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BiographyMzwangedwa Mlaba
Mzwangedwa Mlaba allegedly campaigned to be the Chief of his community in the Camperdown District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], but the community voted for…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… the British Architect Sir Herbert Baker and inaugurated in 1913. The two wings symbolised the Union of the 'two races' …
Mary Margaret Ngalo
Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A. Calata, who was…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… The certificates are burned 50. The campaign resumed in 1913 51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends 52. Gandhi: my …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central and East Africa. On the Southern African…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent struggles waged by…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… daughter set out the Union's aims more formally in 1913, with a flavour of Victoria moral self-improvement: 1. … home and the morals of the people (Foreign…
BiographyArthur Butelezi
Butelezi was educated at the Wesleyan Methodist School, Volks rust where he received drawing lessons. He then attended Kinlinton Training School in Pretoria…
Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela
Balindlela was born on 28 November 1949 in the Western Cape at Hermanus, after which her family was forcibly moved to Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. She…
BiographyIzak de Villiers
Izak de Villiers was born in Paarl on 30 July 1936. He attended Paarl Gymnasium, a school for which he maintained a lifelong passion. He was also a dominee, a…
BiographyZacharia Solly Shoke
Zacharia Solomon Shoke was born on 15 August 1956 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Shoke received his education at Orlando High School, Soweto Township,…
BiographyZainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned female political leaders, her father was the prominent…
BiographyOscar Mpetha
Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a dock worker, waiter, hospital…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
Isaac Bokala was born in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began working at Total, the…
BiographyErnest Malgas
Ernest Singqokwana Malgas was born August 8th,1937 in Port Elizabeth. Malgas never attended school.He became politicized as a result ,he spend six weeks in…
BiographyDavid Rabkin
David Rabkin was born in South Africa, but emigrated to Britain with his family. He holds a PhD in African Literature and had been employed as a sub-editor at…
BiographySekgopela Mashile
Sekgopela Mashile supported his older brother’s, Matsiketsane Mashile, recognition as a Chief and voiced opposition to the manner in which tribal authorities…
Zubeida Vallie
Zubeida Vallie was born in 1963 in Newlands, Cape Town from which she and her family were forcibly removed under the Group Areas Act. She is a graduate of…
ArchiveObituary of Benita Parry (1931—2020) by Professor David Johnson
One of the founding figures of Postcolonial Studies, Benita Parry, died after a short illness on 19 January 2020. In a series of brilliant essays written in…
Half a century later: Durban Strikes – 1973 by Gerhard Maré
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… Workers’ Charters existed that are worth noting: - 1913: A Workers’ Charter for white workers The first Workers’ Charter in South Africa was drawn up…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
1868 Enoch Mgijima is born at Bulhoek, Eastern Cape, the son of Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima. 1907 19 April, Enoch Mgijima, who had already gained quite a…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… the Company's Act 1909 (Act No 31 of 1909)] on May 16, 1913; two of the Society's officer-bearers being A A Karodia … [1906-1912], Abdullah Karim Haji Adam …
ArchiveCitrusdal famillies reprieved 1993 - 1995
ArchiveEducation Technical & Vocational 1983 - 1986
ArchiveValliamma Munuswami Mudliar – 1898 – 1914
ArchiveMpetha given hero's welcome 1983 D
ArchiveBuild-up of arms 'alarming' 1983 C
ArchiveHomelands Venda General 1993 - 1994
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