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BiographyGraham Goddard
… Cape Flats, in Wetton, Wynberg and, Belthorn. In 1980 his family moved to Mitchell’s Plain where he currently lives. He … Stevens and Appolis invited him to…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… from Britain under the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah the All African People Conference was held in the capital city Accra … felt that Ghana independence would…
EventSouth African athlete, Sergio Motsoeneng, admits to cheating in Comrades Marathon
… were those of a desperate man from a poverty-stricken family. The two brothers were later suspended for ten years … South African athlete, Sergio Motsoeneng,…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was formed during an … trade union co-coordinating body, and ally of the African National Congress (ANC)…
BiographyJames Kantor
… that Wolpe was involved with uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s (ANC) military wing. Nor, he … movement, someone whom Ivan Schermbrucker…
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
… town of Ibusa, where she spent most of her childhood. The family was very poor and the mother did not have a formal education. The family only had enough…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973 Events in the last nine … industry and repeats itself in…
BiographyIngrid Jonker
… as D.J. Opperman and her work was published regularly in family magazines such as Die Huisgenoot . The first … Mandela said that: “She was both a poet and a…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… the late 1940s and went to work in Durban. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1953 at Emsizini in Durban … the regime banned 24 trade…
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… that her stepson was murdered together with seven other African National Congress (ANC) members in the Maputo raid in Mozambique by South African Army. In…
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
… a member and treasurer of the Durban branch of the South African Congress of Democrats . In 1955, she was a member of the Secretariat of the Joint Executive…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… he created the sets for King Kong, a celebrated South African musical tracing the tragic story of a real-life … Johannesburg, in 1961 as headquarters for…
BiographyKing Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
… his education. A heated debate ensued between the South African government and the KwaZulu royal family over the choice of regency. He was installed as the ……
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… Bophuthatswana was granted ‘independence' by the South African government. The region became the second Bantustan to … leaving scores of people dead…
BiographyWalter Sidney Felgate
… the University of Lourenco Marques and worked in the rural areas of southern Mozambique for a year. He was a … to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . He later…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… was a devout anarchist, while his ancestors in his wider family were famed Cretan rebels who had fought against the … South Africa illegally aged 20 and…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… and 65 years old. Conscripts became members of the South African Defense Force (SADF), or the South African Police (SAP). They were used to enforce the ……
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… a secret meeting in London between representatives of the African National Congress and Inkatha. There has been no … points which are likely to give the…
BiographyWalter Battiss
… Battiss was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and … and drew and painted since childhood…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… Communist Party of South Africa (now known as the South African Communist Party (SACP) ) as well as the Springbok … Thornton got involved in night school…
BiographyEdward 'Eddie' John Daniels
… School. District 6 was one of the so-called “coloured” areas as classified by the Apartheid government; and it was … National Committee for Liberation, which…
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
… Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies was founded by Baruch Hirson from 1988-1993, … was concerned with the political…
EventSAFCA distances itself from boycott of South African goods
… The South African Federation of Consumer Associations (SAFCA) issued a statement distancing itself from a body called the South African Consumers Association…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… the HASA conference has three distinctly southern African foci, namely: 1.‘History Wars’ Each era has its … for panels (3+ papers) and individual papers on…
BiographyClements Kadalie
… Mr and Mrs. Musa Kadalie Muwamba.He was born into chiefly family,in or shortly before 1896, his education was overseen … on top of that Kadalie was a…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
… Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when she was about six years … the Congress of Democrats , the Federation…
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 13 January 1983. She is a South African hockey legend. Marsha is one of the world’s most … players, with more than 330 caps. Her…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… to her only child and few years later. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, participating as a … League and a leading member of the…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
… the Afrapix office, which was first based at the South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso … to 1999. McKenzie was the Johannesburg head…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… evolves. However, all is not well. Friction mounts as African tenants level allegations of exorbitant rent-hikes … Government instructs the municipality to…