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BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
… on to pursue further studies part time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Makhathini joined politics and devoted his time to organizing the people as an…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class boycott. This became … to a massive popular revolt in the province…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … during which, with few exceptions, very little work was being…
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
… emotion that would have most likely dominated his mind, body and his psyche, would be that which could be compared to … the tingle that comes over a fighter…
BiographyEphraim Mojalefa Ngatane
… Artists, mainly concerned with the social conditions of their segregated settlements, emerged through the Polly … between 1952 and 1954, under Cecil Skotnes…
BiographyDiane Case
… was born in Woodstock , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race mother of slave ancestry. The family later moved to Wittebome in ……
BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
… In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He enrolled at the University of Zululand to study law. On campus he joined the Black ……
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… she imagined becoming a singer or a dancer. Her dreams of becoming an artist were opposed by her parents, and she … the evolution of slavery she became the…
ArchiveTranscript of interviews of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Sunday Novermber 26, 1978
… Transcript of the interviews of the General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Bishop Desmond … Transcript of interviews of the General…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… Workers! History confronts the subject peoples of South Africa with a momentous question! Either a … and unorganised, facile subjects to the imperialist…
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while … and community leader, Chris Nangalembe who was a member of the African National…
PlaceLeeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town
… Monument in 1966. Leeuwenhof, the official residence of the Premier of the Cape Province, stands on the slope of Table Mountain. It is reached by an avenue…
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at … as an exceptional player. Sewgolum…
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. Taylor later trained for the … work in Northern Rhodesia. He was…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer The riots broke out in Soweto … tell them, just stick to your syllabus and keep away from being…
BiographyBarend de Wet
… his untimely death had long become an emblematic figure of the artist, the possibilities of the playfulness in the creative act and the ostensible … 2010…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
… To cover 22 years of imprisonment in chronological order is too difficult - and … where new prisoners came in, he would see this happen. But being a prisoner…
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… On 8 August 2006, hundreds of women gathered in Bloemfontein to launch a new national … organisation called the Progressive Women's Movement of South Africa…
ArchiveConstitution of the National Union of South African Students
… Appendix A: Constitution of the National Union of South African Students of the Minutes of the 53rd Congress of the National Union of … Constitution of the…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… South Africa has a population of 15 million, of which 12 million are non-whites and 3 million are whites. … for providing cheap labour for industries. Cheap…
BiographyKaiser Daliwonga Matanzima
… Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in … Bantu Authorities Act in the 1950s, the Bunga, the…
BiographyAndries Hendrik Potgieter
… Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony on the 19th of December 1792. He was the second child of Petronella Margaretha and Hermanus Potgieter. He fought…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… later immigrated to South Africa, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892. In 1903, M.K Gandhi , who had … campaigns, enrolled as an attorney in…
3. Charge of assault against an estate manager
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There are many cases on record of indentured…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… war, the French extended great influence and by 1912, part of Morocco became a French protectorate. The northern part of Morocco, the Rif area, was ceded to…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
… Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable ……
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… The Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) was formed, with 9 affiliates. CUSA … the Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of Black Trade…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
… Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties, ……
BiographyElmon Malele
… in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents forcibly removed by the apartheid regime to … December 1956. He was freed in January…
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… deputy defence minister, attended the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France, which raged from 15 to 20 July … the commemoration…