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BiographyJames Edward April
James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).He is the youngest of seven children…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her…
BiographyRexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula
Rexon Mathebula also known as Scotch was born on 15 April 1926 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Mathebula left Sophiatown when he was seven years old and went to…
Esmé Berman
Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in 1929. She enrolled at the University of Witswatersrand in 1946 and…
BiographyMuntu Myeza
Muntu Myeza was born on 3 December 1950 to Jacob and Julia Myeza in Natal where he also did his early education. Myeza attended part of his senior high school…
BiographyJohannes Maswanganyi
Johannes Maswanganyi was born in 1948 at Msengi Village, near Giyani, Limpopo Province.Although younger than many of the sculptors from rural northern…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
Dawie de Villiers was born on 10 July 1940 in Burgersdorp, one of three children of Elsa and Coenie de Villiers. Dawie’s father was a railway clerk, organiser…
BiographyFlorence Mophosho
Florence Mophosho was born in 1921 Alexander Township, Johannesburg. She was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified teacher, but…
BiographyJ B Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a…
BiographyDonald James Woods
Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After completing his…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Paper On The Group Areas Act And Its Effects On The Indian People Of Natal, May 195649 A: HISTORY AND AIMS OF THE ACT 1. The Group Areas Act enacted by…
ArchiveThe National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in History at the the University of Cape Town by Andries du Toit. The dissertation gives…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by…
Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… resident magistrates to pay the Poll Tax on 1 January 1906. However, while some chiefs ordered their subjects to …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The salvation of the Indian people in this country lay…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… was the killing of a farmer, Henry Smith, on 17 January 1906 by one of his workers. When questioned during his trail, … was given refuge by the Zulu king…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Evictions in Benoni and Non-European Unity On…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) 1903; Bambatha Rebellion 1906; Union 1910; formation of South African Native National … “Indians in South Africa wage…
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The extraordinary challenge…
BiographyWangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai Anchor was a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist. Maathai is internationally renowned for her unrelenting efforts in…
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
Marion Monica Sparg was born in East London and was one of six children. She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the…
Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994: Part 2 Corespondence Section 2 General (Undated)
From the book: Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994 by Mewa Ramgobin and Ian Edwards
Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994: Part 2 - Corespondence Section 1 General (Dated)
From the book: Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994 by Mewa Ramgobin and Ian Edwards
BiographyElijah Nkwenkwe Loza
Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza was born in 1918 near Alice in the Ciskie,where his father was tribal headman.After completing secondary education, he went to Cape Town…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on 24 November 1935 in Oakland, California. Dellums’ parents were Willa Terry Dellums (mother) and Vernie Dellums (father). His…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on 24 November 1935 in Oakland, California. Dellums’ parents were Willa Terry Dellums (mother) and Vernie Dellums (father). His…
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy affectionately known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. He…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South…