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BiographyMargaret Gazo
… protesting against the extension of the pass laws to women in 1956. At the time, Gazo lived in Payneville, Springs, east of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now ……
ANC Today Volume 10 No.1, 15 - 21 January 2010
… itself to the historic mission of uniting our people in the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed black majority in general, and Africans in…
Millicent Fawcett
… was sent over from Britain during the Anglo Boer War in order to inspect the conditions in the concentration camps and then to give advice to the … British…
BiographyRussel Botman
… Russel Botman was born on 18 October 1953 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). … “coloured” Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sending-Kerk …
BiographyThabiso Johannes Thelejane
… Johannes Thelejane (55) was from Pabellong, Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in October 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mr Thelejane was…
BiographyRegina Buthelezi
… on exhibitions arranged by the ELC Art and Craft Centre in major South African art museums. She is represented in public and private art collections in South…
BiographyRev. Joseph J Doke
… Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the Minister of the Johannesburg … He and his wife nursed Gandhi after an…
BiographyStephen Mini
… leaders of the Natal Native Congress from its founding in 1900 -1901. He became its president in 1927 after a split in which he was allied with J. T. Gumede…
Chief Vuna Miya
… around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal]. As a … One of them was Chief Vuna Miya, who was first…
BiographyChristina Jasson
… Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food … of the Eastern Cape Action Committee from…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… Zulu. It was removed from King Shaka International Airport in 2010. Image Source The above statue portraying Shaka Zulu was removed in 2010, due to…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in the Non European United Front (NEUF) and the Indian … nationalists at home and begins to agitate…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo district of the Transkei. … Agriculture. 1919 Xuma joins Alpha Phi…
BiographyDaniel William
… Daniel William Alexander was born in 1880 in Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an … African Orthodox Church, which had its headquarters…
BiographyDeputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
… banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), culminated in a fight in which 23…
BiographyTheophilus Doctorson Khumalo
… Doctorson Khumalo also known as “16 Valve” was born in Soweto, Johannesburg on 26 June 1967. His father Eliakim “Pro” Khumalo, was a renowned footballer in…
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…
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 …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… Bookmarked by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important … turn debuting South African work, such as Santu Mofokeng’s Black…
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…
ArticleTswana
… baTswana [people]) The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, … and Sotho account for the largest percentage of…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… (VOC) established Cape Town as a refuelling station in 1652 for their ships sailing between Europe and India. As … ‘the mother city’ is the centre for…
A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb
… campaign and turned world opinion against apartheid in South Africa, the 1973 Durban strikes sent shockwaves … community three years prior. The collective…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… "We are now witnessing the first glow of a new dawn in South Africa and a decisive turning point in her history. … action on a human rights problem. Indians,…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… The Community Arts Project (CAP) was established in Cape Town in 1977. Originally located at 17 Main Road, Mowbray, the … that emerged after 1976, such as…
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…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… INTRODUCTION In examining the history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) since its … coup in Portugal. During the pro-Frelimo rallies in 1974, black university…