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Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… Security Council is at present seized of the question of apartheid, following its resolution of August 7th. [1] (2) … the purpose of discussing and deciding…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance … by the National Party (NP) in 1948,…
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… Nelson Mandela and silence anti-racist resistance to apartheid in South Africa. On July 21, 2018, Palestinian … their cause could attract. A sensory time…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… and a half years. He returned to Stellenbosch to further his studies and soon left for the Universities of Halle and Freiburg in Germany where he completed a…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… of South Africa, particularly in the struggle against apartheid. She is also known as the ex-wife of the former … experience of the oppression of black…
BiographyWilliam Khanyile
… years in prison which he served on Robben Island . On his release in 1972, he was placed under a banning order and … the trial collapsed and he was acquitted…
BiographyLucas Radebe
… April 1969 in Diepkloof, Soweto. When he was 15 years old, his parents sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in the township. Soccer was one…
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… Patrick Chamusso will be remembered for his role in the bombing of Sasol’s Secunda power plant in the 1980s as a protest against the apartheid regime. But…
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was a housewife who was also intensely involved in … uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operative,…
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… On 10 March 1961, members of the Anti-apartheid Movement (AAM) ended their 72 - hour vigil outside … Town Campus) pg 1. Action for Southern Africa, 'The Anti…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… Matshikiza. They were a family of renowned musicians; his mother was a noted soprano, and his father played the organ in the Anglican Church. … notably Hamba…
BiographyOscar Hollander
… for a time under the latter. It is from this phase of his work that the example exhibited here dates. Hollander later … scenes in watercolour for which he…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… had no contact with the increasing political opposition to apartheid. One would have expected him to accept the status … - the African people. At Port…
BiographyLetta Mbulu
… South African Artists, where she became exposed to folk, American Jazz and Brazilian music, and has worked with the …
BiographyErnest Methuen Mancoba
… carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion of his course, he remained at the College teaching Zulu until … English at Khaiso Secondary School in…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… was later forced off the land. Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by his family. His formal education was…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… transformation, away from the life destroying system of apartheid, have been created by dint of struggle. We have … 1991 at the Convention for a Democratic…
ArchiveJoin the Irish anti apartheid movement : help the struggle for freedom in South Africa
… offset litho; black; Join the Irish anti apartheid movement : help the struggle for freedom in South … Join the Irish anti apartheid movement : help the…
BiographyGerard Moerdyk
… windows and Cape Dutch gables. He is well known for his work on the Bloemfontein Reserve Bank Buildings and the …
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
… literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is now Professor of English at the … in Vrede one of the small towns in Orange Free…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… her bosses to fire her. Michael Harmel worked for most of his life as a poorly paid member of the Communist Party, … to Ray and Michael's home. Eventually…
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
… in a nursing training course, but eventually took up work as a machinist in a clothing factory, where she worked … gained wide recognition overseas as a…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
… This was during the 1980's when the resistance against the apartheid regime was intensifying. He also joined Bonteheuwel … of the Mkhonto Wesizwe , the…
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… 2), General De La Rey released General Lord Methuen after his wounds were treated. After only travelling 29 kilometres … once again taken - De La Rey had…
An American soldier is killed by a land mine in Somalia and a second dies in a truck crash, bringing to six the number of Ameri
… An American soldier is killed by a land mine in Somalia and a …
BiographyPeter Mokaba
… was born on 7 January 1959 in Polokwane, where he did both his primary and high school education. During the 1976 … , Mokaba became a leader of school…
BiographyRaymond Mhlaba
… Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. Five of his siblings died in childhood. Mhlaba attended school at … In 1942, he moved to Port Elizabeth…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… Honours degree in Economics in 1970. After receiving his degree he became a lecturer in the Department of … Advisory and Co-ordinating Council (TUACC) and…
Dr Paul Bosman is murdered in his home in Shelly Beach, KwaZulu Natal, ten days after his retirement as head of the SA veterina
… Dr Paul Bosman is murdered in his home in Shelly Beach, KwaZulu Natal, ten days after his retirement as head of the SA veterina …
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo addressed 20 000 of his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu: "I am … of no less a person than Paul Kruger…