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BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, at the time a member of … State judge.The Fischers were a…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… shortly afterwards and lived with Mohamed’s parents. This family unit would eventually be broken, however, by the Group Areas Act of the 1960s. The couple…
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…
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 …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… in Botswana, Adolf Hirschfeld, informed him that the South African Government had given Botswana a list of people they … underground units in Pretoria, the…
BiographyDiane Case
… Indian father and mixed race mother of slave ancestry. The family later moved to Wittebome in Wynberg where Diane … block! [v] Certainly, Diane Case’s…
BiographyJackson Lehupa
… thighs, calves and feet. He was the breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and six children. He also supported extended family members, including…
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…
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…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
… Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland … Transvaal, now Limpopo Province. Boshielo joined the African…
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…
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…
ArchiveSouth African Communist Party: May Day
… South African Communist Party sticker for May Day … South African Communist Party: May Day …
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…
ArchiveAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern
… Draft Constitution of the African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa. … African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern …
ArchiveSolidarity with African women in struggle
… regarding the emancipation of women. Artwork of various African people. … Solidarity with African women in struggle …
ArchiveSouth African Youth Day: June 16
… Offset litho; black, red, green and yellow; South African youth day organisation - Discipline - Action for … South African Youth Day: June 16 …
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…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to Meadowlands in … improvement of the conditions under…
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…
ArchiveGerman/South African cultural weeks: 2004
… Notice of German South African cultural weeks in South Africa from September to … German/South African cultural weeks: 2004 …
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin September 1990
… Cover of South African Labour Bulletin. Volume 15 Number 3, September 1990 … South African Labour Bulletin September 1990 …
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin August 1990
… Cover of the South African Labour Bulletin. Volume 15 Number 2, August 1990. … South African Labour Bulletin August 1990 …
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…