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ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… 1931 7 October, Desmond Mpilo Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, in the then Transvaal province of South … Times Magazine UK Desmond Tutu is ordained the first…
Maduna Abednego
… prison number was 1/5392. He was from Zwelithsa Township in King Williamstown. …
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… the government intended to accuse the leading activists in the congresses of treason. After the COP the charge of … of the prison with a row of singularly…
ArchiveBoycott the Can
… A2 red, yellow, black litho on white; graphic people demonstrating; crossed … Boycott the Can; The management of Metal Box retrenched 22 black workers and…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… Eight days later, the security police arrested 28 black journalists and 1 white photographer during demonstrations in protest against the detention without…
Dr Daniel Alexander Jordaan
… Dr Daniel “Danny” Jordaan was born on 3 September 1951 in Port Elizabeth. He is a renowned sports administrator and … Danny Jordaan was awarded the Order of…
BiographyLeslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
… Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National …
BiographyJoseph Royeppen
… in 1910, Joseph Royeppen, a Cambridge University graduate and …
PlaceSterkfontein Dam, Free State
… few kilometers from the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpment in the topmost reaches of the Vaal Dam catchment on the … and you could spot Cape and bearded…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in Nyasaland, … to protect the rights of workers,…
Bheki Magubane
… Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Was killed in a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Mozambique … National Congress. (1996). List of…
ArticleThe Constitution
… National flag The national flag of the Republic is black, gold, green, white, red and blue, as described and sketched in Schedule 1. Languages The official…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Various types of armed … began to alter – if only incrementally…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… The Junction Avenue theatre was formed in 1976, and it was organised and conceptualised by a group … the social injustices, exploitation and racism that…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein in 1904. Named after General Hendrick Abraham Alberts, … Industrial Suburb, was established in 1943…
PlaceLiberia
… Joseph Jenkins Roberts , a former slave who was born in America became the first President. The founding of … state of Liberia would become the second (after…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… years. This was largely due to colonial expansion which in turn dispossessed Xhosa and Khoikhoi people of their land … between the Fish and the Keiskamma…
Undelivered statement by Albert Luthuli at the time of his Trial for burning his pass, 05 July 1960
… of slavery, a weapon used by the authorities to keep us in a position of inferiority. It cannot be very easy for you, … part of this grim picture. The deep…
BiographyJ.J.R Jolobe
… of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a major role in the compilation and translation of the …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… Mandela's years as a young lawyer and the emergence of Black resistance before he was jailed for 27 years in 1964 and include photographs of his family. Some…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… the Natal Indian Community. The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be … governor of the Cape Colony. But…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the … and stratified understandings of 'race' in…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… time to settle down under Union, South Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South … of white racial unity is being solved…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… [NOTE: In this statement at a meeting of the United Nations Special … and celebrations for the occasion. It was a natural for black opposition demonstrations…
BiographyFlora Mogano
… HIV/AIDS caregivers. She runs a crèche for the poor in a squatter camp area of Tembisa. …
BiographyThembile Benson Ndimba
… Born 1921. Messenger-clerk. Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the … Active in politics in 1937 during the mass…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… Congress. This Campaign was a very important development in the struggle against apartheid and white domination in … and celebrations for the occasion. It…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
… 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 …
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… No.36, May 1959 South Africa belongs to all who live in if, black and white." - The Freedom Charter. "All the Bantu have … left to remain as reservoirs and…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her political skills in … school in Salisbury (now Harare) for…