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BiographyBhekisisa Harold Nxasana
Harold Bhekisisa Nxasana was born on 26 September 1936 at Ixopo in southern Natal. His father, a teacher who later worked as a mine clerk, was killed in the…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… the country. Zephania Mothopeng was born on 10 September 1913 in the Free State in the district of Vrede. Mothopeng …
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Africa. One important such process was on 23 September 1913 (see our Women's Chronology) when women in the Free …
BiographyMabel Balfour
Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning…
BiographyLeonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso
Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso was born in Pimville, Soweto. From 1962 to 1970, while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art Centre under Cecil…
BiographyEdward Arthur Roworth
Edward Roworth was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
"South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party…
BiographyPiet Makgofe
Born in 1914 Makgofe was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress in 1938 and was active in the 1946 African miners' strike.
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
Bongiwe Dhlomo was born on 25 June 1956 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and grew up in nearby Bergville. Dhlomo matriculated in 1974 from St Chad's School in…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga. She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of…
BiographyAnne-Marie Wolpe
Ann-Marie Wolpe was born on 1 December 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. She was the daughter of Abraham and Pauline (Braude) Kantor…
BiographyJuly Mashaba
Born in 1918, Mashaba was a factory worker. He joined the African National Congress during the Defiance Campaign and was active in the Moroka branch.
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… off the land following the passing of the Land Act in 1913. …
BiographyJack Madikane
Robben Island prisoner Banned person. Dimbaza. Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) Issued Period(s) [30 June 1972 to 31/7/1973]
BiographyPhilemon Mashibini
Born in 1912, Mashibini was a businessman. He joined the African National Congress in 1951. He was active in the Defiance Campaign and a prominent Queenstown…
BiographyDaniel R Koza
Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow crossed Gordon's.Drawn into trade union work and the…
Document 113 - National Liberation League of South Africa, Honesty is the Best Policy (c. 1938)
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
In September 1915, the Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection…
BiographyJudith Mason
Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She matriculated from the…
BiographyPumzile Majeke
Local chair of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) branch at Fort Hare University in 1972-1973.Regional secretary of SASO in Natal (now KwaZulu…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… was published as Specimens of Bushman Folklore (1911). In 1913, Lucy received an honorary doctorate from the University … for her socialist activities, Ray…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
Sonnie Bhugwan
Former secretary of Natal Indian Youth Congress. Served with five-year banning orders in 1964, and again for five years from 31 December 1968 to 31 December…
BiographyNtsoane Jackson
Restricted to Mphahlele, Thabamoapo, N. Transvaal. He was detained in 1963 and charged in August 1964 with sabotage as alleged member of MK. He was convicted…
BiographyRobert Tunsi
Robert Tunsi was born in 1914. He was a businessman and he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1937. He was chairman of the committee which built the…
BiographyGert Petrus Swart
Swart was born in Durban in 1952. After matriculating from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College, Durban, where he…
BiographyStanley Silwana
Stanley Silwana was one of the first African recruits to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), he joined the Young Communist League in 1923 and attended…
BiographyJosepha Selhorst
Josepha Selhorst was born in 1914, in Rietberg, Westphalia, Germany. She studied at UN(P) 1941-47 under Rosa Hope gaining a BA(FA) 1947 and 1956-57 at…
BiographyObie Oberholzer
Oberholzer was born in Pretoria. He attended school at Clapham High School, Pretoria. In 1970 he obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, University of…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
1924 E.S. Reddy is born in a small village of Pallapalli in India to E.V. Narasa Reddy, a Gandhian who went to prison in the individual satyagraha in 1941,…