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BiographyLouis Washkansky
… came to South Africa aged 9, and became a grocer in Cape Town’s Greenpoint area. Washkansky saw active service in WW2 in East and North Africa and Italy. His…
BiographyEthel de Keyser
… As a girl she had developed an interest in the arts, and in the 1950s married an up-and-coming actor, David de Keyser, … of 1960. Jack had become politicised…
BiographyHermanus Lethebe
… any meeting, etc. the Bill was eventually passed in May 1930. As a result, huge demonstrations against the Act … Day, 1929, (16 December – now Day of…
BiographyKwena Matlala
… Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and … for her and, according to her daughter, who was born in banishment,‘went…
BiographyMthuli ka Shezi
… reviews by the People’s Experimental Theatre Group in the early 1970s. In 1972, Shezi was pushed in front of an oncoming train at Germiston station and …
BiographyCaiphas Nxumalo
… Caiphas Nxumalo graduated from Rorke's Drift in 1971 and during the 1970s was a free-lance artist in Pomeroy. He uses indigenous woods for his sculpture and …
BiographyAnele Mdizeni
… Anele Mdizeni (29) was from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2005. On 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being…
BiographyGail Johnson
… is the foster mother of Nkosi Johnson , who died of AIDS in 2001 at the age of 12. Nkosi first came into the limelight in 1997 Gail Johnson, challenged a…
BiographyWilliam Luscombe Searelle
… later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of “Israel.” As … of thirteen. Searelle became…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to make a quick buck on the Rand. Moreover, … there was room for European businessmen…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… The increasing social unrest in South Africa that swept through the country in the 1980s, and the changing geopolitical circumstances on … the MPNF ratified…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… is a South African domestic worker for a wealthy family in Cape Town; when asked in 2004 about the world that the domestic workers lived in … of Labour)…
BiographyMads Nørgaard
… youth, and some of the challenges faced by young people in the country’s oldest town. Mads has used photography - … has inspired a deep and abiding passion…
BiographyMargareth Baloi
… was fondly addressed, was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region of Dunn, in Ward fourteen. She was a very energetic woman. When … her part to help…
BiographyConan Doyle Modiakgotla
… Conan Doyle Modiakgotla was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was a building contractor by … and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) for…
BiographyBabalo Mtshazi
… Babalo Mtshazi (26) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2006. On 16 August 2012 Babalo was killed at scene 1. He was in the…
BiographyNtandazo Nokhamba
… Ntandazo Nokhamba (36) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2006. … 2012 he was killed at scene two after being shot once…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… African Communist Party When South African communists met in Cape Town 65 years ago they planted the first seed in our … position of four companies (Anglo…
Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
… space for academics, students, and activists to contribute in a structured way to the building and strengthening of the trade movement in South Africa. In…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a … Women's Day is not…
BiographyLucas Ted Sithole
… Lucas Sithole was born and grew up in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church,…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… needs. Indigenous population With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. This was … for a worker to…
Mama Beshenga
… the Group Areas Act was implemented, dividing the people in urban area into tribal groups so that they lived in separate townships. Mama Beshenga threw her…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut (AHI – in English the Afrikaans Commercial Institute) was formed … create Afrikaner businesses and represent their interests…
BiographyBransby Ndobe
… A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the Communist Party of South … the ANC and the CPSA. He was a rival of…
BiographySemi Jokanisi
… Semi Jokanisi (29) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Semi was killed after being shot twice by the police, once in the abdomen and…
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
… Van Wyk Sagalala (60) was from Bophirima Setlagole in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 … killed at scene 2. He was shot twice by the…
BiographyJaneveke Raphael Liau
… Raphael Liau (47) was from Likolobeng Ha Monyane, Maseru in Lesotho. He started working for Lonmin in 2003. On 16 August 2012 Janeveke was killed at scene 2…
BiographyPatrick Akhona Jijase
… Patrick Akhona Jijase (26) was from Ntabankulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in July 2012, one month before the massacre. On 16 August ……
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… Parliament as well on having agreed to hold the debate in the evening as we requested. Indeed the workers, students … for development and progress. We have…