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ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't … Port Elizabeth and East London (as…
BiographyEddie J. Khaile
… Communists from the executive committee. In 1927 he became one of the first Africans elected to the central committee of …
BiographyGqeba Mzwandile
… family’s shack shop in the township of NAME. Mzwandile had one brother and two sisters. Gqeba Mzwandile was sentenced to …
BiographyChristopher James Albertyn
… of the Textile Workers Industrial Union in Durban. He was one of those banned in November 1976 along with 22 people …
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… invitation of the Archdeacon of Cape Town, the brother of one of his father’s parishioners, he boarded a ship to South … on bail, was charged with four…
Fourthly, as to the NATIVE QUESTION
… of South Africa shall provide for the establishment of one sovereign state, a common South African citizenship and a … to inter alia the fundamental rights…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… Mbhazima Shilowa, former the Gauteng Premier, now one of the leaders of Congress of the People (COPE) as … the accuser and that they have had sexual…
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
… English and Afrikaans speaking South Africans. He became one of the representatives from Natal to be invited to attend … resulted in the formation of two…
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
… assaulted by security police. Before his death (which was one in a string of prison deaths), he had been seen by Dr … to their patients, irrespective of the…
Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations Sanctions Resolution: Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 05 November 1982, New York
… which obliges the Security Council to take action under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The international … of sanctions is, as is well known, the…
BiographyJim Lithako
… Free State [now Free State Province]. He was said to be one of the leading agitators in Witzieshoek, who had refused …
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… that all these several documents should be combined in one single instrument, they (the Signatory Powers) have … into one General Act, composed of the…
Belonging - A History of Indian South Africans
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Across oceans and centuries, this sweeping narrative shuttles between the corridors of the Colonial Office in London, the contested…
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… He completed his matric at Mamelodi High School – art was one of his subjects, which his teacher, Alex Selepe, … group exhibitions in South Africa. In 1979,…
BiographyAlois Mate
… resisted arrest and as a consequence two were killed and one injured.” With no compromise from the side of the state, … arrest, firearms were used against…
BiographyPeter Becker
… the Basotho followed in 1964 and 1969 respectively. During one of his trips to the rural areas he met members of the …
BiographyGünther Komnick
… years as a farm hand before being given his big break by one Joseph Bromberger, who set him on his way to become a …
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… did result in a number of published and unpublished works. One of the plays that emerged in 1972 was Sizwe Bansi is …
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… Police assigned a special unit to the area. Kriel was one of ‘The Five’ student leaders who were specifically …
BiographyTrevor Andrew Manuel
… played an important role in the bus boycott because he was one of the few activists that was not detained. From here …
BiographyFred Carneson
… their house was under a 24 hour police surveillance. On one occasion, snipers fired into their home just missing the …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… This earned him the nickname ‘Makhalipile’ or dauntless one. During this time he developed close friendships with … Anglican priest, author, one of the first…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… we have to share an honour of witnessing the closing of a chapter of an epic contribution to freedom and justice. But … to bring about peace and democracy…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 93 S. B., "Unite … is very much complicated by the racial…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… ‘ordinary’ women. As their stories get printed and known, one realizes that they are not ordinary at all’ ( SPEAK 51). … reputation and fearless progressive…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… border. Two more cadres were ambushed on the same day, and one person managed to escape. After the events along the … (TRC) . Subsequent to the massacre,…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… formal education up to standard three (grade five), one of her biggest strengths was her ability to speak fluent … 17 April 1954 in central Johannesburg,…
BiographyFrans Ramaro
… station and did not return. It was alleged that he was one of the supporters of the banished Makwena Matlala who was …
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… his friends and fellow students home during the holidays. One of these friends was Mohamed Mayat, whom Mayat married in … Having sold more than 500 000…
BiographyBeauclerk Upington
… on 29 March, 1873. He arrived in Cape Town at the age of one. He was educated at the South African College School, …