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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…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… After South Africa became a Union, the government wanted Black and White people to live separately, so they set certain areas apart for Black people. Before…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… and leaders of SALGA, Mayor of Cape Town and other leaders in our system of local government; Our honoured traditional … year - that, "South Africa belongs…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… and leaders of SALGA, Mayor of Cape Town and other leaders in our system of local government; Our honoured traditional … year - that, "South Africa belongs…
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…
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…
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…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for us, a call to battle, summoning us … and Coloured, or so-called …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for us, a call to battle, summoning us … and Coloured, or so-called Coloured…
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…
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,…
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…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… the Congress of the People “as of historic importance” in a letter to the South African Institute of Race Relations … any fundamental changes in the…
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…