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BiographyAlson Ntshangase
Ntshangase was born at Nongoma, Zululand. He attended art classes at KwaBazini CP School; he did his secondary schooling at KwaZide High School; he had to…
BiographyIsaac Mofokeng
Isaac Mofokeng was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm respectively. Later he attended…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In January 1949 a bitter racial conflict…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National Union, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg,…
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
Optometrist Julius Louis Saks was the first son of Sidney and Deborah Saks. His family emigrated to South Africa from England in 1905. Sidney Saks became a…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, born Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah on 21 September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, in the then Gold Coast, Nzema region…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… between Lenasia and the adjacent township of Soweto. 1989 27 January, two men enter Dr. Asvat’s surgery and shoot …
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela
… Rankin, E. (1989). Images of wood aspects of the history of sculpture in …
ArchiveCatering workers 1988 living wage campaign
offset litho; black; Catering workers 1988 living wage campaign
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… a document entitled Anatomy of Repression in December 1989. This document summarizes the many forms of repression … of apartheid repression as it appeared in…
BiographySibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu
Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born on 8th of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in the…
BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial was born in Constantia, Cape, 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely…
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
Brink is a distinguished South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is now Professor of…
BiographyGertrude Shope
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher, and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
Archive1985 Year of the Youth Calendar
December 1985 Calendar. Black and white photograph of women dancing, by Omar Badsha.
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… Jr. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis in Beeld (1989) by Anthony Preston. Bion Books: Printed in South …
ArchiveANC Sydafrika 75 ar 1912-1987
Yellow, black and green poster. Artwork of group of people protesting. Poster issued in Sweden celebrating 75 years of ANC from 1912 - 1987.
Afrika Calendar 1985 : Vakalisa Art Associates
December 1985 calendar. Brown and pink calendar. Artwork of shadows of people. Poem by Peter Clarke and collage by Peter Clarke. Vakalisa Art Ass.
ArchiveInternational Year of Older Persons 1999
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of people of different nationalities around the globe. United Nations logo. International Year of Older Persons 1999 logo. United…
ArchiveSouth African Communist Party 1921-1986
Black, red and white poster. Artwork of a hand and a fist smashing words 'war against exploitation, oppression and racism'. 1921 - 1986 is 65 years. Artwork of…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… after spending 18 years on Robben Island. Between 1984 and 1989 secret meetings aimed at bringing down apartheid took … three years of meetings between…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
Bulletin, No 20, December 1988, produced by the South African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to Scandanavia, a letter sent to comrade Meir…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… sympathiser". Imam Masoom Ebrahim was appointed as imam in 1989 after the two sons of Imam 'Abdul Latief of Habibia …
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama was born in Bombay in 1870. After passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust…
BiographyAntjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English at…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1932 Subsidies for Cape Muslim Primary Schools Du Plessis maintains that in 1931…
ArchiveApril 1986: ECC members paint a mural at Cowley House
Coloured photographs of ECC members doing community work, in April 1986 and 1987.
Formation and launch of the UDF
… ANC regalia and release Mandela posters. In September 1989, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife were arrested … On the day of the election on 9 September…