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BiographyTerry Bell
Terence Albert Bell (Terry Bell) was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his fellow exile, Barbara,…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula –…
BiographyAshley La Grange
"My guiding principle is to work hard and live within my means. My father died when I was seven and my mother’s inheritance was embezzled, so she had to work…
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) president Clarence Makwetu announced the PAC's suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… Native Affairs Commission: 16 para 163). In the 1940s and 1950s the situation, if anything, got worse. The number of … into South Africa on an unprecedented…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
BiographyEthel Walt
Ethel Walt was born on 22 November 1925 in Bothaville in the then Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Her family relocated to Yeoville, Johannesburg,…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
BiographyKerr Alexander
Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. When he was six years old the Kerr family moved to…
BiographyArthur Maimane
Arthur Maimane was born on 5 October 1932 in Pietersburg. He completed his matric at St Peter's College in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, which was also known as…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…
BiographyRoger Meintjes
Roger Meintjes was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) in 1963. Meintjes was very interested in photography and bought a second-hand…
BiographyStephen William Black
Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in Claremont, Cape Town and was brought up and educated under extremely poor…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were…
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
Bongiwe Dhlomo was born on 25 June 1956 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and grew up in nearby Bergville. Dhlomo matriculated in 1974 from St Chad's School in…
BiographyJan van Eck
Van Eck was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five children. He came to South Africa when he was five years old with his mother and…
BiographyLewis Baker
Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
The involvement of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, in international rugby is rife with controversy. In the 1960s, as international…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… of the Federation, which had brought us together in the 1950s, was not dead. It would live on in the hearts of the … We had worked side by side in the…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… status to the Union of South Africa in 1910. By the late 1950s, Britain was one of South Africa’s most significant … South Africans fleeing from apartheid in…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… leap into full-time freelance photojournalism in the late 1950s (the text, titled “A life behind the lens”, is …
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
1928 Fatima Meer was born in Durban, daughter of Moosa and Amina Meer. 1940s Established literacy classes for adults in her father's garage She spent…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… and African achievements too were celebrated. In the 1950s especially under the editorship of Manilal Gandhi, …
Insurrections: The Storming
… resistance providing textured renditions of the 1940s and 1950s compositions. He is a remarkable composer in his own …
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… resistance providing textured renditions of the 1940s and 1950s compositions. He is a remarkable composer in his own …
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… he met Lembede and fell under his influence. But by the 1950s, Mandela had abandoned his Africanism, and become one … main proponents of non-racialism. His…
Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph
… One of the accused in the infamous Treason Trial of the 1950s, and the first person to be placed under house arrest, …
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… a wage determination for the fish canning industry. In the 1950s, members of FCWU played a leading role in the South …