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BiographyJack John Masinga
… Patrick Lekota and the late Muntu Myeza as a member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). A year later, in 1978, he …
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
… was born in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced meant that Llewellyn was … he was closer to white in appearance than…
BiographyMangaliso Patrick Mkhatshwa
… as well as the newly appointed secretary of the Black Peoples Convention (BPC) Department of Urban and Rural …
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
… Association (MBPA), Merebank Community Centre (MCC), Black Peoples Convention (BPC) and the Natal Indian Congress … time, Chetty was elected as the national…
BiographyBokwe James Mafuna
… in Media Workers Association of South Africa (Mwasa), the Black Consciousness inspired trade union movement. In 1969 … (SASO) who were beginning to…
BiographyNöel Robb
… the Cape Flats Robb was one of the founding members of the Black Sash in Cape Town in August 1955 and was the Director … of its governing regional council…
BiographyXego Michael
… Christian Movement(SCM) in 1974, before joining the Black Consciousness Movement in 1975. Xego played a important …
BiographyMary Maria Burton
… bachelor's degree. Burton started soup kitchens in poor Black areas, but eventually she began to feel that even that … was not enough. This is when she…
BiographyDr. Pholile Mpofu
… that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black doctors, and felt she could have an effect in this field. She was sure that black people would…
ArchiveThe last demonstration held by the Black Sash on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall, September 1963. All gatherings in the vicinity of the City Hall have now been banned.
… The Black Sash … The last demonstration held by the Black Sash on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall, …
BiographyMolly Blackburn
… and became aware of the problems facing South African black communities such as poverty, violence and political … and the anger this caused through her…
BiographyErnest Malgas
… he was ban he helped again to launch the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) in 1979. …
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
… period, most students were following the leadership of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the banning of … Malgas and Henry Fazzie , they revived…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… fell victim to apartheid’s forced removals as a so-called Black spot . A Black spot was an area that Black people bought legally in what the government…
BiographyChris Qwazi
… 1989. Qwazi, documented the history of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization 3 (Sipho Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi , …
BiographyEthel Walt
… would lead her to become the Transvaal chairperson of the Black Sash , a founding trustee of the Black Sash Trust, and the driving force behind the Transvaal…
”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extracts]
… ”Bridging the Gap Between White and Black in South Africa”. Address by Dr. A. B. Xuma at the …
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… Council, Schwarz focused on opposing forced evictions of black and coloured people in Johannesburg, and attempted to … time in South African history that…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
… in the unity process aimed at integrating both white and black players into the sport that marked the re-admission of … instrumental in fighting the racial…
Hettie Du Preez
… a non-racial union with a large female membership, the black branches of the GWU never formally affiliated with …
BiographySaul Msane
… manager for a gold mine in Johannesburg. He later became a black labour recruitment agent for black labourers, a paying occupation which secured him a … was…
BiographyJoseph Manana
… (plate 310) examine current issues surrounding threatened (black) masculinities. In an essay entitled ‘The End of the Black Man’, Professor Kopano Ratele…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
… who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial inferiority in the pages of the fortnightly newspaper that he produced for Black readers, the…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… the obvious differences in the lifestyles of white and black staff. At the Dutch Reformed Mission a cruder ethos … km to Elliot to go to church rather than…
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
… renowned South African vocal group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. His parents, Jonathan Mluwane Shabalala and … the group became famous for in a dream, formed…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… later attended Perseverance High, a mixed school for the black community, where she matriculated in the early 1960s. … secretary to the Students…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
… In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for which he was detained in 1975. He was the director of a…
BiographyCynthia Shange
… her to enter the Miss South Africa competition for Black beauty queens. Shange won the Miss Black South Africa title and that made her the first Black beauty…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
… of his life. He was especially concerned with the fate of black workers in South Africa and eventually became a … in 1924. Bunting firmly believed in the…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… (UDW). He saw this as another form of segregating Black people along ethnicity. Politics gained the upper hand … it was through their discussions that the…