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BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
William 'Bloke' Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in Sophiatown, a multiracial suburb in Johannesburg. His father was murdered and sister died…
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…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) was born in 1949 in Cape Town. In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students …
BiographyVera Ponnen
Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she went to Johannesburg…
BiographyNorman Catherine
Norman Catherine was born in East London, South Africa in September 1949. He studied at the East London Technical School of Art and held his first solo…
BiographyThomas Mbeki
Little is known of his background except that he was Xhosa-speaking and born about 1900. About 1924 he enrolled in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)…
BiographyPhillip Qipu Vundla
Philip Vundla was born in 1901 and attended Healdtown for some years before finding work in Johannesburg as a mine clerk. In the mid-1940s he was an organiser…
BiographyReggie Williams
Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923,he was one of seven children in a rural family that was later…
The Mandela Diaries 22 December 1996
Killings at Ntshanga, 29 December 1996
The ANC in KwaZulu Natal strongly condemns the killing of our people in an ANC stronghold at Tin Town, Ntshanga near Durban yesterday night. Their names are: …
ArchiveSash Volume 29 Number 2 August 1986
ArchiveChris Hani : 1942 - 1993 Hamba Kahle
Black and white photo of Chris Hani with green and black border. Black lettering. ANC Logo. Words - died for peace, freedom, votes for all - in red lettering.
ArchiveLiberal Opinion Vol. 4 No. 6 Sep 1966
ArchiveOpening of National Conference, July 1966
ArchiveBlack Community Programmes Limited: 1976 Report
Annual Report of the Black Community Programmes
ArchiveDiscussions at Ruacana on 8 June 1976
A report from a meeting between representatives of the South African Government and the Angolan Government to discuss the military situation on the border of…
ArchiveLiberal Opinion Vol. 3 No. 4 Oct 1964
ArchiveLiberal Opinion Vol. 4 No. 4 Mar 1966
ArchiveLiberal Opinion Vol. 4 No. 5 Jun 1966
ArchiveReality Vol. 18 No. 4 Jul 1986
Liberal Opinion Vol. 3 No. 3 July 1964
ArchiveLiberal Opinion Vol.3 No.1 Jan 1964
ArchiveLiberal Opinion Vol. 4 No.7 Dec 1966
Liberal Opinion Vol.3 No.2 Apr 1964
ArchiveSASPU Focus Volume 5 Number 1 May 1986
ArchiveSechaba Volume 10 Fourth Quarter 1976
ArchiveSechaba Volume 10 Third Quarter 1976
ArchiveSechaba Volume 10 First Quarter 1976
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