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BiographySicelo Shiceka
Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…
BiographyDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish citizen born 29th July, 1905 in Jönköping City, Southern Sweden. He was the youngest of the four sons of Agnes…
BiographyLeo Marquard
Leopold ‘Leo’ Marquard was born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and…
BiographyFranciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt
Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus* (also François Jacobus Louis) De Vriendt was born on 2 September 1886**1874 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
He trained as a teacher at Healdtown Institution, a Methodist boarding school near Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. Ngcayiya left the teaching profession…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
Walter Gilbert Wiles was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five artist-sons of the sculptor Henry Wiles. Of all the five sons, he was…
BiographyBen Baartman
The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on 1 March 1924. He worked on the mines around…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin was…
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
Reginald September was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on 13 June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and Nicholas September, a carpenter. He first attended…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The extraordinary challenge represented…
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
Shapurji Sorabji was born in Adajan, India. He belonged to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee, a loyal friend of Gandhi…
BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
Lucas Manyane Mangope was born west of Zeerust near Bechuanaland border on December 27,1923,the son of a local chief,Mangope graduated from St Peter's School…
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the Dean of…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first…
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers was a linguist, writer, and educator. She born on 24 December 1900 on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier. She was the eldest of…
ArchiveSoccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries, 1960s
1960s, Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries.
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
The eminent British statesman, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he did more…
ArchiveThe Black Sash/ Die Swart Serp February 1966 Volume 10 Number 1
The dilemma of foreign investment in South Africa
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp Volume 10 Number 2 May 1966
I am an African by Thabo Mbeki, 8 May, 1996, Cape Town (video)
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on Cape Town's black…
ArchiveUnderstanding Moratorium, South African Council of Churches Task Force, March 1976
An interim report by the South African Council of Churches Task Force, in regarding to MORATORIUM(Withdrawing overseas Missionary personnel and funds from…
ArchiveBechuanaland's Aerial Pipeline, 1960 - 1965 by Garth Benneyworth, 04 December 2017
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp Volume 1 Number 11 November 1956
RIP Mafika Gwala (1946 - 2014) by Annetjie, 9 September 2014 ,South Africa
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp Volume 4 Number 5 September-November 1960
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp Volume 10 Number 4 November 1966
The rascists shall not rule: 1986 year of the peoples army
Multicoloured poster, with image of man holding a gun. Words on poster: Take the struggle forward; The people shall govern.