornelius Judah Fazzie was born in 1924 Queenstown Eastern Cape,but grew up largely in Tsolo.His migrant father worked in the Western Cape.He began school at…
BiographyBen Mclennan
Ben Mclennan was born in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission school in Evaton later went to…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… rising tide of anti pass protests gathered pace, in August 1946 passes were burnt in a bonfire in Langa. Civic politics …
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 15 - "Ruth First , "Progress in Unity Talks:…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996
POM So let me start. AG I wonder whether we shouldn't get over the part we have already dealt with just to see what was said at that time that applies…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & … to Indian acquisition under the Asiatic Land Tenure Act of 1946…
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
Stephen Dlamini was born in 30 November 1913 in Natal (KwaZulu-Natal). As a factory worker, Dlamini became a trade union member and rose through the ranks,…
BiographyBantu Holomisa
Major General (Retired) Bantubonke (Bantu) Harrington Holomisa was born on 25 July 1955 at Mqanduli, Transkei, the son of the late Chief Bazindlovu Holomisa…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
Arthur Goldreich was born in Johannesburg on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One morning, his secondary…
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
Muzuvukile Curnick Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. After the demolition of Cator Manor and…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
Dimitri Tsafendas was the parliamentary messenger who assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on 06 September 1966 by stabbing him four times with a…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… mine workers were violently beaten back to the shafts in 1946 , and called for the continuation of the cheap labour …
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… made and re-made; drama and farce competing. Beginning in 1946 with the “sedition trial”, it became a feature of … my last year at high school during the…
BiographyDavid Rabkin
David Rabkin was born in South Africa, but emigrated to Britain with his family. He holds a PhD in African Literature and had been employed as a sub-editor at…
BiographyNtlabati Jojo
Ntlabati Jojo had been deposed of his status as headman in the late 1920s though by the 1940s, he was considered to be effectively the chief of a few locations…
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
Many people have written me and others have asked me personally what part the African National Congress is taking to bring to the attention of Allied Nations…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
As the Union Parliament prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist attacks from the Strijdom…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
Ron Press was born in 1929. His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. He…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso was born on 21 October 1948 in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… renewed for further period of three years to 31 March 1946. ii) In Durban the position is to be pegged. No Indian … owned by Indians. Provisions to continue…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… A statement by the African Mineworkers' Union, 7 August 1946 Document 135 -"National Front and Class Struggle: Report … Party of South Africa", Freedom, 5, 4…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… the youth wing of the African National Congress is formed. 1946 African Miners Union (AMU) organises a strike by miners …
Nelson Mandela Family Tree
The Mandela family tree drafted by Nelson Mandela and K.D. Matanzima. From the book Higher Than Hope - 'Rolihlahla we love you' by Fatima Meer. Click here for…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… which stood at 22 669 in 1939, increased to 32 331 in 1946 and 41 992 ten years later (Murray 1982:4). So large was … steadily from 18,7 per cent in 1911 to…
BiographyFrederick Timpson I’Ons
Frederick Timpson I'Ons was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802. His father was John I'Ons, the master of a riding-school in Islington…