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BiographyThobile Mpumza
… his young daughter, sister, niece and four nephews, all of whom he supported financially. According to his sister, … died and how he died. After seeing the…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… Minister described and analysed the political dispensation of the day in an exemplary fashion. It was his first public appearance following the announcement…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
… S.J. du Toit invited Nesser to join the editorial team of “Ons Klyntji” and “Die Patriot” in 1899. Unfortunately … Afrikaans language movement grew he…
BiographyChief Kgosi Sekonyela
… He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father was Mantatisi, who was … in 1823. In the early 1830s Sekonyela…
BiographyMgcineni Noki
… Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Mambush was killed at scene … very least three times since his…
BiographyAnneke Laurie
… birth, the family was forced to leave the country because of the civil war. Since then her family has moved to … in documentary photography since her third…
BiographyGarth Erasmus
… at Hewat Training College in Cape Town. He received a set of oil paints as a 21st birthday gift ”” this prompted him to … Arts Associates in the Cape, a…
BiographyRosalie van der Gucht
… position as assistant in speech training at the University of Cape Town (UCT), which she accepted. She soon found … many performances. In 1946 she was…
BiographyDr. Phuthuma Seoka
… Progress, Johannesburg (Tributaries). Market Gallery (Out of Africa). 1986: WITS (two-person exhibition with Dr Jim … Western Cape. WITS (Standard Bank…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… training before was deployed to South African Congress of Trade Union (SACTU) underground machinery in Botswana. … in a fierce pre dawn cross border attack…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… At the Pan Africanist Congress's inaugural conference of April 1959, he was elected secretary for foreign affairs. … Island . He has since been restricted to…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… apartheid. However, despite the international recognition of September’s activist work and influence, her tragic death … in 1988 was never fully investigated…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… Ron Press, This is Ron Press' story of his part in the struggle against apartheid. Forced into … year. Which Side Are You On My first revolutionary act…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As far as could be established by modern … African…
BiographyThabiso Johannes Thelejane
… 2. He was shot 3 times by the police – twice in the back of his head and in his buttock. He left behind his wife, two … responsibilities and listened to…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… and for generations. Such was the great freedom movement of Ireland, and I believe the movement in my own country, … to all ethical values. It seeks the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Religion and Churches
… their spiritual make-up, the Africans exhibit indications of striking affinity to the people of the Orient, i.e., Asiatics. Africans are a deeply … the right…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
… HAD ITS BEGINNING as a propaganda force from the plinth of Van Riebeeck Statue, Adderley Street, Cape Town, when it stood at the bottom of Dock Road in the…
PlaceCameroon
… to as a “true African crossroads” not only because of its geographical position, but also because of the country's great variety of ethnic groups and spoken …
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… Last year on December 15, Max Boqwana, the CEO of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF), posted a Notice on this … that starting in January this year, we would…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… in any organisation when people freely express their point of view." -President A. J. Luthuli It is always necessary to distinguish between constructive…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… Glitters by Emilia Potenza Up to the 1860s the economy of South Africa was based on agriculture and trade. Then the discovery of diamonds marked the…
Maggie Smith
… and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the press … example. A highly political person and an…
BiographyThomas Selema Masekela
… and then returned to Randjesfontein and became principal of the Masekela school there. He remained there for five … he came into contact with Dr C.P. Anning,…
BiographyRobert Edward Jansen
… 1949. The Cape Doctor, as he was popularly known, was one of South Africa’s most celebrated alto saxophonist, composer, … the early 1970s, Jansen shot to…
BiographyRuben Xulu
… Hiabisa mission station and embarked on a life-long career of producing religious sculptures for missions in Natal. Unlike Gcwensa, who because of ill-health…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National Congress…
BiographyLeoni Marinovich
… Leoni has co- produced one 24 minute documentary, Village of the Spirits, for SABC2 (2001), a 52 minute film on the … managed accounts totalling USD 1…
BiographyPatricia Horn
… vendors and she is currently the International Coordinator of an alliance of street vendors, Street Net. … Trade unionist and interntiona co-ordinator of…
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
… in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From … in 1970. He wrote a historical novel called Ama…