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BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
Jacob Nhlapo was born in 1903 to Isaac Hulumeni and Catherina Maseko. He received primary schooling at his birthplace, Reitz, a town in North-East Orange Free…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
Motsoko Pheko was born on 13 November 1933 to a wealthy rural family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the founder and editor of the Contemporary Review. His…
BiographySydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner was born in Germiston, close to Johannesburg, to Jewish parents on 13 January 1927. His father was a shoe repairman who had moved to South…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
Edwin Cameron was born on 15 February 1953 in Pretoria. He completed his schooling at Pretoria Boys’ High School and thanks to an Anglo-American Corporation…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
Basil Coetzee ( ‘Ou B’ or 'Manenberg' as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following…
BiographyLawrence Schlemmer
Eminent sociologist and political analyst Professor Lawrence Schlemmer was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 11 September 1936. After matriculating…
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 89 "People's Front and the Cry for Unity in…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
Documents: An anonymous Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. His father…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 93 S. B., "Unite Against Reaction and…
ArchiveThe Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996–2006 by Filip Reyntjens
ArchiveThe Black Sash/Die Swart Serp Volume 1 Number 12 December/January 1956/1957
The System and You. Article in SASO Newsletter, March/April 1976, September 1970
Speech by President Mandela in aftermath of KZN election Claremont: Durban, 6 July 1996
Speech by President Mandela in aftermath of KZN election Claremont: Durban, 6 July 1996
Speech by President Mandela to the business community of Mali Bamako, 3 March 1996
‘A great cause’: the origins of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, June 1959 – March 1960
The Extension of the Pass Laws by Walter Sisulu, March 1956, South Africa
Memo by Dr. Xuma to UN Secretary-General, Nov 1946 (from Peter Limb)
Natal’s Indians, The Empire and the South African War, 1988-1902 Natal’s Indians
Errors of Workerism by ISIZWE (Journal of the UDF), November 1986, South Africa
APDUSA Views - Issue No 13: Passes Abolished? But Influx Control Stays! May 1986
APDUSA Views - Issue No 11: Dr Van Zyl Slabbert Caught Redhanded!, March 1986
’Language row may be ending - at long last’, Weekend World. 16 March 1976
ArchiveMinutes: Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg, 26 February 1976
Minutes of the 94th Ordinary Meeting record the service provision and the administrative duties of the Council within a segregated local government