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BiographyEla Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here in harmony although…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
ABSTRACT OF THESES This thesis highlights the ebbs and flows of the Indian minority's struggles against the systematic and unjust segregation of mankind…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… revisionist re-writing of South African history in the 1970s, but at the time we were in all probability quite … the parents in the 1950s and the youth in…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… of the struggle against apartheid sports from the mid-1970s - on his forthcoming 60th birthday on 27 January and …
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… and misguided” [3] . Nothing like it in France. In the 1970s, the organisation campaigning against apartheid were …
PlacePlumstead
Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch…
BiographyWangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai Anchor was a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist. Maathai is internationally renowned for her unrelenting efforts in…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland and grew up on the…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… victories in no small measure to the fact that in the 1970s there were independent African States as distinct from …
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… victories in no small measure to the fact that in the 1970s there were independent African States as distinct from …
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya is a South African composer, musician, and arranger that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
Culture/Creativity/Communism: cultural expression and South Africa’s communist movement by Judy Seidman This paper opens up the question about the role…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
A cartoon illustrating the process of getting to the idealised “American Dream" Image Source Introduction Like communism in Russia, American capitalism…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always involve physical threat or force, but sometimes coercion…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… a key role in the anti-apartheid movement during the 1970s and her position in SASO allowed for her to facilitate …
Concluding Remarks
… with its graphics and commentary on protest in the 1970s. Further sources of information and insight include … for politics in art, act as kinds of culminaÂ…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
Community histories of Rustenburg
Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is documented that the first pioneers from the Eastern Cape undertook a hunting expedition…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia and Zambia. While…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… sociologist at the University of the Witwatersrand in the 1970s and 1980s, then Executive Director of the Funda Centre …
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
George Hallett—More than Mandela Abstract George Hallett, a South African photographer is an artist who spent several decades living in exile. He left the…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
From the 1920s to the 1940s J.C. Smuts, J.B.M. Hertzog and D.F. Malan were the most prominent White politicians in South Africa. In 1933 Hertzog and Smuts…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs South Africa's fourth state president was born on 17 November 1903. After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of…
South African Student Organisation Leaders
Steve Biko 1st president 1968 -1969, 1970-1971 Publications Vuyelwa Mashalaba General Secretary 1970 - 1971. Charles Sibisi vice president international…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
ABSTRACT Heinz Klug is a white man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug believed that…