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Testimony of Saul Msane, Sprinkhaan, and Jonas Mapope before the Eastern Transvaal Natives Land Committee, October 23, 1917 [Extracts]
Petition to the Prime Minister, from the Rev. John L. Dube, President, South African Native National Congress, February 14, 1914
Albertina Sisulu, wife of ANC leader, Walter Sisulu is placed under a banning order for the fifth time since 1963.
Black October: the Impact of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 on South Africa by H. Phillips, 1990, South Africa
Black October by H. Phillips, 1990, South Africa (Part 1 of 8) Black October by H. Phillips, 1990, South Africa (Part 2 of 8) Black October by H. Phillips,…
UDF Poster ‘UDF UNITES - APARTHEID DIVIDES: UDF: UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT : FORWARD TO PEOPLE’S POWER!’ by UDF, 1983, South Africa
Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, born in Gamatlala near Pretoria in 1911, dressmaker, political activist and trade unionist who spent sev
Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i
James Henry (Biddy) Anderson, SA cricket player in one test match against Australia (1902-1903), is born in Kimberley.
Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka (born c. 1911), politician and founder of the African Democratic Party (ADP) and also an influential and
Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka (born c. 1911), politician and founder of the African Democratic Party (ADP) and also an influential and
Pieter Johannes Hendrik Coetzee, cultural reformer after the Rebellion in 1914 and World War I, is born in Burgersdorp, CC.
"The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists." Statement "issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C.," April 6, 1963
Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, is executed by a firing squad after being found
The Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, discloses in Parliament that during 1973 the government for political reasons banned a to
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),
BiographyJan Gerritze Bantjes
Jan Gerritze Bantjes was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at Blesberg, in the present…
BiographySamuel Makoanyane
Samuel Makoanyane was born in 1909, Parys, Orange Free State. For most of his life Makoanyane lived in the village of Koalabata, in the Teyateyaneng district…
BiographyEllen Lambert
Ellen Lambert was born on the 5th of March 1934 at Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape Province. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the age of 19 in…
BiographyThe Taung Child
In November 1924, a fossilized child's skull was found in a quarry at Taung in the present-day Northwest Province. Professor Raymond Dart discovered that it…
BiographyRuben Xulu
Ruben Xulu, born deaf on 10 May 1952 and attended school in Mgangatho from 1955 to 1961. He began carving with Bernard Gcwensa at Hiabisa mission station and…
BiographyMax Gordon
Max Gordon was born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of…
Henry Eric Isaacs
Henry Eric Isaacs was born March 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one…
BiographyFlorence Matomela
Florence Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising five children. In 1950, angered by new influx control regulations…
Wendy Schwegmann
Wendy Schwegmann was born in 1954 in Zululand, where she spent her youth. She has a diploma in Interior Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate…
BiographyGana Makabeni
Gana Makabeni was born in the Transkei. He attended a Communist night school and joined the Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) as a young worker in the…
Josias Madzunya
Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931,…
BiographyBertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver died when Bertha was about four years old, after his death her family…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… militancy, violence and bloodshed than in Bloemfontein (1913) because international communism had influenced the …
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
We meet in the wake of great international gatherings concerned with the building of a future of peace, progress and friendship among the peoples comprising…
BiographyTholakele Madala
Tholakele Madala was born in Kokstad on 13 July 1937. He matriculated at St John's College in Umtata before obtaining a BA degree at the University of Fort…