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Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 90 "Hertzog's Native Bill Passed: Only 11…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education By 10:30 on 16 June 1976, thousands of students had gathered…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he…
ArchiveThe making of the working class: Part 8 - 1907-1922 white workers revolt
The years 1907 to 1922 were a time of violent conflict between workers and capitalists on the Rand.
Minutes: ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council: 11 November 1976: 510
Minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council held in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber on 11 November 1976.
ArchiveOrdinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council: 25 November 1976: minutes: 533
Minutes ordinary meeting of the Urban Bantu Council held on 25 November 1976. The meeting was about training of blacks as train drivers.
ArchiveAddress, Day of Affirmation, University of Cape Town, June 6th, 1966
Text of the address made by Senator Robert F Kennedy at the Day of Affirmation of Academic and Human Freedom, University of Cape Town, 6 June 1966.
ArchiveReport on the Domestic Workers Employment Bureau Presented at National Conference 1976
Report on the Domestic Workers Employment Bureau Presented at National Conference on 17 March 1976 discussing Conditions of Employment, wages, minimum wages,…
ArchiveMass Resistance in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at National Conference 1986
Mass Resistance in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at National Conference on 15 March 1986 discussing State of Emergency, bannings of meetings and…
BiographySusan Shabangu
Susan Shabangu was born on 28 February 1956. She attended Madibane High School in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). From 1980, she became involved in politics…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo game. Despite this,…
ArchivePresidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban, 1986
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 13 March 1986, discussing: Detentions, deaths of…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1960
Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 31 Oct to 3 Nov 1960. Discussed were minutes of previous national conference, resolutions,…
Communist Party calls on Location Residents to support AII-African Convention for Better Conditions", South African Worker, 26 September 1936
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission school in Evaton later went to…
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
Edgar Harry Brookes was born in England on February 4th,1897 and emigrated to South Africa with his family in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the…
BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
Daniel Simon Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in Grahamstown in the Cape…
BiographyGoolam H. Gool
Goolam H. Gool was born on 24 March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape Town in…
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo…
BiographyGertrud Theiler
Gertrud Theiler was the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife, Emma…
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
Dan Mohapi grew up in Soweto. He was first involved in the political struggle in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high school education at…
BiographyIsaac Bangani Tabata
Isaac Bangani Tabata (known as I.B. Tabata) was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at Lovedale. After attending Fort…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family…
BiographyBen Mclennan
Ben Mclennan was born in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early…
EventTsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies
Dimitri Tsafendas, murderer of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd in 1966, died at the age of 81 at the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on the…
ArchiveArise Vukani Volume 2 Number 1 Review of 1986/January 1987
Panel – Statistical Analysis of the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign
Biographical Notes on Indians in South Africa, August 1966
ArchiveMandela 'only hope to control youths' , 12 September 1986
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 11 Number 6 June 1986
South African Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and…