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BiographyTu Nokwe
Tu Nokwe was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band and her mother, Patty, was a soprano singer. When her father…
BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
Dorothy Joan Wright was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port Elizabeth…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
Compatriots and comrades; Brothers and sisters: A New Year is upon us. The President of your movement, the ANC, Comrade Oliver Tambo, is unable to…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… three months, just like today. Unrest in the 1980s and 1990s During the 1980s unrest characterised South Africa. … the Apartheid government throughout the…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… throughout the civil war. While a UN arms embargo in the 1990s prevented the sale of arms to Angola, dos Santos turned …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
Racial segregation and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious 1913 Land Act, passed…
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
Khotso Seatlholo was born on 5 November 1958. He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 Student riots ensued. Seatlholo, together with…
BiographyLeoni Marinovich
A documentary and fine art photographer, Leonie's (nee Swanepoel) work is represented in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Johannesburg. Leoni has co-…
ArchiveSing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, on his meeting with the State president, F.W. DE Klerk 1 August 1990
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at a concert organised by the Irish Anti-apartheid Movement Dublin, 1 July 1990
UDF Poster ‘NATIONALISE : TRANSNET HOSPITAL MUNICIPAL P&T ESKOM : WORKERS : SMASH... : PRIVATI- : ZATION’ by Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), 1990, South Africa
General Johan van den Merwe, National Police Commissioner (1990-1995), admits that he gave the order in 1988 for the police to
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He…
BiographySelf Mampuru
Self Mampuru was born in 1908 into the leading family of chiefs of Sekhukhuneland. In the 1930s in Johannesburg he met William Ballinger, who helped him go to…
BiographyErnest Malgas
Ernest Singqokwana Malgas was born August 8th,1937 in Port Elizabeth. Malgas never attended school.He became politicized as a result ,he spend six weeks in…
Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… trade unions and community organisations. During the 1990s he was affiliated to Harold Wolpe’s EPU (Education …
BiographyKim Ludbrook
Born on 9 June 1969, in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Kim Ludbrook grew up in Kwa-Zulu Natal. After completing his national service he moved to England in 1990 and…
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)…
BiographyRichard S. Canca
Richard S Canca was born in 1924 in Transkei. Canca was a leading figure in the All African Convention (AAC). Born about 1924, he obtained an M.A. degree from…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, playwrights and poets is recognized as…
BiographySydney Sipho Sepamla
Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. Sepamla has been grouped with poets like Oswald Mtshali…
BiographyMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi
Butshingi was born in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline Nokwenjenje (nee Thuswa). He attended…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province. Boshielo joined…
BiographyGregoire Johannes Boonzaier
Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art against his father…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen Silomo. In 1926 she married King Mathole…
BiographyNimrod Boyce Tantsi
Nimrod Boyce Tantsi was born in Johannesburg in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during…
BiographyMaggie Mikula
Maggie Mikula was born in Durban on 19 August 1941. She attended St Mary’s School in Durban and matriculated in 1959. She then went on to study for a Diploma…
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Born on 14 July 1893, J G Strijdom served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. During the 1920s Strijdom practised law in…
BiographyMavuso Walter Msimang
Mavuso (Walter) Msimang was stationed and trained primarily in central Tanzania, at Kongwa, an ANC military base in the 1960s. He became a leading member of…