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Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, poet and writer and first Black South African to receive a doctorate in literature, is born in Gro
… Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, poet and writer and first Black South African to receive a doctorate in literature, is …
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… programs. Abstract The 1973 Durban strikes, when 60 000 Black African workers went on strike, was an event of great … strong trade union movement out of a…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… court support to victims' families, ensuring they did not face perpetrators alone during legal proceedings. According …
“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… acting as a representative not only of the “show” but of black South Africans in general (“us”) leads him to blurt out … reflects on how the surveillance he…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
… Trade unionist who brought the grievances of black workers int white homes through a crippling of … from the ATWU in a dispute in 1978 he began to mobilize…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… that was a byproduct of the early contact between black and white.” His father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was … paper intrigued him, as he had never seen a…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… . Some of these included “Cry, the Beloved Country” and “Black Like Me” which were banned in South Africa because of … he admired, Steve Biko , the founder…
BiographyOupa Joshua Gqozo
… He was hospitalised again after he burnt his hands and face. This time he had mistakenly refilled a heater with …
BiographyFreda Levson
… paper together and published them as a book entitled In Face of Fear: Michael Scott’s Challenge to South Africa in …
BiographyAmy Thornton
… South Africa. Her bravery, like so many other women in the face of the struggle, is an inspiration to all South …
BiographyPaulus Howell Mopeli
Paulus Howell Mopeli (alias Mopelinyana), originally from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State Province)…
BiographyChristopher James Albertyn
… banned in November 1976 along with 22 people involved in black trade unions, or research on black labour, or organisations offering advice and training to…
Ciskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families
… of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families … of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families …
Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting held at the St. Anscars LP studios from the 16th to 17th March 1974
… Minutes of the 4th National Council Meeting of the Black Peoples Convention held at the St. Anscars LP studios … Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 4th…
Our call is theological: Address to the National Summit of the Historic Black Churches, Howard Inn, Washington DC on 10 January 1989
… Address to the National Summit of the Historic Black Churches, Howard Inn, Washington DC on 10 January 1989 …
’Black reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973’, Statement by Oliver Tambo to the annual meeting of the African Studies Association, Syracuse, 1 March 1973
… ’Black reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973’, Statement by Oliver …
Disturbances break out in the Black townships of Port Elizabeth and police open fire on rioting crowds. Tensions rise in the ar
… Disturbances break out in the Black townships of Port Elizabeth and police open fire on …
Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun
… Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after …
Representation of Blacks Act No 12, removing Black voters in the Cape from the common roll and placing them on a separate roll,
… Representation of Blacks Act No 12, removing Black voters in the Cape from the common roll and placing …
SA tennis player Liezel Huber and Cara Black of Zimbabwe win the women’s doubles on Wimbledon. Huber also reached the semi-fina
… SA tennis player Liezel Huber and Cara Black of Zimbabwe win the women’s doubles on Wimbledon. Huber …
South African White extremist Eugene Terre’Blanche is sentenced to six years in jail for trying to murder a Black man and assau
… is sentenced to six years in jail for trying to murder a Black man and assau …
The government is reported to have paid the family of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, R65, 000 in settlement of claims
… The government is reported to have paid the family of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, R65, 000 in …
Almost 200 Black families, who were removed from their land in Eersterus, east of Pretoria in the 1950’s, receive R17 million f
… Almost 200 Black families, who were removed from their land in …
The State President commutes the death sentences on three Black men, for their part in the attack on the Soekmekaar Police Stat
… The State President commutes the death sentences on three Black men, for their part in the attack on the Soekmekaar …
The troopship SS Mendi collides with the Darro near the Isle of Wright. It sinks with a contingent of Black SA troops, on t
… near the Isle of Wright. It sinks with a contingent of Black SA troops, on t …
Eastern Province Herald reports that for the first time in SA police history three Black policemen were promoted to the rank of
… reports that for the first time in SA police history three Black policemen were promoted to the rank of …
The HNP’s policies are defined by its leader, Jaap Marais: no concessions to the Black man; withdrawal of South Africa from the
… defined by its leader, Jaap Marais: no concessions to the Black man; withdrawal of South Africa from the …
The government admits responsibility for the death of the Black leader, Joseph Mdluli on 19 March 1976 and agree to pay damages
… The government admits responsibility for the death of the Black leader, Joseph Mdluli on 19 March 1976 and agree to pay …
The first public rally of the new South African Black Alliance (SABA) is held under the leadership of Chief Gatsha Buthelezi in
… The first public rally of the new South African Black Alliance (SABA) is held under the leadership of Chief …
In the wake of strikes in Natal in February, The Guardian publishes a documented report on the low wages paid to Black workers
… publishes a documented report on the low wages paid to Black workers …