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BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… in Stockholm, Sweden, as third secretary, and in January 1960, he moved on to the South African Embassy in Cologne, …
BiographyPeter Becker
… to the kraal, was published in 1955, and was followed in 1960 by The peoples of South Africa: race studies/or Standard …
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… until his banning in 1964. In the early hours of 29 March 1960 police raided the homes of leading LP members and …
BiographyGünther Komnick
Günther Komnick was born in Insterburg in the former German province of East Prussia in 1929 into a cultured family of artists. He lived through the monumental…
BiographyIrma Stern
… entry to the Imperial Institute Exhibition in London. In 1960 she won the Peggy Guggenheim international art prize …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… in the mountains of Ngquza, Imzia and Nhlovu. In March 1960, Mpondo people from different areas in Pondoland came … ”, the South African Prime minister by…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… in the struggle, especially after the ANC was banned in 1960, and despite his incarceration for twenty-five years … all possible means. Their leaders were…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… Change’ speech in the South African Parliament in February 1960, he condemned the boycott. Other organisations were more … of those polled supported the…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… him from active leadership of the community. Yet, in 1960, during the State of Emergency after the Sharpeville massacre, he was detained for three months…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… Representative Council, organising a commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre. The reason given for his expulsion was that he …
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His mother,…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
… 1959, he joined the newly formed Progressive Party and in 1960 stood for election to the Johannesburg City Council. In …
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)…
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
… in the rural town of Ixopo, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1960. He holds a B Juris degree from the University of … in the rural town of Ixopo, Natal (now…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
Richard Owen Dudley was born in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in Palmboom Road, Newlands. The large house was…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
Harold Wolpe was born on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 and an LLB in 1952…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew him closer to the African …
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… is formed by six women in Cape Town Timeline: Cape Town 1960-1979 1960 Sharpeville Massacre: In the wake of Sharpeville, African students loyal …
BiographyBisho Jarsa
Article by Sandra Rowoldt Shell, University of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never…
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…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… After being released from six months' detention during the 1960 emergency, Matthews joined Luthuli in calling for …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August 1942. He was educated at Catholic schools and for some…
BiographyMolly Fischer
… In 1956 Fischer’s father died of a stroke. In April 1960, during the first wave of arrests under the first State …
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… work, focusing on supporting union struggles. But the Sharpeville Massacre and the subsequent banning of most political … this time that Jennifer also sought…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… by IFP supporters, in what is referred to as the ‘Ongoye Massacre’ . This also occurs in a political climate where UDF … hold on popular support in KwaZulu…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… term in office was unquestionably that of the Marikana Massacre, the greatest incidence of police brutality in the country since the fateful Sharpeville…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… decline gained even greater momentum due to the Sharpeville massacre and the banning of the ANC. Several of its prominent …