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BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his…
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
Mewalal “Mewa” Ramgobin was born on 10 November 1932 in Inanda, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents arrived in Natal as indentured labourers. His…
BiographyMolly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’…
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… and secretary of the Congress of Democrats in the early 1960s. Kasrils was involved in MK military operations, and …
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
The Predecessor of this left-wing publication was The Guardian. The Guardian itself was founded in 1937 by trade unionists, university professors and some…
Chapter III - The world outside
… While I was living encapsulated in house arrest, the 1960s inexorably became a decade of disgrace, of repressive … the future, I can make my stand clear. By…
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
Helen Newton Thompson, an anti-apartheid political activist and founding member of the Black Sash, has for the most part of history, been a fleeting footnote…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
Job Shimankana Tabane (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 December 1942. Tabane…
BiographyStephanie Kemp
… 09 August 2012]| Fullard, M, State Repression in the 1960s, in The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970 , …
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
Harriet Ngubane was born in 1929 at Inchanga, a rural area near Pietermaritzburg, kwaZulu-Natal (KZN). She was brought up as a Roman Catholic but grew to…
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
Dr Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane was born on 22 October 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… search was complicated by the fact that during the early 1960s that particular section of the cemetery, comprising 10 …
ArchiveConclusion by Howard Barrell
… actually changed between 1976 and 1986 - indeed, from the 1960s. Vula would be the final attempt by the ANC - or, more … struggle, particularly the disaster…
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
… actually changed between 1976 and 1986 - indeed, from the 1960s. Vula would be the final attempt by the ANC - or, more … struggle, particularly the disaster…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… The RC recognised that, for the first time since the early 1960s, ‘the prospect existed for creating a trained fighting … 11 Its guerilla forces recruited…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… they did, Native Life was mostly neglected. But, from the 1960s and 1970s, as historians began to take a more sustained …
Community histories of Rustenburg
… a long life, and passed away at the age of 102 in the 1960s. The main street in Rustenburg was named after her in …
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
Zulu Community
Late nineteenth century postcard of Zulu Warriors. Note the Europeans in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 apartheid system of…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… and for Radio Freedom. The station reappeared in the late 1960s, broadcasting from black-run countries like Tanzania, …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in Mitchells Plain…
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…
BiographyWilliam Cock
In 1849, Cape Town lived up to its reputation for giving visiting vessels a rousing reception. But this was a reception with a difference; it was in fact a…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… in the hothouse of internal resistance during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It has a wide ambit and covers a …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… was one of many protests on the UCT campus during the 1960s. It did not play a prominent part in the struggle … he commented disapprovingly on the radical…
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… weapon ; Influences on writing ; Black writing and art - 1960s and 1970s) Davis, Geoffrey V ; Manaka, Matsemela ; … new black poets.' (SUBJECTS: Black…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… being condemned by African Mothers' Union workers in the 1960s: 'they cannot read or write, the only thing they can do …