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… figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early in his life, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Koornhof wrote a doctoral thesis that fully accepted the inevitability of black urbanisation. Koornhof was born in Leeudoringstad, in …

… Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The … The Predominant Race, making up 76% of the Population is: Black African Peoples. The Housing Rights Activist Irene Grootboom lived in Wallacedene. Grootboom and other inhabitants won a …

… request of Col. Goosen he had examined Biko on 7 September in the offices of the Security Police about 12 noon. He had … on that level was not an adequate test of the degree of consciousness or mental ability. Kentridge The fact that Mr. … Kentridge Wasn't it important to establish his level of consciousness? Tucker There was a definite uninterestedness. …

… National Party held its federal congress (1 - 3 August) in Cape Town to unveil its policy plan on anti-poverty … strategies. The party's name change was also considered in congress discussion groups. The Gauteng delegate, Robert … got a product with the wrong name. We can't sell it in black townships." Click here to read the opening speech by …

… against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. Seatlholo faced additional … illegally and being a member of a banned organisation in exile. Other key leaders who played a major role were. …  [Accessed: 07 February 2013]|SAHO, ‘Key People in the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising’ , from  South African …

… Professor Bob Hepple was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex … of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in 1955, Bob Hepple devoted himself to building up this newly … of the SACTU newspaper, Workers’ Unity, and helped the black Metal Workers’ Union and other small unions survive the …

… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief,  Sikobobo, attacked … chief then set about doing this, and a bloodbath ensued in which 56 Boers were killed, three captured and 380 head of … that the Boers felt betrayed that the British had armed Black people during the South African War, though in many …

… Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in … of South Africa. Ntsebeza also founded the South African Black lawyers Association. He is currently visiting professor …

… DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, RECALLED By E.S Reddy The "Campaign of … resistance in South Africa were an inspiration to the black people in the United States in launching the Civil … and obstruction of major Western Powers, so that the black people had to bear enormous suffering in continuing …

… because they find it almost impossible to believe that the black man can be efficient, that he can be a good fighter, … we are bobbejaans (baboons). But that means the whites are in for a particularly rude shock. Our people are organising … as nations where control is exercised by all the citizens, black and white. In South Africa, the government is still …

… They used to be all around us. My neighbour, directly in front of me, was one of the biggest liquor sellers. Friday … her he was in for public incitement - he'd been shouting 'Black Power'. She said he hadn't shouted anything and she had … have we done? What have we done? Our only sin is being black Let Africa come back.' You know African people. …

… A2 litho poster; red, yellow and black; photo by Cedric Nunn of workers performing Sarmcol Workers play in 1987; Text: National Congress Cultural Day; Usuku lomgidi …

… Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, running barefoot, became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new world record at 2:16:2. …

… delayed by the police searches. Those of us who lived in Johannesburg had gone back to our jobs. I know that I felt … endorsing signatures to be collected from the public, black and white, within a year. A national consultative … ten times as much being spent on white education as on black. The Bantu Education Act was suspect to the blacks …

… of the ANC, on his express instructions. We have, in the first instance, the honour and privilege to extend to … the idea that South Africa belongs to all who live in it , black and white, and that no government can justly claim … of how the membership is organised, the uneven level of consciousness, the strength and cohesion of the leadership …

… Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast (the former Transkei - a black homeland during the apartheid years). Butterworth is … ttps://www.sa-venues.com/attractions/butterworth.php …

… an employee at PC Plus, opened a parcel containing a bomb in a computer. The subsequent explosion killed Cruse, aged … opened the package which he believed contained a computer in need of repair.  The company’s premises were located at 37 … trade with ‘liberal organisations’ such as the ANC, the Black Sash, and Women for Peaceful Change. PC Plus is said to …

… Documents Section. Walker, C., Women and Resistance in South Africa, London, Onyx Press, 1982. Lodge, T., Black Politics in South Africa since 1945, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1983. …

… A2 black on yellow silkscreen; cartoons of workers and bosses; … Now pay... more for my service. No money, no service in rural area (marching workers with banners) UDF We demand …

… East India Company had largely broken Khoi resistance in the district while mobile armed commandos kept the “troublesome” San hunter groups in check. Van der Stel named the area Groot Drakenstein after … of two pioneering farmers in the area. One was the Free Black farmer, Jan van Saloor, also known as Jan Lui (Lazy …

… I don't know why I should have been honoured in this way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole … of Commons with Abdul Minty in 1961. We were working out a black sash demonstration outside Lancaster House. Sharpeville … And so we worked out our scheme, based very much on the Black Sash Movement in South Africa, of a 48-hour silent …

… the last mentioned - the Basotho, our hosts, killed in the massacre. How do you tell a Mosotho from a South … who were killed for no other reason than that they were Black and offered a home to us. Guilt by association has been … in a grey moustache and beard which blended with his once black hair. His grey head was close shaven. As he spoke, his …

… programme is designed for students to gain work experience in research and for graduates to become familiar with the use … to the development of content for the website. SAHO has in the past been approached by various university departments … the South African liberation struggle and the history of black anthropology scholarship in Southern Africa. My M.A. …

… During these sixty years of toiling for human freedom in its totality, uBab` Nsibande was as much a loving member … believing that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white. That remarkable combination a trade … with the deep understanding that in apartheid South Africa black workers could not lay claim to workers` rights outside …

… The draft laws were gazetted, providing some benefits for Black people. These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to be in White areas. The Minister of Cooperation and Development, …

… from Sharpeville where they had filmed the desecration of Black graves by right-wing extremists. His colleague, Dudley … back. Members of the ANC Youth League turned over suspects in the killing to police the following day. … cpj.org  [Accessed: 23 April 2014]|Ferriera, T., SA TV biz in shock after death of cameraman Dudley Saunders , from …

… by White mineworkers to a perceived injustice that Black miners were taking jobs that ought to have been … put thousands out of work and caused a devastating loss in coal and gold production. …

… African Students, Durban, 29 Nov-3 Dec 1983. Included in report is the information that the National Union is part of the United Democratic Front. Relations with Black student organisations, community, labour and women's …

… as “a self-appointed observer and critic into the society in which I was born,” in a conversation with Nadine Gordimer … enacted the systemic oppression of the majority of black citizens under white minority rule, curtailing human … expanded the project to include ex-offenders in England’s Black Country. DAVID GOLDBLATT, Eric Allison at the side …

… Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ). The first rent paying Tenants … and agrarian reform in Natal. Its main aim was to assist Black rural people whose tenure was insecure and did not have … grew steadily. One woman who came from Umbulwane, a ‘black spot’ situated near Ladysmith, said that they were …