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BiographyJohanna Catharina Cornelius
Johanna was born in Licthtenburg on 27 February 1912 to an Afrikaner family where she grew up. Their family was very nationalistic, with both their father and…
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was born…
BiographyZubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet
Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet was born December 27,in 1937 in Fietas, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Mayet began writing in the mid-1950s while…
ArchiveDon't give up, Govt urges the farmers 1980 - 1981
ArchiveMore blood in the black search for the Holy Grail 1974 - 1980
ArchiveAfrican History and the Struggle to Decolonise Africa, (Evening Post), 1980
ArchivePublic Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1975 - 1980
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… Parliament and Minister in the Government, since the mid-1980s. [19] Owing to his veteran status, history of …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… with an iron fist throughout the 1970s and into the late 1980s. Several thousand people were imprisoned for political …
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…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… Zaire and South Africa. This support continued until the 1980s, when the aggressors were forced to back down, leading … Despite several setbacks during the…
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
Comrade Chairman, Distinguished members of the Presidium, Comrades, Delegates and Friends, There is a special significance which attaches to this…
Black Consciousness
… (SASO). Prepared for defence in Mayekiso trial, late 1980s …
ArchiveBlack Consciousness
… (SASO). Prepared for defence in Mayekiso trial, late 1980s …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… ascribe the label ‘armed struggle’? Second, we look at the 1980s and the era of transition as key to our understanding … struggle. The militarisation of the…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… of power” (Escobar, 1995, 4) and gained momentum into the 1980s with the imposition of neo-liberal policy objectives … implemented within Sub-Saharan Africa…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… of the main causes for the Mfecane. [19] However, from the 1980s many historians rejected the one-sided view of Shaka as … more positive accounts of his…
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…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… labour for three months, just like today. Unrest in the 1980s and 1990s During the 1980s unrest characterised South Africa. Community … (UDF) to challenge…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
"As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to take control over their own lives, art must teach people, in the most vivid and imaginative…
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
Ahmed Gora Ebrahim was born in Durban on 29 May 1936. Ebrahim cut his political teeth in Trotskyite circles while studying at Sastri College and Natal…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old, due to the Group…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… the events and tactics employed in the resistance of the 1980s had their roots in the Soweto uprising. The first shot … with the ANC, which had gained much…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… in Boston where Berman spent six years as an intern in the 1980s. She subsequently received a Masters of Fine Arts from …
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… during the Soweto Uprising and the township revolts of the 1980s. The SADF Reserve Contact records of all former members …
BiographyDr Hersheela Narsee
Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967…
BiographyMiriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali was born in Doornfontein in Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng). She grew up in Sophiatown. Miriam wanted to study literature at the University of…
BiographyOswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended Inkmana High School. His parents were schoolteachers. He moved to…
BiographyGeraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Geraldine Fraser was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town. She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone High School in…