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‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… Africa were critical in the ‘Making of the Mahatma’. The African experience impacted on Gandhi’s conception of Indian … his primary and secondary schooling…
Joint communique of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference and the African National Congress
… Journal article containing a joint communique of the South African Catholic Bishops Conference and the African National Congress, April 16, 1986 after a…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
… On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised … In 1927 after completing his elementary…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
… in Natal. In 1930, when Poomoney was two years old, the family moved to Clairwood. Her father was a policeman and her mother supplemented the family income…
Presidential Address to the 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress
… Presidential Address to the 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the South African Chamber of Business Banquet
… Address by President Nelson Mandela to the South African Chamber of Business Banquet …
Book Launch: In Transit - Autobiography of A South African Freedom Fighter by Fanele Mbali
… Book Launch: In Transit - Autobiography of A South African Freedom Fighter by Fanele Mbali …
"Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism." Article by A. M. Lembede, in Inyaniso, February 1945
… "Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism." Article by A. M. Lembede, in Inyaniso, …
ArticleThe Creation of Native Reserves and Migratory Labour System to South African mines
… of Native Reserves and Migratory Labour System to South African mines …
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
… lot of people will buy tickets to see it). So often South African films with stories about very South African events have featured actors who have struggled…
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… The South African government refuses a visa application from the African-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to visit South … myBlackHistory, African…
BiographyMoyisile Douglas Tyutyu
… at the hands of the apartheid regime. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1950s when he was just … (along with some of his comrades) was…
BiographyShaka Zulu
… steadily extending their assaults further afield as the areas near at hand were stripped of their cattle. If a … reigning chief or another member of the…
BiographyVeerammal Naidoo
… Gauteng ). Thambi Naidoo was the sole breadwinner of the family. His wife and seven children had to find ways to … a cartage contractor and owner of a fodder…
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
… He became the editor of the party's newspaper, the South African Worker, later umsebenzi, in 1928. In the … party purges and the decline of Umsebenzi …
BiographyLutchmee Marie
… She had to assist her mother in supporting the family. Lutchmee got her political influence from her older … sister, Poomony Moodley , an active member of…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
… from 1952 to 1956 and an executive member of the South African Communist Party . He was a member of the Congress of … Credentials Committee in 1954 and…
BiographyClive Zamani Xaba
… In 2001 he started attending art classes offered at the African Art Centre at the Durban Institute of Technology … healer and has also accompanied his father…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
… left school at 14 to start work and help provide for the family. His father lost his job at the onset of the Great … in the Methodist Church, working in the…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
… of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east … He was elected to work for the…
BiographyRay Berman
… them to inform his work. Ray is also influenced by African music and has found a deep appreciation for the uniqueness of urban jazz that he was exposed to in…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… as a documentary photographer and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the … in relation to ownership, power and memory…
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
… received a Fine Arts Diploma. Dhlomo then worked at the African Art Centre in Durban from 1980 to 1983. In mid-1983 … the Outreach and Development program…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in 1923 to fight the 'principle of segregation' embodied in the…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of the Nazi regime. He was … Cape). He attended Tamboerskloof…
African Fashion & Arts Conference in Abuja
… African Fashion & Arts Conference in Abuja …
ArchiveSouth African Students Movement Constitutio
… South African Students Movement Constitutio …
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later relocated to nearby … this time that Dr Ponnusamy…
BiographyBettie du Toit
… only brother. At the time Cornelius and Du Toit met South African textile workers were on strike over unsatisfactory … she worked with H.A. Naidoo to improve…
BiographyJennifer Davis
… grandmother helped her understand the story of her family in Germany. Jennifer would later say that “never … her study of the role of foreign capital in…