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BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
… in the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign , and on his 20th birthday was sent to Ixopo Prison where he was … freedom in South Africa. As a trade unionist…
ArchiveCommission for Justice and Reconciliation: economic measures against apartheid and the challenge to the church
… as sanctions, trade embargoes and disinvestment against apartheid and the challenge to the church … for Justice and Reconciliation: economic measures against…
BiographyLillian Masediba Ngoyi
… for a nurses' training course, but she eventually took up work as a machinist in a clothing factory where she worked … gained wide recognition overseas as a…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… Acting South African Revenue Services Commissioner) and his brother Dhaya ‘Joe” Pillay, had been drawn by Sunny Singh … to the purchases. In June 1977,…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
… Executive Committee. The CPSA helped Boshielo to pursue his studies through evening classes. He was one of the … Bakery Workers’ Union and broader liberation…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… at M. L. Sultan Technical College in Durban. Nkosi began his writing career at the publication Ilanga lase Natal in … the staff of Drum magazine , which was…
BiographyBhekisani Manyoni
… at the Katlehong Art Centre, Germiston. His work has been exhibited by the Helen de Leeuw, Goodman and …
BiographyJan Willem Jordaan
… and printing of the 1996 Images of Human Rights Portfolio. His work is represented in major SA public and private …
BiographyPeter Engblom
… participated in various group exhibitions in this country. His work is represented in public collections in SA. Currently he …
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
… (MK) veterans and became an MK guerrilla. At the time of his recruitment, Pietersen was 15-years-old and the youngest member of his MK unit led by former MK…
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… detention in the 1956 Treason Trial , Khumalo moved to work in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and continued as an … from detention after a 180 days spell…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm labourers. He was … to this broad-based movement of…
ArchiveMrs Coretta Scott King: widow of slain US civil rights leader used by Archbishop Tutu and the Rev Allan Boesak in divisive black political feud
… widow of slain US civil rights leader used by Archbishop Tutu and the Rev Allan Boesak in divisive black political feud …
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
… as an accountant, he later changed to law and served his articles in Durban with J.N. Singh. In 1945 he joined the … a year and a half later, the government…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was publicized in the Communist … was made public by the United Nations Centre…
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… He received critical acclaim after the publishing of his first novel Flowers and Shadows. His novels are usually fantastic stories with a strong … realism,…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… Apartheid Israel The Politics of an Analogy Edited by Jon … Soske and Sean Jacobs Foreword by Achille Mbembe In Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an…
Louis Charles George 'Loet' Douwes-Dekker
… was born on 22 October in 1936,Indonesia Asia.His parents were scientists,he spent four years in a Japanese … degree in sociology at the University of the…
BiographyIsaac Bangani Tabata
… was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at Lovedale. After attending Fort Hare for some time, he left the…
BiographyEric Molobi
… 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained a bachelor's … from the University of South Africa …
BiographyJohn David Rheinallt Jones
… and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal reform and social service. … school he worked briefly in a bank, then two…
BiographyLord Kitchener
… Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the … Sharpe Grew: Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener…
BiographyIsmail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert
… to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to South Africa in 1923 where they died … renamed him John Carlton. After…
BiographyTony Sithembiso Yengeni
… in two Cape townships, Gugulethu and Nyanga. He completed his matric at Fort Beaufort college in Cape Town. Yengeni … of government’s determined effort to…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Brutus . He had to leave school early to look for a job as his brother, Indres Naidoo, was imprisoned on Robben Island … over the telephone. We weren’t…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… the challenges the organisation would face in terms of its work. Part of what happened was that with much of our … work entailed the transformation of South…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and his wife Dhanalutchmee Pillay. The Naiker family arrived in … on the social and sporting activities…
BiographyLeo Marquard
… born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and his mother, Margaret,…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… architecture in Leeds and at the RA Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a symbiotic … Baker. As an artist he often chose subjects that…
BiographyLionel Davis
… between for committing acts of sabotage. It was during his prison years on Robben Island that he completed his Senior Certificate. After his release he was…