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BiographyMildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area for African…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1960 - 1979
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… of films such as "topical," "humorous," and "dramatic". 1906 The first film on sport was screened at the Tivoli Music …
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Minutes of the Seventh National Executive Council Meeting held at D.O.C.C. Johannesburg, on the 17th April 1976
Minutes of the Seventh National Executive Council Meeting of the Black Peoples Convention held at D.O.C.C. Johannesburg, on 17 April 1976
Document 49 - ”The Stay-Home Call: Why did it fail?”. Congress Voice, issued by Emergency Committee of the A.N.C., 2, 2, May 1960
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 49 - ”The Stay-Home Call: Why did it fail?"…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
H.E. Sir Geoffrey Howe Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs London. Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18 July…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a…
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
Tlou Theophilus Cholo was born in 1926 at Kgakana Village, Polokwane. A son to a trade unionist, his father worked in Johannesburg where he was an active…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was born in Munhango, Moxico Province in eastern Angola on 3 August 1934. Savimbi's primary education took place at Protestant mission…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers'…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
Athol Thorne was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His parents were…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
Justice Arthur Chaskalson was born in Johannesburg on 24 November 1931. In 1952 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954…
BiographyChris McGregor
Christopher McGregor was born on 24 December 1936 in Somerset West in the Western Cape. He grew up in Blythswood in the Transkei (now a part of the Eastern…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
Gille de Vlieg was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth, England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and began her tertiary…
BiographyLesley Lawson
One of the founding members of Afrapix, Lesley Lawson was born in Durban in 1952. She matriculated from Durban Girls College and attended the University of…
BiographySadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim Idel Krill, a Yiddish…
BiographyManonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
Manonmony Pillay was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 November 1908. Her family was originally from the Thanjavur district in India and her…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia was born on 28 March 1924 at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Natoo Babenia’s political activism…
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers'…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… rugby for the Western Province and formed part of the 1906 Paul Roos Springbok team that toured through Britain and …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work in progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the…
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sprag given 25, Sowetan, 7 November 1986
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sprag guilty of treason, Argus, 3 November 1986
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Marion Sparg_s letter to her mother, 1986
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
Mr. Ngubane has written most voluminously in several issues of the Indian Opinion making scathing and unjustified remarks about the African National Congress…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
The tragedy that has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that has shocked and…
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