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“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… to apartheid that took a creative turn in Durban in the 1970s and early 1980s. In Part Two, I examine the idea that, … between the white officials and black…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… movements in their struggle against apartheid. In the 1970s several black-ruled states joined together to …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… agencies to infiltrate anti-apartheid organisations in the 1970s. Williamson joined NUSAS and became a super-efficient … pamphlets. When the Hepples retired…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
… became a vital feature of the workers’ movement in the 1970s and 1980s. This cycle of struggle, which began with the …
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… through the trajectory of Badsha’s career from the late 1970s until 2010 and informs you about the rich underbelly of …
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… Farms where White farmers wanted to settle. In the 1970s another area came into existence, which was similar to …
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
Hemant Kumar Waghmarae was born on 24 October 1948 in Mumbai, India to Vishnu Maroothi Waghmarae and Indumati Bane Waghmarae. He is one of seven children. …
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
Tlou Theophilus Cholo was born in 1926 at Kgakana Village, Polokwane. A son to a trade unionist, his father worked in Johannesburg where he was an active…
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
Mduduzi Richard Shabalala (Mdu) Shabalala was born in Lamontville, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 24 July 1965. His father was a prominent civic rights…
BiographyTraci Mackie
Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called Blackburn in Scotland. When she was nine years old, her parents decided to…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
Jeanette Levinson Carlson was born on 21 June 1929, in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape Province). She was the youngest of Israel and…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
Mahomed Dawood Barmania was the son of Dawood Barmania, owner of commercial and farming properties in both Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Surat in the West…
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
… G and Magubane B, The ANC Political underground in the 1970s in The Road to Democracy in South Africa Vol.2, …
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of…
BiographyMannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
Joel Joffe
Joffe was born to a Jewish family on 12 May, 1932 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Abraham Joffe, a businessman, had come from Latvia and…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… the forefront of resistance politics in Cape Town in the 1970s and ’80s. [190] Ashley Kriel Image source The next … movements, protests, theatre and hip-hop…
BiographyStephen William Black
Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in Claremont, Cape Town and was brought up and educated under extremely poor…
BiographyCharles Nupen
Charles Nupen was born on 19 June 1950 in Durban. After starting a medical degree at the University of Natal, he switched to studying for a Bachelor of Arts…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were…
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
Bongiwe Dhlomo was born on 25 June 1956 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and grew up in nearby Bergville. Dhlomo matriculated in 1974 from St Chad's School in…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
Hoosen Mia Haffejee was born on 6 November 1950. Haffejee grew up in Pietermaritzburg and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion…
BiographyJan van Eck
Van Eck was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five children. He came to South Africa when he was five years old with his mother and…
BiographyJoe Slovo
Joe Slovo was born in Lithuania in 1926. He moved to South Africa with his parents at the age of nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg. Slovo…
BiographyJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
John Taolo Gaetsewe was born in 1916 at Maruping village in Ga-Segonyana, Northern Cape.His father was a migrant mineworker. He left a mission-run secondary…
BiographyNorman Stewart Middleton
Norman Stewart Middleton was born in January 1921, in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) and moved to Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal…
BiographyRoger Meintjes
Roger Meintjes was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) in 1963. Meintjes was very interested in photography and bought a second-hand…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… opened new avenues for resistance– by the end of the 1970s the government extended bargaining rights to unions. …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…