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BiographyAndries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
… was highly regarded by both the British and local Black leaders and when he died in Magaliesberg on 23 July …
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… unique nursery for independence and self-employment among black South Africans and Africans of neighbouring British …
BiographyHelen Suzman
… gender discrimination, especially discrimination against Black women. Suzman was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 36 …
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… to read books on her own, because she was the only black nun. She wrote to the Bishop to get a dispensation and …
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… she became distressed. For instance, from November 1989, Black Sash and other women’s organisations piled pressure on …
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… its secretary for the Johannesburg region, responsible for black groups. In 1951 he formally joined the ANC Youth …
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
… through African eyes (1969) My ups and downs: a black Christian in Southern Africa (1976) The Early Church in …
BiographyIvan Toms
… of the Campaign’s call for troops not to be deployed in Black townships. In February 1985, the Apartheid Government …
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… Young Painter Award the following year for his figures in black and white. In the late 1950s he created the sets for …
BiographyVesta Smith
… Smith also served on the Executive Committee of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). She was denied a passport by … Congress, member of the Executive…
BiographyHarold Rubin
… and formed his own quartet. The quartet snuck into the black township, Sophiatown, and made music with saxophonist …
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
… prison. After the arrival of political prisoner from the Black Consciousness Movement , he successfully recruited some …
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… car, a Peugeot. The car dealers were suspicious of how a black man would have the money to buy such a car, so they …
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… In mid 1906, the Natal colonialist in the face of rising Zulu resentment against the imposition of a …
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… on New Year’s Eve members of this klops (club) appeared in black face and minstrel costumes. The march was poorly attended and …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… for unity among Africans and redefines the challenges that face them in the light of new pieces of apartheid legislation … ', Chief Luthuli introduces the…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… most notably by two strands: those aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), and those aligned with … of SASM and its relation to the BCM,…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… had already made an earnest appeal to all leaders - both black and white - to come together with a view to forming a … his appeal for a united front, Chief…
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… at the same time, during this period there is evidence of black and white children being educated in common classrooms. … growing missionary movement to…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… claimsresponsibility for a series of bombings in the black township of Soweto. The Boeremag sent an e-mail to the … a formula for poison to put into water…
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
… from wrecks. Persons found guilty of these offences can face a fine and prison sentence. The purpose of this …
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… that bound our minds and gave us back our humanity in the face of an implacable and a menacing enemy. Biko’s philosophy … had been done to Biko! It sent out…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… When Black workers in Durban embarked on a wave of strikes in … by the late 1980s. From the beginning of the 20 th century Black workers in South Africa made…
Ruth Alexander
… the grounds that it was calculated merely to ‘dilute’ the black vote in the Cape. Other key figures from the WEL too, …
BiographyVilla Baker
… stop her from being active in the women’s’ organisation, Black Sash . She marched, in Pretoria, with Helen Joseph and …
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
… to burn the hated pass books that the law required all black people to carry on them. As a member of the Matopo …
BiographyDora Taylor
… meetings, she came into contact with one of the foremost black intellectual, I.B Tabata , who was the founding member …
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… whiteman. Whites talk about white civilisation; we have a black civilisation too. We are fighting against nobody but …
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
… including Botha himself, who hunted and braaied the rare black-faced impala. Botha flanked by his generals, launched …
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… of South Africa (CPSA) in Durban, making her the second black woman to join the CPSA after Josie Palmer (Mphama) . …