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ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA…
BiographyGuy Tillim
Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. After completing a B.Comm at the University of Cape Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South…
BiographyMichael Matlala
Michael (‘Mikia’) Matlala took part in Wold War 1. According to his family, he was banished, from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal …
BiographyMbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa was born in 1923. Inspired to join the African National Congress by the Defiance Campaign. Took an active part in subsequent Congress…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
Indian education in Natal
1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and evening schools.Á‚ There was a Mr Earl?s school on the Isipingo plantation which was…
BiographyNkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo
Nkosinathi Christopher Mbuyabo was born at eCintas in East London on the 23 December 1967. Nko as he was popularly known was the fourth out of six children of…
BiographyFihla Christmas Tinto
Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His involvement in…
BiographyMohammed Valli Moosa
It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in…
BiographyBen Mclennan
Ben Mclennan was born in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early…
BiographyActing Chief Moepadira Mphahlele
Moepadira Mphahlele was the Acting Chief of the Mphahlele community in the Northern Transvaal. He was banished from Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal …
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The Background of Segregation",…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945. He…
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
For biographical and historical information on Buller browse the following links: http://48.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BU/BULLER_SIR_REDVERS_HENRY.htm http:/…
BiographyDr Hassen (Ike) Mahomed Moosa
Born in 1923. Moosa was a medical practitioner. He was educated at Fort Hare and the University of Cape Town (UCT) and was active in the political movement…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… were designated as "native reserves" under the 1913 Land Act, limiting African land ownership to just 7% of … [2] South African History Online, "The Natives…
BiographyAlbert Newall
Albert Newall was born in 1920 in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Newall enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, where he trained and later served…
BiographyThomas Trevor (Tommy) Motswai
Tommy Motswai was born on 27 May 1963 in Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf he ultimately became a prolific and successful artist portraying the world…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… white farmers and businessmen from African competition. In 1913 the Natives Land Act reserved most of the land for white … of Labour resistance The Indian…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… wrote a short history of Shooting Stars. Between 1908 and 1913 the team performed well, reaching the semi-finals and …
BiographyJames Ford
James Ford was born in Cornwall, England. He is listed as a member in the SASA Exhibition of Pictures catalogue of 1904, but there is no record of him ever…
Ruth Gosschalk
Ruth Gosschalk was born on 27 July 1929 in Muizenburg, Cape Town. She was one of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s…
BiographyRussel Botman
Russel Botman was born on 18 October 1953 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). His mother had supported his family by working as a…
BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
Edgar Arthur Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, serving for a period on the Cape…
BiographyHamilton Kraai
Hamilton Kraai was born and educated at Peddie in the Cape, he went to work as a warehouse foreman in Johannesburg, where he joined the African National…
BiographyEllias John Mqoboli
E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first as a teacher and then as a Methodist minister. Politically…
BiographyJames D. Ngojo
James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection with the "bucket strike" of 1918 but the case was…
BiographyBetty Radford
Betty Radford was arrested after the 4 August 1946 miner’s strike, together with, among others, WH Andrews and Moses Kotane. She was the editor of the Guardian…
BiographyNorma Kitson
Norma Kitson (nee Cranko) was born to Jewish parents in 1933 in Berea, Durban. She was one of four children, and had an elder sister Joan and brother Ronnie…