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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…
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…
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 …
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist couple who renamed … . During World War II, Charlton…
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…
ArchiveForeign African labour in South Africa
… African National Congress paper on foreign African labour in South Africa. Covers control of foreign … Foreign African labour in South Africa …
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… was bequeathed to the University of Natal is housed in the family home, Muckleneuck, where Killie lived from 1916 until … time on the committee of the Natal…
EventThree South African provinces are renamed
… After the first South African democratic election, the country was demarcated into … the province shares the name with other provinces in other African…
BiographyNdeutala Selma Hishongwa
… couple in northern Namibia and the toll that South African rule has on their marriage. It depicts the ways that … published T he Contract Labour System and…
BiographyVincent Baloyi
… Baloyi first attended school in Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke … Vitae Exhibitions: 1974: Sweden (Rorke's Drift)…
BiographySir. Julius Jeppe
… Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Germany in July 1859. Jeppe and his family immigrated to South Africa in 1870, and settled in … In 1919, this company became known as…
BiographyEsme Bodenstein
… as a night school for Africans. In order to support her family, Bodenstein started a physiotherapy practice. She was … joined the CPSA. She was a member of…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin One of the immediate … Indians in what were looked upon as…
Ntela Richard Sikhosana
… MK Commissar, Robben Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist Party and South African National Defence … Jan…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… of a national police force was given. The South African Police (SAP) was the successor to the police forces … had to be restructured and for a short period…
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… The South African History Online non-profit organisation's website … history projects to foster the study and teaching of South African history. Book…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… at the overcrowded schools in townships, at the inadequate housing and inadequate system of transport... I write to you, … all and to peaceful change to a…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African National Congress is a fundamental feature of a stage in the evolutionary process of the African…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… the theft of the land, Isaac grew up to become a prominent African elite in the Eastern Cape. [3] Today he is most known … However, Isaac’s life prior to his…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic with migrant labour, first … migration of men from the countryside to the…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… and sisters came to Cape Town. His mother kept the family together by renting out rooms, in their house, to … Thus she was able to manage send Snitcher to…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he … 1909 he became the first chairman of the all…
BiographyWopko Jensma
… as an extension of his personal experiences with the South African government. He had a mixed racial marriage that was not allowed or even recognized by the…
BiographyLionel Davis
… Plains, New York, USA. In 1995 he worked for the South African National Art Gallery as a part time art educator. … on Robben Island, Davis now lives there…
ArchiveSouth African Communist Party: May Day
… South African Communist Party sticker for May Day … South African Communist Party: May Day …
ArchiveAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern
… Draft Constitution of the African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa. … African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern …
BiographyDr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
… served in both the Department of Social Preventative and Family Medicine and the Department of Gynaecology and … University of Natal’s Medical School and the…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… and background To recount the part played by the African peoples of South Africa in the wars that have been … of the amaXhosa from the Transkei, and Africans…
ArchiveSolidarity with African women in struggle
… regarding the emancipation of women. Artwork of various African people. … Solidarity with African women in struggle …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… with the Paramount Chief, Sabata Jongilizwe. The Mandela family was thus forced to move to Qunu, a small village in … running. He also developed a great…