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BiographyPaul Grendon
… exhibition consisted of mobile panels on which are printed black & white photographs selected from the women’s …
BiographyElza Miles (Botha)
… art of the 1980s and 1990s. As a printmaker she favours black and white lino and woodcuts, but also works in mixed …
BiographyEnver Hassim
… He set up a practice in Durban in the days when black lawyers practiced either criminal or civil law, …
BiographySue Williamson
… of Apartheid (indexed here as tracking the movement of Black citizens), and as a document towards the dignity of …
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… suburbs that contrasted starkly with the deprivation of Black communities. At school Mahomed’s political outlook was …
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
… forms of work is the fact that permanent workers who face work reorganisation and technological changes in … workers and the generalised rise of…
PlaceSecunda
… was established in the 1970's near Secunda to house Black workers for industries like Sasol, meaning "beautiful …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… and individuals, to sustain the African community in the face of enormous opposition, should inspire courage that … of industrialisation as white employers…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… However, an exchange of memoranda is no substitute for face-to-face talks. I was therefore disappointed that you did not …
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… to a heroes’ welcome. That December, Goniwe called for a “Black Christmas”. The community of Lingelihle did not buy … by Danny O’ Grady of the US Embassy,…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… fought in World War One, and fewer than 4 000 were black, coloured or Indian. The most well-known battle that …
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… the British and the Afrikaners, to the exclusion of black people. As one author put it, “ While the Boers and the … hands both joined in declaring a…
Islam
… world. It is a large square building that is covered in black cloth embroidered with gold (seen above). Source: … only parts of heir body that may be left…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… colours: Red ochre, Yellow ochre, White paint and black paint. Etching of the images: The artist would scrape … bride. The bride’s mother would decorate her…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit separately. After the onset of apartheid Black South Africans…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… home, the Transkei, and see, beneath the beautifully aged face formed by extraordinary experiences of Underground … a fellow student with whom they shared…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… of the African National Congress , describing the lives of black miners in 1914. On 12 August 1946 African mine workers … a day. They continued the strike…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… a woman stands in thought, her elbows extended so that her face rests upon her fingers, her eyes cast off in meanders … of this photographer, described by…
“Caught in the toils of our own selfishness”: Paton’s exploration of causes of, and responses to, societal failings in Cry, The Beloved Country by Eleanor Evans
… Africa and the way in which it discriminates against the black population. The novel has been heavily criticised by … in which the state and the white…
BiographySparrow Mkonto
… guerrilla turned security policeman) and Sakati another black policeman later joined them. The convoy turned off at …
BiographyGlenn Moss
… of Nusas activists who were supportive of the emergence of Black Consciousness in the early 1970s, rejecting Nusas’s …
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… Washington DC (1990), the Human Rights Award by the Black Lawyers Association, (1995) the Oude Molen Reserve …
BiographyMaggie Resha
… to protest against the planned removal of the Sophiatown 'black spot'. Hundreds of women were arrested, and spent time …
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… South Africa and deals with the rift between Black South Africans who stayed in the country and those who …
Siphiwe Nyanda
… a reporter on the World newspaper and joined the Union of Black Journalists. Nyanda's parents were members of the …
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… trade unionists when moves were being made to build up a black labour organisation.In 1983 he became a legal advisor …
BiographyFred Carneson
… Affairs for the Cape City Council in 1949 until 1952 when Black people were disenfranchised. At the end of 1945, …
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… to protest against the planned removal of the Sophiatown 'black spot'. Hundreds of women were arrested, and spent time …
EventMax the gorilla is shot
… Mofokeng, ducked inside the gorilla's night room and came face to face with Max. Max was feeling quite protective over …
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist attacks from the … on their fast dwindling rights. Our…