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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…
BiographyPaul David
… 10 1984, the South African government backed down in the face of international pressure, and withdrew the detention …
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
Collaboration and Debate in the ‘Durban Moment’: Steve Biko, Richard Turner and the politics of Black Consciousness, 1970-1974 by Ian Macqueen, University of the Witwatersrand
… Moment’: Steve Biko, Richard Turner and the politics of Black Consciousness, 1970-1974 by Ian Macqueen, University of …
Report on the 1st National Formation School held on the 1st to the 4th December 1969. at the Black Section,University of Natal
… School held on the 1st to the 4th December 1969. at the Black Section,University of Natal …
Hlonipha Mokoena, author of THE NIGHTWATCHMAN: Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa, a book on Zulu men in colonial dress will be discussion with Kwezi Gule
… Hlonipha Mokoena, author of THE NIGHTWATCHMAN: Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa, a book on Zulu men in … Hlonipha Mokoena, author of THE…
BiographyLettie Malindi
… Passes for African Women (CATAPAW), she worked at the Black Sash advice office from 1958, first as a volunteer and … in detention, one of her children died…
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
… to become part of the legendary Drum generation of black and white writers, artists, musicians and … on a number of occasions. In August, Magubane and other…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… favour with the Christian population. Selassie became the face of the opposition and later took power in 1916 and …
BiographyEsther Barsel
… strong and brave’. It is her strength and bravery, in the face of adversity, which allowed her to become an important …
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
… as it turned out ,that he could spread black consciousness to a mass audience through the country's … of Ten.He was detained again in October 1977 crackdown…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… of African Languages as a tutor (during that time, most Black scholars were not recognised as lecturers at the … and worked his way up to becoming the…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes Elliot. He was one of…
Anti-Apartheid Activism in Britain: The AAM, the BEM/BSC and the wider concerns of the Black community regarding anti-apartheid activism in Britain by Elizabeth Williams
… The AAM, the BEM/BSC and the wider concerns of the Black community regarding anti-apartheid activism in Britain …
BiographyWalter Ernest Stanford
… created in order to review the laws that dealt with black people. The Commission drew up a criminal code based on black customs and the white justice system…
ArchiveCar Bomb Kills Two Black Men, Injures 42 Others, AP News, 24 October 1988
… Car Bomb Kills Two Black Men, Injures 42 Others, AP News, 24 October 1988 …
ArchiveFrom Garvey to Lenin, via Kadalie: The ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism by Henry Dee
… ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism by Henry Dee …
Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin
… Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… had manifested in the country during his absence. Many black families had been displaced and dispossessed, majority … Mugabe assembled a militant youth…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… her faith taught passivity and submissiveness in the face of oppression, something I could not accept.’ [12] – … I would explain to Makgatho in the simplest…
BiographyMabel Palmer
… spearheading a movement to provide university education to Black and Indian students in KwaZulu-Natal. Frustrated by … they played an important role in…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
… about education and ran an illegal night school for black matriculation candidates from 1962 until he was banned … as well as being active in exposing the…
ArchiveReport on the strike at Armourplate Safety Glass from 6th September 1976 to 1st November, being the first legal strike by black workers in South Africa
… 1976 to 1st November, being the first legal strike by black workers in South Africa …
BiographyPule Mabe
Puleng Peter Mabe (Pule Mabe) was born on 19 March 1980 in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). He was raised by a single…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
… to write that : “”¦ I often remembered your smiling face as we met in Avenue Road or elsewhere in the City. But …
BiographyPeter Rudolf Gisela Horn
Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn was born 7 December 1934 in Teplice, Czechoslovakia (currently in Czech Republic). At the end of World War II he had to flee his home…
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
Aaron Sipho Madondo, the last of 11 children in his family was born on 6 August 1958 in Mofolo South, Soweto. He began his primary school education at Gugu…
BiographyJoshua Makue
Born in 1909 Makue was a teacher and tailor. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union after being refused enrolment as an engineering student at…
BiographyThomas Madikwe Manthata
… he facilitated contact between Soweto students and older black consciousness activists who came int the schools as … the families of detainees.He was also a…
BiographyKabelo Sello Duiker
… to the elite Redhill School, where he was one of only two Black children in the entire school. Having been born at the … said that he wrote the book for his…