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The SA government and the ANC agree to a plan which will lead to Black majority rule by 1999. In 1994 a parliament of 400 m
ArchiveTheoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences No.40 1973
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
Forty years ago, in the early hours of January 8th 1978, a 36-year old political philosopher was shot dead in his Durban home by ‘person or persons unknown’…
APDUSA Bulletin 3: Don’t Help Sell Outs to get R40 000 a Year, May 1984
Thomas Mogotlane (40), South African actor in Mapantsula, a landmark political and musical film, dies.
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while attending an all-night vigil held in a tent in Sebokeng, in the Vaal region, where…
BiographyTheodore B. Lujiza
Theodore B. Lujiza was born in 1886 and educated at Lovedale, he was working in a bank in East London when Clements Kadalie arrived there to establish a branch…
BiographyArthur William Blaxall
Arthur William Blaxall was born in 1891 in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist…
ArchiveFuel refineries strategic targets for ANC in 80s, TRC hears, SAPA, 27 September 1999
BiographyMoebien Wadee
Moebien Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976 did not just drop from the sky. The Black students of South Africa did not wake up one day and begin resisting Bantu…
BiographyLucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe
The Atteridgeville Super Stadium was renamed the Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe Stadium after the legendary Pretoria soccer player. This followed a meeting…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… trade unionist campaign nationally during the 1930s and 40s failed, but he is credited with having united Black wage …
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo…
BiographyRicardo Rangel
Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a…
Dumisani Mbatha
Mr Dumisani Mbatha aged 16,was among a group of students and youths detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act in Johannesburg on 16 September 1976…
BiographyJulia Nicol
Julia Nicol worked actively as an anti-apartheid activist in the late 1980s and early 90s, particularly concerned with the anti-discrimination rights for…
The British attack larger Italian forces in Libya by surprise, capturing 40 000 prisoners in three days.
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
My Background When I look back at those activities of 1980, I think of it as the time when I got introduced to the realm of political activism. I had first…
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
Article first published in The Sunday Independent January 4 2015 at 10:37am By Sam Mathe Johannesburg - Pianist, singer and composer Pat Matshikiza, 76, who…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… urban culture and the forced removals in the 1930s and 40s. In 1986, the company was awarded the AA Life Vita Award …
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations…
BiographyRodger Bosch
Rodger Bosch has been working in the photographic field for 30 years, capturing arresting images of news and cultural events. Over the years, he has…
French nationalists in Algeria rebel: 40,000 French settlers have demonstrated against a proposal by Pierre Pfimlin, the French
Security Clearance Act No 40, requiring security clearance of people as a prerequisite to their employment in certain education
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg. She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the…
BiographyAndrew Meintjes
Andrew Meintjes was born in Cape Town on 31 January 1955. In the 1970s, while he was working as a post office technician, he met photographer David Goldblatt…