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BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… also produced for video in collaboration with Anant Singh of Video Vision. She has also written both story and music in … with guitarist, Bheki Khoza, for…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… School in East London where he came under the influence of the deputy headmaster who was an ardent African Nationalist .A member of the African National…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… Mr. Chairman, Esteemed Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Ministers and fellow … of ignorance - and this in a country which boasts of being an…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), becoming an active member of its military wing…
BiographyAmina Desai
… activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business. Political activist, Ahmed Timol , who died at the hands of the Security Police in…
BiographyNikisi Feni
… Nikisi Feni and Mabaso Siqila were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King … motivating their banishment reported that…
BiographyDarius Segatle
… Darius Segatle was the principal of a school in Rooijantjiesfontein, Lichtenburg [Northern … Transvaal, now North West Province] until the end of 1960, when…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, … Griffiths served three years on Robben Island prison after being convicted by the…
BiographyMarion Gill
… from 1924 to 1957. She first studied at the Slade School of Art, London, and at the Art School in Newcastle-on-Tyne, … her true medium when she went to the…
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… The youngest child of Mozambican immigrants, Sibongile (Bongi) Susan Mkhabela (nèe Mthembu) grew up in Zola, one of the poorest areas in Soweto , Transvaal…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. … river, and corresponds to the…
Magic of a mix of cultures
… Magic of a mix of cultures …
ArchiveCombination of forms of struggle
… Combination of forms of struggle …
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
… Basis: This can be stated by quoting the words of a famous American writer, Thompson, "The materialistic … of him as a Beast of Prey—Nazism— are false. Man…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… The origin of Chatsworth Chatsworth is a historically Indian township located in Durban some 14km south-west of the City centre, in the Umhlatuzana River…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of Cape Town’s Table Mountain – Braamfontein is fast becoming … to the 1930's. During the Economic…
ArchiveReview of the state of organisation of the Liberation Movement
… Extract from an unknown document. A review of the organisation of the Movement within South Africa and beyond the borders … Review of the state of…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… unique is that her child became an international icon of South Africa's struggle for freedom. Her child was Hector Pieterson. As a 12-year-old victim of the…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… "South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the … and stresses inherent in the White supremacy system were being aggravated…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… On Tuesday, 8th of January 2013, the African National Congress celebrated its 101 years anniversary of its existence. In this context, we send our…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… Those who formed part of the poorest section of the Indian community, such a labourers, artisans, market-gardeners bore the brunt of the effect of the…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the “Mother of the Nation”…
BiographyZola Budd
… 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age of 17, she broke the women's 5000m world record. As this … Great Britain in 1985, clocking 14:48…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… was detained without charge for the full length of the post-Sharpville state of emergency from April to August 1960,then return to … in 1976 he came back to…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… Programme Director, Mongane Wally Serote Chairperson of the Board of the Freedom Park Trust, Gertrude Shope Honourable Minister … have the attributes that…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the … However, the killing in the same incident of Hector Pieterson,…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… GANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND … AFRICA. I was born on the 1st June, 1913 in the district of…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… in South Africa received a major stimulus as a result of increased demand inside the country and a growing export market. The war had reduced the role of…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… Background The establishment of the Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA) emerged out of increasing racial segregation in the Cape. While … Adhikari, M., ‘…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (the GRA, the Fellowship of True Afrikaners) was launched in Paarl, Western Cape on 14 … August 1875. The society was…