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EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan began his "winds of change" tour of Africa in Ghana. Ghana became … 1960 to the South African Parliament in Cape Town…
BiographyThabo Motene Marera
… the director, with whom most young filmmakers aspired to work. They liked his attitude and took him on as an assistant. After a year … sceptical agencies…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… in the 1950s in response to the enactment of numerous apartheid laws by the South African government. During the … than 8 500 people were imprisoned for…
BiographyHugh Lewin
… imprisonment for protest sabotage activities against apartheid. Upon his release in 1971, he left the country on a "permanent … exile in London, followed by…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He … of national and class oppression. From the age of 18…
BiographyMizream Maseko
… Mizriam, Mizram) was born on 10 June 1927. Maseko began his career as a house painter after completing his studies in Transvaal. He was inspired by the…
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
… outstanding scholar and sportsperson and was head boy in his final year. Graaff’s godfather was General Louis Botha , … in South Africa for nearly half of…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
… to England. Pre-Raphaelitism was a formative influence on his work, as was a study trip to Paris and Antwerp in 1888. … was re-initiated, this time elected…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula – moved … Normal College, however, he was unable to…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
… formal education, circumstances forced Sebedi to seek work as a domestic worker in Johannesburg. In private, and in … she pursued her emerging sense of…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… 1967, authorising the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africato … of a state of cordial relations…
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… in Coalbrook, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). His parents, Dirk and Francina, were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. His mother died young…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
… of thirteen, Lubowski was sent to Stellenbosch to complete his schooling, which he did in 1970. After school, Lubowski … the University of Cape Town with a…
BiographyEnos Molapo Makhubedu
… in 1938. He grew up in Pilgrim’s Rest where he completed his higher primary school studies in 1951 at the Charles Max … where two teachers, Mrs Lekala and Mr…
BiographyDavid Bruce
… from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years … of policing, criminal justice and…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… of the most daring and high-profile attacks against the apartheid state in the 1980s. From the spectacular 1980 Sasol … national liberation struggle. …
BiographyAndrew Clement Verster
… radio plays. He has designed sets and costumes for operas. His work is represented in public and private collections in SA … have been published. He has…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
… at the University College of Fort Hare. Matthews completed his primary education at Lovedale School in Alice, Eastern … of the ANC Youth League in…
BiographyBhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku
… he was born to a musician father who did not want any of his children to follow a music career. His father owned a piano that he kept locked, but Mseleku’s ……
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… The death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life…
BiographySorabjee Rustomjee
… January 1911 to six weeks in prison. He requested to join his father in the first batch of Satyagrahis from Phoenix, … authorities. General Lukin was present…
BiographySadie Forman
… and prolific writer, who was extremely active in the anti-apartheid and communist movements. Four years later, he would … essential support to Lionel, whose…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity
… part of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This was his part of nation building and reconciliation amongst … President Nelson Mandela announces his…
BiographyNesta Mathom Nala
… and her two sisters, Thembi and Zanele, live and work in Milazi, Durban. Two of the seven children who are not … Early Iron-Age pot and shards (AD 600-800)…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family … Gandhi , who had decided to settle in South…
BiographySindiwe Magona
… a scholarship to study for her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Columbia University in the United States of America. … many internationally prominent South…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… and multiple honorary doctorates bestowed on him, his role as Ntate-moholo (grandfather) to young artists was … of what Koloane called the “immense human…
BiographyAnele Mdizeni
… being shot in the hip by the police. Anele left behind his pregnant wife and two young children. According to his wife, Unathi Mdizeni, “Anele was an easy…
Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo
… a South African lawyer who was an active opponent of apartheid, died on June 1 in his birthplace, Durban, South Africa. He was 75. His death was reported on…
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
… He has also exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is represented in public and private collections in South Africa. In 1991 he exhibited his…