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ArchiveMining General 1980 - 1981
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BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, Western Cape. On 4 July 1989, Mandela held a short meeting with State President P.W. … Botha resigned as state president…
BiographyJodi Bieber
Jodi Bieber has lived in Johannesburg for the past 35 years. She studied photography at the Market Theatre photographic workshop, a non-profit organisation…
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban. She spent her pre-school years with her grandmother in the Northern Transvaal but…
ArchiveB S M 1982
White poster with black lettering and black star. Title plus black lattice work in bottom right hand corner. Black block on left hand side with white circle…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… an introductory text by Paul Weinberg was published in 1989. Badsha did not attend CASA because he did not have a … a full month, his sentence would be…
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela was born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg. She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema Masekela. Her…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 4 - The Township Uprising, September-November 1984 by Noor Nieftagodien
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Apartheid was brought to an end by the struggles of millions…
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
Phillip Valentine Tobias was born on October 14, 1925. He went to St Andrew School and later moved to Durban High School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews was born 20th October, in 1901 Kimberley , the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana mineworker who…
BiographyRexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula
Rexon Mathebula also known as Scotch was born on 15 April 1926 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Mathebula left Sophiatown when he was seven years old and went to…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
A number of interrelated factors led to the South African War. The factors that have been covered in the text below include; the conflicting political…
Archive1986 workers diary
Red, white and black poster. Advertisement for 1986 worker's diary. List of contents. Ravan Press publication. Artwork of people marching. Words 'organise…
The Politics Of The Anti-Apartheid Movement In The United States, 1969-1986 by Donald R. Culverston
Internal Security Amendment Act No 2, amending the 1979 Internal Security Act (RRS 1988/89: 58), commences.
BiographyThemba Thomas Mazibuko
Thomas Thembe Mazibuko attended Orlando West High School and became a member of the South African Student Movement(SASM). In 1974 as a member of SASM he and…
ArchiveNUSAS 1982 Resumé
Illustrated resumé of the activities of the National Union of South African Students during 1982. The theme for 1982, Campus action for democracy, is…
ArchiveNUSAS resumé 1981
Record of some of the main events that the National Union of South African Students initiated or was involved in during 1981, in particular, political events…
BiographyFeroza Adam
Feroza Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at Lenasia’s Nirvana High School. While…
Phyllis Altman
Phyllis Altman was born on 25 September 1919. She went to Jeppe High School for Girls. As her mother could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
Thayanayagie (Thailema), daughter of Veerammal Naidoo and Govindasamy Kristshnasamy Thambi Naidoo, was four years old when her family moved to the Tolstoy Farm…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
Ray Alexander Simons née Alexandrowich was born on 12 January 1914 in Latvia. While at school, she displayed little fear in challenging authorities. Her…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1988 South Africa finally accepts Resolution 435. 1 April 1989 Resolution 435 is officially implemented. November 1989 Armed PLAN forces move across the…
BiographyRobert Carl-Heinz Shell
Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only child of a German father, Heinrich (Heinz) Schelowsky (later changed to Shell)…
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who belonged to the Setswana…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and began her tertiary…
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…