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BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
John (Jack) Curtis was born on 31 August 1912 in Geelong, Australia, the third of nine children. He left school at 14 to start work and help provide for the…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
… where he worked to get funds to South Africa to support political prisoners and their families. Never giving up his …
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
… served on the Goldstone Commission which investigated the political violence and intimidation in the 1990s in South …
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. Except for his political and spiritual influences in Xhosa society, there is … a historical narrative of Makhanda based…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… which was chiefly conceived to curb the economic and political force of the Indians, and ultimately to promote … recourse to the courts. The “Indian question…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… Black Women's Federation was formed in December 1975, in response to this expressed need for women across South Africa …
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… 1982 until he became the principal. He continued with his political involvement despite attempts by the police to stop …
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… that was almost certainly waiting for her due to her political activities as a student. In 1973, while she was in …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… various congregations across the country. He followed the political philosophy of the National Party , but the …
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… frontier, in contested terrain close to Xhosa settlements. Political career Sprigg became a member of parliament in 1869 …
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… for the next thirty-six years. She later wrote a number of political works - for example Trooper Peter Halkett of …
BiographySylvia Neame
… in 2014, shining a spotlight on the numerous women political activists who were held at the prison during … David O’Sullivan in conversation with political…
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… knowledge and education, Dingake later obtained his BA (Political Science and Economics), B. Admin (Public …
BiographyDavid Hemson
… an Honours degree. It was at UKZN that his career as a political activist began. David Hemson was actively involved …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… leader, the group planned to change the ideological and political positions of the various Indian Congresses. In … In 1981, a meeting was held in Lenasia to…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… loosely constituted broad front, that will seek to involve political and non-political organisations, as long as they follow the … in Soweto. While there,…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… intensification of repressive laws and further erosion of political rights by the apartheid regime also saw the African … to arrest them for not carrying…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
… at the age of fourteen. Her poems focus on personal, political, social, and historical themes. Her poem, I’ve come …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… his third language) allowed him to bridge the social and political divide at a time when this seemed virtually …
BiographyVejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
… 1987 and 1991, where he was a member of the Central Political Education Committee. General Ramlakan served as … Democratic Front, involved in MK Operation…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… the Union that the PAC's campaign received its strongest response, a question that can only be answered by examining … War II and continued growing into the…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… exclusively govern and control the social, economic and political mechanisms of everyday life for 37 years - the … measures was read by many as an act of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
… can gain independence by achieving freedom from the political control of another country. Liberty: The state of …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to … Party under Colonel Cresswell was the…
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… The Riekert Commission was established in response to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South … and profitability for South African industry. In…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… but unsigned.) Poster production From 1979, Medu produced political posters. The first posters were silkscreened, with … of us to confront the reality of …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… Uganda begins promoting sexual behaviour change in response to AIDS. By the end of the year, 85 countries had … 395. May, "The name of the virus had itself…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… in how and when they use violence. So far, the response from the African and international community has … where the government engages in mass violence…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… to negotiate with the Liberatory Organisation as a political party. The interview was published in the Mail on Sunday, a British publication, in the same…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… more intensively the policies of racial oppression and political persecution already followed by the regime”.2 The … to an apparent lack of support. Though…