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BiographyGladstone Xala Tshume
… became local chairman of the party. Turning to trade union work, he led a successful strike of Port Elizabeth dock … and King William's Town. Until banning…
BiographyMtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana
… . The young Pukwana grew up studying the piano at his home and went on to play with the Broadway yanks and … later the Four Yanks. In a turn of events that…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil … and Afrikaans. Along with the…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
… Jiba. Mfeti was released from prison on 17 May 1977. Upon his release, he was placed under house arrest in Germiston. … law. The South African authorities…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Toast Remarks by President Jacob Zuma at the State Banquet in Honour of the President of Zambia, His Excellency, Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda during his State visit to South Africa, 02 December 2010, Pretoria, Presidential Guest House
… State Visit is a clear demonstration of our resolve to work together to consolidate our relations, for the benefit … liberation struggle, President Oliver…
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…
On the morning of Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned down as he steps out of his car in the driveway of his Boksburg home.
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 256 … Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned…
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…
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…