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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…
PlaceNamibia
… big and borders on Angola to the north and Botswana in the east. The Caprivi Strip , which stretches off its … native commissioners exercised authority in…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos … as it did the appalling living conditions of the Cape Town black…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… as it did the appalling living conditions of the Cape Town black population 2 and the working class strata of European population in general but also …
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,…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… We didn't even go out Saturday evening. We went to church in the morning but no one would say a word about all that's … a life sentence on Robben Island, and…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… court cases concluded and the sentences were determined. In fact, from the onset of apartheid to the height of its … Barberton felt the full force of…
South African Labour history
… a country. The same story can be told a different way, as in this. We tell it as the struggle for survival of those … and this is their story, too. The great…
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… was the secretary of the ISL, who had been instrumental in forming the first black trade union - the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA) - … some of the party…
ArticleWages Commission
… with others, began to play an increasingly important role in the affairs of the Bolton Hall unions. NUSAS then formed … into the wages and working conditions…
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…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… cultural, religious and linguistic expression is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa . South … are embodied in its arts and culture…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
… Lungisile Ntsebeza The Making of the Trotskyist Tradition in South Africa: A Reading of 'The Spark', 1935-1937 by Crain … focused on both global developments…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… farmers off their land. [1] This led to an increase in urbanization, poverty and unemployment as many farmers … maintain a racial hierarchy and separate poor…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the … - all linked to global developments. These gave the black population reason to expect better…
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 ……
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual … killed, one injured 28/07/84 …
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
… Suzanne (‘Zan’) Louw was born in Cape Town, 1964. She received her BA (Fine Arts) at University of Cape Town in 1986. While a Fine Arts student during the…
BiographyTelang Mohai
… Telang Mohai (37) was from Lithabaneng, Maseru in Lesotho. He had been working for Lonmin since 2003. Telang was killed at scene 2 after he was shot twice in…
BiographyMphumzeni Ngxande
… Mphumzeni Ngxande (38) was from Lujizweni, Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2008 and lived with his wife at the Nkaneng…
ArticleEOAN Group
… The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and … drama, singing, painting and sewing…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… Africa , 1996, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in the first non-racial elections and approved by the … between the British and Afrikaners…