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BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English in 1952 and in the same year, went back … in the colonized country. The NDP was banned by…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… passionate about folk music traditions as well as the history and culture of the Zulu nation , which explains his … for Linguistic Studies. He was highly…
BiographyIsmail Vadi
… in 1976, and went on to study for a Master Arts degree in History at Witwatersrand. He taught as a senior History and English teacher in Lenasia from 1982 to…
BiographyElizabeth Mbatha
… workshop and was taught traditional coil pottery by women potters such as Dinah Molefe . Her work has been widely …
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… During her infant years her father, Columbus, was a local history teacher. In later years he was the minister of the … 1958, Winnie took part in a mass…
BiographyOscar Dumisani Dhlomo
… the University College of Zululand, completing his BA in History and Anthropology in 1965. In 1967 he obtained his … Representative Council. In 1967 Dhlomo…
BiographyPenny Siopis
… of vulnerability'. The juxtaposition of associations, history, femininity, as well as the traces and the … Town. In the 80s, works like Melancholia, quoted…
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… leaving it behind. In the 1980s she attended the World Women's Conference in Central Africa. The theme was women's power and the empowerment of women and it…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… of the organisers of the historic 9 August anti-pass laws women’s march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. In … In 1981, she became a founding member of the…
BiographyJean van der Poel
… and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King George V…
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorthea De Villiers
… moral levels of a country was largely determined by its women. She died in 1979. …
A number of women call on the government at a press conference to permit those men who refuse to serve in the army to make thei
… A number of women call on the government at a press conference to permit …
In Egypt, a 32-year-old housewife is the first woman to file for divorce under a new law that doesn’t require women to prove ph
… to file for divorce under a new law that doesn’t require women to prove ph …
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
… Soviet Union, Dr Shangase looked after the interests of women in the ANC and represented them at various forums. Upon … part in the activities of the African…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
… and Systematic Theology and minors in Sociology and History; a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of … of his own works. Pheko is the author of…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
… in each African country – their political formations, women's formations, youth formations, and labour formations. … was a move by the regime to extend pass…
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
… known for his contribution to the writing of South African history in the form of his controversial and groundbreaking … in Grahamstown (Eastern Cape) where…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… public knowledge of a key event in modern South African history. To gain some perspective, we compared findings on … manner in which Germany has approached…
Zubeida Vallie
… collections indicate an awareness of the role that women played in the anti-apartheid struggle as well as …
BiographyDorothy Adams
… were men, although over 40 per cent of teachers were women. This was partly because the men tended to have higher qualifications, while the women, according…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… awry and all the recruits were arrested by the British Colonial Police in Northern Rhodesia. They were then sent …
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
… Africa and took a particular interest in the politics of colonial born Indians. Ghadija Gool was imprisoned as a …
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
Shapurji Jivanji Randeria was born at Rander in the Surat district in India in 1880. He arrived in South Africa in 1900. He had passed the senior book-keeping…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
… Raditsela was an outspoken advocate for the right of women workers. As a result, he contributed to the improvement … against sexual harassment which exposed…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… in the first democratic elections of South Africa’s history. She was appointed as Deputy Justice Minister in the … (ARV) called Zidovudine (AZT) to HIV…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… education and morals, especially with respect to young women in the cities, and the erosion of Xhosa customs. These … passes in Johannesburg. She was a firm…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Mission Societies, the laws of the British and German Colonial administrations in southern Africa and, finally, by … Ltd., in Cape Town since then. He is…
BiographyM. N. Bhola
… in the Cape Province . She was an organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from …
BiographyNdazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
… studies. Nakasa's studies at Harvard included Intellectual History, Social Structure of Modern Africa, History of the American South and Negro History, which…
BiographyCharlene Smith
… USA. Her work now is focused on changing attitudes towards women, on educating South African society and doing away with …