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ArchiveSouth African Students Movement Constitutio
… South African Students Movement Constitutio …
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…
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…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
… Skei Gwentshe played a key role in the establishment of an African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) branch in East … related to his banishment noted…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… against Unjust Laws of South Africa, sponsored by the African National Congress. This Campaign was a very important … war" on apartheid laws such as the pass…
Ruth Alexander
… in June 1907 they married in New York, where the Schechter family were then living. The couple settled in Cape Town, … in the elections of 1921 (rather than…
BiographyEli Weinberg
… development. During World War I, he was separated from his family. He became a waif and a stray, wandering with a … in South Africa until 1976, and…
BiographyIan Mkhize
… Education in Pietermaritzburg. Mkhize was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) but when the ANC was banned … the KwaZulu homeland, and this…
The African Renaissance and the Use of African Languages in Tertiary Education
… The African Renaissance and the Use of African Languages in Tertiary Education …
The African Union replaces the 38-year-old Organisation of African Unity.
… The African Union replaces the 38-year-old Organisation of African Unity. …
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… Barry Munnick Hertzog was born into a German immigrant family in 1866. He attended school in Kimberly and … in which he called for a pro-Afrikaner form of…
BiographyMichael Ngweyi
… once in his right arm. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and two young sons. He also … “My husband was the only person who…
EventMoses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart dies in Moscow
… Moses Kotane, the South African Communist Party and African National Congress stalwart passed away in Moscow, … 1968. In 1931 Kotane became active member of…
ArchivePublic Launch of 'Factory and Family - The Divided Lives of SA's Women Workers' and 'Towards Understanding Iran Today'
… Public Launch of 'Factory and Family - The Divided Lives of SA's Women Workers' and …
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… to free themselves. It is gratifying to record that African women are playing an admirable part and, in close … many important current issues affecting…
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
… Nursery School. The 1960s forced removals saw his family relocating to Diepkloof in Soweto where subsequently … Orlando West High School while his was there…
BiographyDr Silas Modiri Molema
… South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and was secretary and … Dr. Molema was a good speaker and one of the…
BiographyBen Mclennan
… Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early … later worked as a parliamentary reporter for the…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… Timeline Partners & Sponsors Contribute Board About South African History Online Established: 1998 (Registered as a Section 21 organisation in 2000) South…
BiographyJonas Dinous Matlou
… north of Johannesburg. He became an early member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) when it was … moved to Lobatse in Bechuanaland(now…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
… Amsterdam (2014); Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive, Walther Collection, Ulm (2013); Making … Paris (2011); Figures and Fictions:…
42nd African National Congress Conference: Resolutions, 20 December, 1953
… for Africans. 2. Accord proper treatment and service to African customers. 3. Compel them to pay living wages to African employees. 4. Generally recognise…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… them. The arrival of slaves from other parts of the African continent and the East Indies whose cultural … resident in Cape Town. Under the Act, portions of…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 … of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama Africa' or the 'Empress of African Song', Makeba's music…
EventCecil John Rhodes, South African statesman, is born
… was sickly as a teenager and suffered bouts of asthma. His family sent him to Natal, South Africa, to live with his … Cecil John Rhodes, South African…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… was also a visiting lecturer at the Centre of Southern African Studies at the University of York for a year between … group of White activists from the…
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
… as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time there he learned to speak High … Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also…
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
… his home in Johannesburg , South Africa surrounded by his family. He died after a battle with prostate cancer. In March … He then mastered the trumpet and…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… early in the 20th century resulted in the Natives (Urban Areas) Act of 1923, which provided for stricter … segregation has a history that reaches far back…
ArchiveEmergent themes in South African propoganda
… Briefing notes to the Commonwealth Committee on South African propaganda and censorship regarding South African Government propaganda and necessary responses…