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Maharero, Herero chief under whose leadership the Herero were liberated from their Nama oppressors, dies in Okahandja, South-We
James (Sofasonke – meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for bette
Dumisani Henry Makhaye, ANC politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander and trainer, is born in KwaMashu, Natal. He represented
BiographyPaul Moremoholo Kuena
On 11November 1954, Kuena was banished to Frenchdale Native Trust Farm, Mafeking District, [North West Province]. Kuena caused great annoyance to the…
BiographyMakholeka Matthews Meyiwa
Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian…
BiographyThompson Dhlamini
Thompson Dhlamini was Chief Vuna Miya’s erstwhile chief induna (headman). Banished along with Chief Miya, the two men were handcuffed together and “taken from…
BiographyMothebang Mopeli
Mothebang Mopeli was alleged to have been one of the agitators in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State…
’UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!’
'UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!' This message was…
In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa
The remarks of the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
[Note: The questions of the members of the Working Group are briefly indicated in italics. The members were: Ibrahima Boye, Procureur-general, Senegal,…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… were: 'Schanskop; Kwaggaspoort; Daspoortrand; Magaliesberg-Wes; Wonderboompoort (as seen in banner) ; Derdepoort; …
BiographyMolefi Nathanael Oliphant
Molefi Nathanael Oliphant was born on 6 March 1952 in Kroonstad, Free State. He started his career as a teacher in 1975 at Lekoa Shandu High School in…
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
Essop Goolam Pahad was born on the 21st of June 1939 in Schweizer-Reneke in Western Transvaal (now North West Province). He grew up in a family of political…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
Comrades-in-arms and fellow fighters in the struggle for freedom: On December 16, 1961, a national army - Umkhonto we Sizwe - was born to resume the armed…
BiographyMatela Mantsoe
Matela Mantsoe, a resident of Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State)was described by government authorities as a …
Six PAC members, all from Itumbi Camp, Southern Tanzania, appear before a magistrate’s court in Dar es Salaam, charged with the
UDF Poster ‘WE DEMAND:THE PEOPLE SHALL GOVERN SUPPORT THE CONSUMER BOYCOTT!’ by United Democratic Front (UDF), 1985, South Africa
Gen. David Johannes (Ou Kat) Joubert, South African explorer to East Africa, dies of malaria near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signs an agreement in Cairo to expand Palestinian autonomy from Gaza to the We
The SA minister of posts and telegraphs complains that Radio Tanzania’s broadcasts from Dar-es-Salaam are interfering with broa
”The Duty of a Communist in the National Liberation Army - Umkhonto we Sizwe”. Internal memo by the SACP Central Committee, 1967
James Sofasonke (meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho
PAC Central Committee announces in Dar es Salaam that its chairman, Potlako Leballo, is to retire due to health reasons.
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, British philanthropist who influenced British policy in South Africa to a large extent, is born in Es
BiographyMannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
BiographyProfessor Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (Kole Omotoso)
Professor Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (better known as Kole Omotoso), novelist, playwright, journalist, scholar and actor, was born on 21 April 1943 in Akure, Ondo…
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