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BiographySimon Nkoli
… become one of the longest running trials in South African history spanning 240 days in court. It would be two years … everyone is protected by the law: black…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… her a copy of a Black Consciousness booklet which featured women activists (like Winnie Mandela ) involved in the … under the State of Emergency and became…
Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 67 …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… to university campuses and other platforms where women don’t have the right of immediate reply.” In February … career, as he was dependent on the tradition…
ArticleKora
… over water and grazing rights, or the ownership of women or livestock usually caused the divisions amongst … cattle and land raids came to a head in 1868,…
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
… Congress', he reported, ‘marked a definite epoch in the history of the Africans' who were ‘turning a new page in the history of their development, if they…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
… Fort Hare and graduated in 1950 with a BA in English and History. During this time, he came into contact with Nelson … until his return in 1991. Matthews…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
… and struggle in a landscape. The images evoke memory and history and the untold stories of the aftermath of conflict. … African Archive, Walther Collection,…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… as well as students from other English speaking African colonial-administered countries. At Fort Hare Selby found … South ”. Daniel Magaziner “Designing…
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 37 … South Africa's Radical Tradition a…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle … this violent clash marked a turning point…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… were forced to work for European landowners to survive.The colonial government turned a blind eye to the widespread … from their homes and land. Photo from…
BiographyMartha Helena Cillie
… Christelike Vrouevereniging (Afrikaans Christian women's society) for many years. Cillié spent her retirement …
BiographyMary Maria Burton
… organisation that comprised of mostly White middle class women. The apartheid government and most White people were … [Accessed on 14 may 2012]|Black Sash…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… these sick people. During that time Phyllis working with a Women’s Association was also involved in making her … continued to write and was engaged in…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… in preserving storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and has encouraged South African children to …
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… Fourie and Toweel, one of the most successful in the history of South African boxing, continued throughout the …
BiographyDr. Connie Mulder
… Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied …
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… and life. She topped the charts in 2004 and also made history when she was nominated in the Best African Act …
Cornelius Petrus Mulder
… Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied …
BiographyPhilip Ata Kgosana
… seen by some as a critical turning point in South African history. In return for a promise that leaders would be given … T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to…
BiographyBen Mclennan
… a number of books including, A Proper Degree of Terror , a history of the British campaign on the Eastern Frontier, …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… regarding trading rights for Indians 1911 13 March, Colonial Born Indian Association formed due to the … which allowed polygamy. This denoted all Muslim and…
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew THE …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… 1903-04, lists 259 Indians as voters (nine of which are women), compared with 3 242 White voters. 1905 The … licences and the registration of voters, with…
ArchiveANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis
… Davis, R. (2020). ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home … ANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s…
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… School). Ramphele won the 1968 South African Jewish Women’s Association Scholarship and the Sir Ernest … with money from the BCP. Here she set about…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… with the band until 1957. After this Makeba sang for all-women group, the Skylarks, which combined jazz and … said of people imitating her ‘look’: "I see…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… the most appreciated and best-loved pulpit orators in its history. Everyone who knew him could testify to his humanity, … CT., 1934; --- A. v. SMIT, God made…
ArticleZulu
… early as the eleventh century - see South Africa's general history timeline . Language, culture and beliefs: The Zulu … has no basis in culture or history…