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BiographyIsaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
Isaac Lesiba Maphotho (Bra Ike) was born in Ga-Makgato (Blouberg Municipality) on 26 February 1931. He completed his Standard 6 (Grade Eight) at Uitkyk…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
Twasile Champion Galela was born in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on 24 October 1947. He received his primary education at Hillskraal in Korsten. His family…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
Anti-apartheid activist Adelaine Hain who was successively jailed, banned and exiled to Britain in Pretoria in the early 1960s died peacefully on 8 September,…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…
ArchiveEdward Webster: South African intellectual, teacher, activist, a man of great energy and integrity, and the life and soul of any party
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Bomb attack was cowardly, TRC told, by Ross Morthey, The Star, 15 May 1998
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Pretoria - a bleak return to life and order, Rand Daily Mail, 23 May 1983
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, S. Africa claims heavy ANC losses in Maputo, Natal Witness, 24 May 1983
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Tambo ordered Church Street blast: ANC, Cape Times 12 May 1997
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, ANC mastermind campaign justifies Pretoria Church Street blast, SAPA, 6 May 1998
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, City's 'Bloody Friday' recalled - 25 years on, Pretoria News, 21 May 2008
BiographyJundea Bolowa Tubakwa
According to the minster of police in May 1969 Mr Jundea Tubakwa was detained on 10th September 1968 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and on 11th …
BiographySaul Simon Nhlapo
Saul Simon Nhlapo, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng], was considered a “ringleader”and was reportedly: The man most feared…
PlaceMkumeni Location, Flagstaff
The Ingquza Hill Local Municipality (previously the Qaukeni Local Municipality) is a Category B Municipality located within the OR Tambo District in the…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
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…
Victor M Mgadi
Victor M Mgadi was a political activist with the African National Congress(ANC) during the uprising agaisnt the Apartheid regime. He was also an Umkhonto we…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin was…
Statement of the President of the ANC Nelson R. Mandela at his inauguration as President of the Democratic Republic of South Africa Union buildings, 10 May 1994
Biko, Black Consciousness, and ‘the System’ eZinyoka: Oral History and Black Consciousness in Practice in a Rural Ciskei Village by Leslie Hadfield, 25 May 2010, South Africa
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Introduction Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as…
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… the Mondi newspaper award in 2001, putting my name on the map in our profession. I will always be grateful to Bra Juda …
BiographyKenneth Mfiki
Kenneth Mfiki was from Mooiplaats, East London, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape]. He allegedly “stirred up factions in the location” and ”insulted and…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein “Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster …
David Pratt
David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the United Kingdom to Johannesburg, South…
BiographyThobile Mpumza
Thobile Mpumza (26) was from Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009.He was dismissed in May 2011 after taking part in an…
BiographyAhmed Mahomed Cachalia
Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he…
BiographyMcgregor Mgolombane
McGregor Mgolombane, from Thembuland, Umtata District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was banished to Native Trust Farm Magagapere No. KU 1.8 (also…