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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…
BiographyAdam Glasser
Adam Glasser was born on the 20th September, 1955 in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his family where he spent his…
BiographyRobert John McBride
Robert John McBride was born on 6 July 1963 at the segregated Addington Hospital in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in the section set aside for Coloured…
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
Moses Mauane Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a devoutly Christian…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
Topsy Madaka was born in Gratten, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in 1990. In…
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela
… Rankin, E. (1989). Images of wood aspects of the history of sculpture in …
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… Jr. Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis in Beeld (1989) by Anthony Preston. Bion Books: Printed in South …
ArchiveCatering workers 1988 living wage campaign
offset litho; black; Catering workers 1988 living wage campaign
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…
Archive1985 Year of the Youth Calendar
December 1985 Calendar. Black and white photograph of women dancing, by Omar Badsha.
Watson Mzwandile Majova
Watson Mzwandile Majova was born in 1958. His parents were teachers. Watson Mzwandile Majova, Paulos Madiba, Aaron Makwe, members of the African National…
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.
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…
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…
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…