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BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
… to her father and from that she started hating the Apartheid Laws, especially the Group Areas Act and the Pass … National Congress (ANC) in calling for…
ArchiveStatement by Moltino Mtantalala on his employment and subsequent resignation at Lyndhurst Farm
… by Moltino Mtantalala about circumstances surrounding his resignation and eviction from Lyndhurst Farm … Statement by Moltino Mtantalala on his employment…
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… of the African spirit of resistance and no surrender to apartheid strategies - by the state sponsored "witdoeke", the … Urban crisis and the apartheid state…
BiographyAthol Edwin 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 not…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In 1952, the Apartheid Government demanded that Luthuli choose between his chieftainship and the ANC. His refusal…
BiographyCaiphas Nxumalo
… free-lance artist in Pomeroy. He uses indigenous woods for his sculpture and also produces graphic work. Exhibitions: 1968: DAM (Art and Craft from Rorke's …
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
… throughout Mitchells Plain , grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her exact birthdate and … in her final months, Samuels continued…
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
… workers with trade union rights and political education.His father was a farmer,migrant mineworker,road construction … prisoners to whom they taught Marxist…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
… The area is known for its "bunny-chows", tearooms, saris, American Clothing stores, spices, jewellers, tailors, fah-fee … who were referred to as "non…
The Unevangelised Fields Mission is founded in England. UFM missionaries today work primarily in Latin America, Europe and Afri
… Mission is founded in England. UFM missionaries today work primarily in Latin America, Europe and Afri …
Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (Mikro), Afrikaans author who received the Scheepers Prize for youth work, is born on Van Reenen’s F
… author who received the Scheepers Prize for youth work, is born on Van Reenen’s F …
Mother Teresa, Nobel laureate known world wide for her charity work, receives the first state funeral accorded a private citize
… Teresa, Nobel laureate known world wide for her charity work, receives the first state funeral accorded a private …
The Azanian People’s Organisation and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti
… and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti …
ArchivePaper on apartheid presented on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23rd August - 5th September 1966
… Paper on apartheid presented by R M Resha on behalf of the African … South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on Apartheid, held at Brasilia,…
BiographyJoseph Booth
… a mission station in the Shire highlands of Nyasaland, but his unorthodox approach to mission work and his schemes for African self-help and advancement…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… in South Africa. Fourie was the son of Petrus Fourie and his Welsh wife, Violet Morris. He grew up in a poor environment and was only thirteen years old when…
BiographyPhilip Ata Kgosana
… Congress (PAC) for the Western Cape, he dropped his studies to do full-time political work. When the regional chairman was arrested on the eve of … Kgosana…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… it to be a new project for them to carry out together. In his autobiography, Gandhi explained that his ambition was to make her an ideal wife who learned…
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… 1936 and 1941.He then came to South Africa where he did his secondary schooling at St Ansgars Institution, … College, in Pietersburg (Polokwane), in 1946. He…
BiographyIan David Kitson
… 29 years’ imprisonment at the Pretoria Local Prison. After his release in 1984, Kitson returned to Britain and remarried his wife, Norma whom he had divorced…
BiographyMary Thipe
… in the Cato Manor region. She not only fought against the apartheid government’s strategies to keep Black families on … to harass her but this did not deter…
BiographyJohn Nyathi Pokela
… tirelessly to unite PAC factions on Robben Island. After his release in 1980, Pokela went into exile where he was … Pokela tried to reunite fragmented PAC in…
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
… a plan to kill President Kruger. When Joel rejected his proposal, he was shot and killed. Von Veltheim was later … Woolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to…
BiographyEve Hall
… other women for promoting the ANC (which was banned by the apartheid government at the time) by distributing leaflets … the first White women activists to be…
BiographyGerard Bhengu
… Centecow, Bulwer district, Southern Natal. Bhengu received his early education at the Roman Catholic Mission School of … Centecow. Kohler used some of these…
BiographyOhm Collins Chabane
… went to Angola for military training in 1980, and began work underground in 1981. Chabane was arrested by the … Mothlanthe , Mosiua Lekota and Popo Molefe…
BiographyDr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
… of the next five years in the Transvaal, commuting to see his patients on weekends whenever he could. His friends praised him as a man of quiet, self…
BiographyEthel de Keyser
… Langa massacres of 1960. Jack had become politicised by his experiences in the air force in the Second World War , and by his discovery of the horrors of the…
BiographyCameron Mbulelo Madikizela
… was imprisoned on Robben Island, from 1968 to 1970. Upon his release he was prevented by the South African Government … in the Transkei, Madikizela continued…
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
… is a journalist who was active in the South African anti-apartheid and the trade union movements. She obtained a … was political editor from August 1996 to…