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Black Renaissance Convention
… A letter of invitation to attend the Black Renaissance Convention organised under the auspices of ASSECA, S.A. Council of Churches, NG Kerk in Africa,…
ArchiveAfrican worker consciousness: origins and aspects to 1953
… African worker consciousness: origins and aspects to 1953 …
Father Bernard Huss, founder of the first cooperative associations for Black farmers in SA, is born in Wurtemberg, Germany.
… Huss, founder of the first cooperative associations for Black farmers in SA, is born in Wurtemberg, Germany. …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… Mokoena was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg during World War II. He grew up … awareness had developed into anger. He got involved with Black Consciousness…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the … studying at Turfloop, he was drawn to the philosophy of Black…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… Hlaku Rachidi was born on 11 April 1944 at Ga-Nchabeleng in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He was … Organisation (SASO) inspired by the…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups in protest over…
ArchiveSport in S.A.
… Sport in S.A. …
ArchiveWhites in a changing S.A.
… 5 Freedoms Forum Notice of meeting. Black and white poster with white and black lettering. Meeting at Wits Arcade on Friday, 25th … Whites in a changing S.A…
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… C.W. Malan put forth a motion in parliament on this day: “That this House strongly … the backdrop of the South African government recruiting Black people for…
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… Kalushi Drake Koka was born in Pietersburg on the 9th of June,1927. He enrolled for … alongside Steve Biko and became a founding member of the Black…
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… - 00:54 - Personal details 00:54 - 01:19 - Early interest in art and needlework 01:19 - 01:47 - Lack of opportunities for aspirant black artists 01:47 - 01…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… National Authority president, Yasser Arafat, arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the … between the African National Congress and…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years … National Congress (ANC). He soon became involved with the Black…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… In the early 1960s the Apartheid government moved swiftly to dislodge numerous Black communities on the Transvaal Highveld occupying land in … outside the…
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
… Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban . She spent her pre-school years with … went to teach in Durban where she soon…
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
… political activist and founding member of the Black Sash , has for the most part of history, been a … having tea with five of her white English speaking…
Ismail Mohamed is appointed as the first Black judge of SA.
… Ismail Mohamed is appointed as the first Black judge of SA. …
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in his formation as an artist. She kept alive their … (qv.) and Thami Mnyeli responded to the call of the…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal … of a South Africa that was racially…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… the brutality of the apartheid system. Mnguni was born in Soweto on the 18th of November in 1953. He attended and … history of many South Africans, telling…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa Njabulo … There are three kinds of socially significant groups in South Africa. There…
BiographyMthuli ka Shezi
… Mthuli ka Shezi was a leading Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) intellectual. He was also a … reviews by the People’s Experimental Theatre Group in the…
BiographyCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
… Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born on 1st June in 1926 in East London. Skotnes served in the South African Forces in … 1963 he succeeded Walter Battiss as…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC), announced that the riots had ushered in a new era of political…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
… George Matthias Winkles was born in Birmingham, England, 1859. Winkles came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley … finances. He…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
… Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of … religious background would influence…
BiographyBen Khoapa
… Ben Khoapa first became interested in politics while a student at a boarding school in Lesotho. … became involved with Steve Biko and other youth in the…
BiographyCynthia Shange
… Cynthia Shange was born in Lamontville, Durban, in Kwazulu Natal. She started … her to enter the Miss South Africa competition for Black beauty queens…
Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions (CCOBTU)
… Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions (CCOBTU) …