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South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Matthew (1987), "Rural Resistance in the 1940s and 1950s", Africa Perspective, New Series, 1 , 5-6, December, …
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu was a Minister in the Presidency of South Africa and parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). Mthembu was born on 5…
BiographyOprah Winfrey
Daughter of Vernon Winfrey by Vernita Lee (May 2, 1935 - November 22, 2018), a former maid. She was raised as the daughter of Vernon Winfrey, a coal miner,…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist character of colonialism, oppression, and…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… when many of the ANC leaders were banned in the early 1950s, another leadership collective emerged which steered … The militant mass politics that they had…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… especially in periods of capitalist recession. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this problem became particularly acute … up on the perimeters of the…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
The thinker, poet, and painter, Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
Sathieseelan Gurulingam Govender (more popularly known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit Bakker, Cornells Struik and AA…
BiographyManiben Sita
Maniben Sita was born on 24 December 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, (Marabastad, Pretoria) in Transvaal (now Gauteng), into a highly politically-active family…
BiographyMary Moodley
Mary Moodley, or Aunty Mary as she was known, was born on 14 March 1914 in Jaggersfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10…
BiographyJane Gool
Jainub Jane Gool – Tabata was born in Cape Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an immigrant from India,…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
Amina Cachalia (née Asvat) was born on 28 June 1930, Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to Ebrahim Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in…
BiographyNorman Levy
Born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania, Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon (a founding member and later the…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
Jabulani Nxumalo, better known as Comrade Mzala, was born on 27 October 1955, in Dundee, Northern Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… and Rick Turner but also those who had been pivotal in the 1950s such as Trevor Huddleston and Oliver Tambo. Most …
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to…
BiographyMolly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… and Politics in South African Football in the 1950s [Online]. Available at: wiserweb.wits.ac.za/ [accessed …
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
… support for the numerous political campaigns of the 1950s. The Fort Hare branch of the ANCYL played an active … the introduction of Bantu education and after…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… reputation of being both effective and militant. In the 1950s it played a leading role in the South African Congress …
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… the Ovenstones, who acquired Stellenberg in the early 1950s. Over 60 years later, Stellenberg remains in …
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… of Cape Town's Historical core was finally won in the 1950s. The Slave Lodge is one of the Oldest Buildings in Cape …
Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSSA)
The Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa was founded in 1938 in Krugersdorp by the representatives of 20 amateur dramatic societies in…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… from the movement. The Rural Revolts: 1958-60 In the late 1950s there were several rural revolts in South Africa, … in West Africa. Tabata was scathing in…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… the Transvaal Provincial Library Services. In the mid-1950s, Pietersburg had two cinemas, one each for English and …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in Mitchells Plain…