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Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… to urge you to assume, I advise you to pin on the walls of your hearts the wise words of our Prime Minister, the … We must have a plan; we must have a…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… to urge you to assume, I advise you to pin on the walls of your hearts the wise words of our Prime Minister, the … We must have a plan; we must have a…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… Pondoland rebellion against the Bantu Authorities Act,lending his assistance as secretary to be peasant … was detained without charge for the full length of…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… 51 - W. P. van Schoor, "The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial … and stressed the need to build fortifications…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… Act. This apartheid law authorised the forced removal of Africans from “any area in the magisterial district of … creation of new administrative bodies (such…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He … attended Pretoria Boys High. On…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… to Golders Green, a suburb in North London. At the age of four Huddleston served as a ‘boat boy’ in the Anglican Church, and at the age of five he went to a …
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… Stellenbosch University the 2nd of the Universities in the picture in the Banner. With an … This University was developed from the inauguration of the…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She attended the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) where she graduated with BA in 1963 … members of the…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… his political awareness was formed under the influence of his English teacher, Ben Kies. After matriculation he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for…
Siphiwe Nyanda
… Siphiwe Nyanda was the eldest of the six children of Betsy and Henry Nyanda, a traffic inspector and area … in Durban under section 29 of the Internal…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… Flats and was predominantly working class. In the context of the Group Areas Act , it was a ‘coloured’ designated area. This meant that many of the families…
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… On 12 June 1909, Natal voted in favour of the formation of the Union of South Africa. During the following year (1910), the South Africa Act was approved in…
BiographyThamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
… "For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the country … & Vladislav, I. …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… Literature Hannah Pagan Abstract The social model of disability has recently been adopted by the South African … been described by Brink (2009) as an …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… image from there to insert in this section. South Africans of Indian origin comprise a diverse community distinguished … brought to the Cape. In the decades…
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). He was one of Evelyn and Philip…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… Ford Motor Company in Port Elizabeth Kani became a member of the Serpent Players drama group. It was here that he met Athol Fugard . This was the beginning…
Speech by President Mandela at the Official Banquet at the Twelfth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned Countries
… Mandela at the Official Banquet at the Twelfth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned Countries …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the welcome ceremony by the President of the Republic
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the welcome ceremony by the President of the Republic …
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and members of the French National Assembly
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and members of the French National Assembly …
Speech delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation
… delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation …
BiographyLewis Baker
… to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple … became a Republic under the Verwoerd…
BiographyLex Mpati
… Before and after school, Mpati herded the small herd of cattle his family owned with his cousins. He matriculated … also worked as a barman and a furniture…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… More than two and a half centuries prior to the birth of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , Jan Van Riebeeck and his … of Khoikhoi extraction) derogatorily referred…
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
… and friends, We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous people of our … Free State. It is 90…
BiographyVera Ponnen
… she went to Johannesburg and while there she met members of the Communist Party. She later joined the party and became … was married, the Ponnen household in…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its the … in September…
Samuel Malinga
… Mr Samuel Malinga,aged 45,died in the intensive care unit of the Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzberg on 22 February … and taken to Pietermaritzberg where…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the Cape with … into sharecropping and tenancy in white-owned farms. The Natives Land…