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BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit Bakker, Cornells Struik and AA…
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Articles, documents, thesis and books relating to the South African Indian Congress
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born in 1944 in Pietermaritzburg and grew up in Kimberley. She studied in Britain between 1963 and 1966, before…
Books for Workers from Ravan Press
A2 red, yellow, black on white; litho; graphic of workers holding books; text: Books for workers from Raven Press; Worker books, politics, trade unionism,…
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Books for Workers from Ravan Press; poster advertising the type of books held by this publishing house for workers
Books for workers from Ravan Press
Advertisement for Ravan Press. Title in red letters outlined in black. Yellow, red, black and white artwork of workers with books. Examples of types of books…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
Timeline 1958 The photographer, Peter Magubane, is the first black South African to win the Press Photo of the Year Award. Albert Newall re…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
Margaret Roach Campbell (Killie Campbell) was born at Mount Edgecombe on 9 September 1881, the second of four children of the Natal senator and sugar magnate,…
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Bethal case-book
Article on slavery at Bethal. A description of poor living conditions, forced labour, beatings, lynchings and other gruesome assaults on Blacks working on…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe known as Gcina Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa. She has been writing and performing on stage and…
BiographyJeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul
Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul was born in November 1952, in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Clairwood, Durb an. In 1961 his family was…
ArchiveBooks on Workers Struggles In Other Countries
A2 full colour; graphic of red circle with workers; text: Workers of the World; Books on Workers' Struggles in Other Countries. First Books are on Botswana,…
BiographyPercy Fitzpatrick
Percy Fitzpatrick best known for his book, Jock of the Bushveld and other children's books. Fitzpatrick was one of the leaders of Johannesburg's Reform…
BiographyWangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai Anchor was a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist. Maathai is internationally renowned for her unrelenting efforts in…
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EventWorld Book and Copyright Day is celebrated globally
World Book and Copyright Day is a UNESCO initiative first held in 1995.By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading,…
BiographyPaul Alberts
Paul Alb erts, one of South Africa’s leading social documentary photographers, was born in 1946 in Pretoria. He spent his youth in Botswana and the Limpopo…
BiographyPeter Becker
Peter Loubser Were Becker was born in Rivonia South Africa the youngest of the three sons of Harold Paley Becker and his wife, Anna Petronella Louw. Becker's…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to…
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