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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… Muafangejo returned to Ovambo in 1976 and a collection of his prints, selected by Walter Battiss, was published. In … Awards: 1981: Republic Festival, Durban…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… INTRODUCTION In examining the history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) since its establishment in 1961, a number of distinct phases are discernible. Originally a…
BiographyHerschelle Herman Gibbs
… became his first choice. His career began at the early age of 16 when he debuted for the national cricket team, the … 1999 and the other in 2003 in South…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to South Africa as children with their parents, …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a … and institutions in every land and at every…
Archive2023 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2023
… State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 9 February 2023 Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, …
BiographyVuyani “The Beast” Bungu
… championship when he defeated Kennedy McKinney, of the United States of America, at the Carousel, Hammanskraal. Bungu also …