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BiographyMangisi Pheneas Nene
African National Congress branch chairman in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the Treason Trial. He was born in Natal…
BiographyConan Doyle Modiakgotla
Conan Doyle Modiakgotla was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was a building contractor by occupation. During the 1920s he served as secretary…
BiographyNtandazo Nokhamba
Ntandazo Nokhamba (36) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2006. On 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene two after being…
BiographyMargaret Chuene Mncadi
Margaret Chuene Mncadi was born in the Eastern Transvaal, she graduated from Fort Hare and the medical school of the University of the Witwatersrand. She…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… socially mobile; that transformed South Africa into a land of hope by casting open the doors of opportunity for …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… family had owned their six-bedroom house, as well as the land but in Mamelodi they were forced to rent and settle …
BiographyM. N. Bhola
M. N. Bhola was born and educated in the Cape Province. She was an organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s…
BiographyEric Hendrik Louw
Louw was a politician and a diplomat. During the 1930s, he was South Africa’s first ambassador to the United States and the League of Nations. Eric Louw was…
BiographyPetrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers
Fanie de Villiers was born on the 13th October 1964 in Vereeniging. In 1985 he started playing for the Northern Transvaal cricket team and in the 1992/93…
BiographySam P. Sesedi
Sam P. Sesedi was born in 1895 in Kimberley and qualified as a teacher in 1916. He later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After…
BiographyCebisile Yawa
Cebisile Yawa (24) was from Cala in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Cebisile was killed at scene 1 after being shot…
BiographyT W Thibedi
Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, according…
BiographyPaul Landau
Professor Landau took part in the "One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today" conference organised by South African…
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high…
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
Henry Mvuyisi Pato (35) was from Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after being…
BiographyPatrick Akhona Jijase
Patrick Akhona Jijase (26) was from Ntabankulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in July 2012, one month before the massacre. On 16 August 2012…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
… cannot feed themselves because they have no jobs, no land they can till and what they produce and sell cannot …
BiographyDorothy Moss Kay
Dorothy Moss Kay was born in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1886. Kay (nee Elvery) studied at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin. She came to SA in…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
Mitchell Park Zoo is situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of eThekwini’s best-kept secrets. Mitchell Park Zoo is named after…
ArchiveHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
Union Buildings Government Avenue, Private Bag X1000 PRETORIA, 0001 Dear President, Ramaphosa I am Mnguni Bulelani, 14 years old and doing Grade 9 at…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… questions are inseparable from each other. The question of land and political rights go hand in hand and cannot be …
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects such as…
BiographyTelang Mohai
Telang Mohai (37) was from Lithabaneng, Maseru in Lesotho. He had been working for Lonmin since 2003. Telang was killed at scene 2 after he was shot twice in…
BiographyMphumzeni Ngxande
Mphumzeni Ngxande (38) was from Lujizweni, Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2008 and lived with his wife at the Nkaneng informal…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… for the seizure of power and the repossession of their land. With the conquest of political power by the oppressed …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… everywhere, to all organisations and institutions in every land and at every level to act now to impose such sanctions …
BiographyJeremiah Baden Leeuw
Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists…
BiographySir Patrick Duncan
Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie (Aberdeen-shire). Duncan first educated in Edinburgh, he entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he…
BiographyValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar
The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court judgement in March 1913,…
BiographyJohn Kutlwano Legingoane
John Kutlwano Legingoane (24) had worked at Lonmin for 5 years. On 16 August 2012 John was shot twice in the neck and head. The bullets were fired from an R4…