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Six Black political prisoners who would have been freed at the end of the year have been released from Robben Island prison, in
… Six Black political prisoners who would have been freed at the …
At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men are found guilty of high treason, as well a
… Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men are found guilty of high treason, as well a …
The Gemini succeeds in its search for the black box of the Helderberg in the sea near Mauritius, nearly a year after it crashed
… The Gemini succeeds in its search for the black box of the Helderberg in the sea near Mauritius, nearly …
Police arrest 2,300 people in the Black township of Sebokeng in what is believed to be the biggest raid against Blacks living i
… Police arrest 2,300 people in the Black township of Sebokeng in what is believed to be the …
BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in
… security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in …
The SA government and the ANC agree to a plan which will lead to Black majority rule by 1999. In 1994 a parliament of 400 m
… government and the ANC agree to a plan which will lead to Black majority rule by 1999. In 1994 a parliament of 400 m …
Sadecque Variava
… schooling at the end of 1969. Student politics and the Black Consciousness Movement After matriculating he began … Variava and his peers had heard about…
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… traditions). His art depicted the difficulties of being black under apartheid, as well as the themes of hope for a … in South Africa. In 1979, Lubisi was one…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… was forced to move once more, this time to Munsieville, a Black settlement in Krugersdorp. The young Tutu used to go to … he is remembered as an inspiring…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… they conform to being strictly race exclusive schools or face removals of subsidies. The church welfare schools one by … exhibition on the war against…
From Manenberg to Soweto: Race and Coloured Identity in the Black Consciousness Poetry of James Matthews by Mohamed Adhikari (African Studies, 62, 2, December 2003)
… From Manenberg to Soweto: Race and Coloured Identity in the Black Consciousness Poetry of James Matthews by Mohamed …
Archive1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987
… the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 …
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
… Ghana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter …
Memorandum to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and Bantu Education by Soweto Black Community Leaders, written by M. T. Moerane,June 29, 1976 (abridged)
… and Development and Bantu Education by Soweto Black Community Leaders, written by M. T. Moerane,June 29, …
Black Students In Rebellion: A Study On The Struggle Of The South African Students Organisation In Its Early Years, 1969-1972 by María Jorgelina Echevarría
… Black Students In Rebellion: A Study On The Struggle Of The …
Black (Native) Administration Act of 1927 comes into effect. This Act in effect gave the state the power to make laws in all Af
… Black (Native) Administration Act of 1927 comes into effect. …
Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap
… of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap …
Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
… River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern …
BiographyJoshua Ramopudu
… In 1962, people from a ‘swartkol’ (‘black spot’), Maleuskop, between Groblersdal [Limpopo … chief and those who refused to support the return to the black…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… student uprisings and liberation movements caused them to face harassment at school, and when his youngest daughter … blankets, and started a hunger strike…
BiographyEdson Sithole
… what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was the second black person…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
… Act , denounced by the Indian community as the “Black Act.” That law, enacted in 1907, required Asians – … at the end of 1907 after he refused to register…
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… Scotland, and Reverend Tiyo Soga , South Africa’s first Black ordained Presbyterian clergyman and an early advocate of Black pride and racial equality who…
ArchiveMrs Coretta Scott King: widow of slain US civil rights leader used by Archbishop Tutu and the Rev Allan Boesak in divisive black political feud
… by Archbishop Tutu and the Rev Allan Boesak in divisive black political feud …
BiographyAchmat Dangor
… youth such as Farouk Asvat and Chris van Wyk , joined “Black Thoughts” a cultural group, formed in 1979, under the … writers’ bodies advocating the end of…
BiographyTholakele Madala
… he was appointed to the Umtata Bench and was the first black judge in the Eastern Cape and South Africa's fourth black judge. In 1995, the Black Lawyers…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… government to extradite Levin back to South Africa to face charges for his human rights abuses perpetrated while …
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… the effectiveness of non violent resistance in the face of brutal force used by the apartheid government against …
BiographyBerni Searle
… with issues around nationalisms and nationhood in the face of a rapidly transforming culture. It laid the …