SAHO global search

… dispossessed of their land and colonial rule was still in the process of being entrenched. The formation of the … and sharecroppers, and prevent them from buying land in prescribed areas were passed. The Natives Land Act, Urban … became so entrenched that by the time the Apartheid government came to power in 1948 spatial and racial …

… Linda Gqobose was born on 7 August 1917 at Kwa Mdingi, in King Williams Town. He completed his primary schooling at … Liberation Army , to launch the first armed attacks on the apartheid regime. The regime detected his political activity … armed struggle against and exposing the oppression of the apartheid system to the international community, President …

… reviews by the People’s Experimental Theatre Group in the early 1970s. In 1972, Shezi was pushed in front of an oncoming train at … courage and contribution to the performing arts and anti-apartheid activism.  …

… Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika … TLSA to align with the Non-European Unity Movement against Apartheid. She herself supported the Ten Point Programme and … Schools Campaign [xi] intended to produce teaching aids on apartheid for use in high schools. Olive then joined her …

… Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest … (Going Home) - Johannesburg Art Gallery November, 2005 Apartheid: The South African Mirror, Barcelona , 2007 The Rise and Fall of Apartheid at the International Centre for Photography, New …

… Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal Triangle. Tambo … as it was during this time that Dr Malan was entrenching apartheid, it became a heated subject for most of the … the Noel Foundation Life Award for initiating the anti-apartheid movement in Britain; the first Oliver Tambo/ Johnny …

… John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, later … ensured that his newspaper reported on the evils of apartheid and government misbehaviour. He was once summoned … speak for those who sat in management positions during apartheid years. Or for their consciences,” O'Malley wrote. …

… Ian David Kitson was born the 25 August 1919, in Cape Town. He joined the Communist Party in 1940 when it was still a legal organization. After serving … had helped form a militant faction within the British Anti-Apartheid Movement called the "City Group" that agitated for …

… Justin Alexander la Guma was born in District Six, Cape Town on 20 February 1925. His father, … as Coloured. La Guma’s father was involved in anti-apartheid activism, a path that he would also follow. La Guma … African National Congress (ANC) representative. He died in 1985. …

… Richard Ernest Van der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he … principal of a teacher training school. He became inactive in SACPO soon after its founding. In 1961 he was one of the … basic direction of the government's policy, he argued that apartheid should be opposed and demands made within this …

… Born in Cape Town, Lurie studied (Philosophy, Economics) and … Millennium, Journal of International studies.  Self taught in photography, Lurie began doing documentary projects on a … in South Africa's Health Services': 1994 [UK]* 'After Apartheid: South Africa's black middle class': 1995 [US tour, …

… the King’s Prime Minister, was born on 27 August 1928 in the Mahlabathini District, KwaZulu. His mother was the … with the government, Chief Buthelezi opposed anti-apartheid sanctions. As a homeland leader, his lifeline … depended on the South African state and economy. With anti-apartheid leaders inside South Africa and abroad demanding …

… fought to determine which white authority had real power in South Africa but other populations groups like the Zulu, … Xhosa, Swazis and Basotho and Sothos were also involved in the war. Although there was an unwritten agreement between … the Boers and the British that Blacks would not be armed in the war, neither side adhered to this agreement. It should …

… gatherers living today. But there are! All over the world, in every country from Brazil to Australia, you will still … have estimated that hunter-gatherers have been around in Southern Africa for approximately 11 000 years. The name … who gather wild food' or 'people without any cattle'. In South Africa we use the name ‘San’ to describe the …

… In May 1918 a group of fourteen railway clerks, clergymen and … speaking section of the White population found themselves in the period after the First World War. With the end of the … escalated and banks withdrew credit facilities. It was in the context of the growing impoverishment of landless …

… ‘discovery’ of the Cape by European sailors resulted in the increasing use of the Cape coast as a trading area. … and European sailors increased tensions and resulted in outbreak of armed confrontation either over trade disputes … what they viewed as unfair exchanges during battering and in defence of their cattle when sailors attempted to take …

… an intersectional story about three Xhosa men that is told in the setting of the mountains of the Eastern Cape during a … have a secret sexual relationship that they only engage in during this period every year. Vija is married with … alone. As the complexity of their relationship plays out, in conjunction with their roles as caregivers and Xhosa men, …

… of years. The roots of humanity are believed to lie in South Africa, where the earliest proof of hominids has been discovered. Fossil evidence in East Africa has also cast light on our history as human beings. Before we look at the Hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa we need a basic understanding …

… Hector Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam …

… Lived off the environment The earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa were the San people. They mostly survived … arrow. The San invented their own type of bow and arrow in order to hunt effectively. They useda handbow and arrows … arrow falls on the ground but the poisoned head remains in the wound,  slowly sedating the animal. The poison …

… a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven children in an Afrikaans-speaking coloured family. Her father, a … for Plascon Paints and remained there for 16 years. In 1985 she earned a diploma in industrial relations through …

… Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province ), … 1988 Penguin, Illinois Triquartely Fosatu News 1983 -1985 Cosaw Literature Magazine 1990 Poetry for Peace 1994 … Working Live Publications. N. Malange and J. Friedrikse. (1985) Nise Malange interview transcript – part 1. SAHA …

… 1986 a crowd of more than 500 marched to council offices in Soweto, demonstrating against evictions which had been … Blacks rejected Black Community Councils as puppets of the apartheid government. Twelve people were reported dead and … Riots erupt in Soweto …

… Jon Lynton David Hrusa was born in Cape Town on October 24 1965. He matriculated from St Stithians College in the mid-1980’s and went on to study at Wits University. … of the Year as well as the Allied/M-Net South Africa Sports Photographer of the Year. He has won multiple South …

… Maponyane is a former football player and businessman born in Meadowlands, Soweto on 16 February 1962. Maponyane played … executive for  Adidas and later, Reebok. He works as a sports commentator for the South African Broadcasting … Marks Maponyane, former Bafana Bafana striker, is born in Meadowlands, Soweto …

… on the history and politics of the armed struggle in southern Africa. The conference is being funded by the … of South Africa (IFAS). Download the CONFERENCE PROGRAMME In recent years, southern Africa’s armed struggle has been … of intense discussions both at the scholarly level and in public discourse, with debates around the relative …

… trained on the same country, his self-lacerating homeland. Sports events go for cheers and tears, delirium. Mr. … the everyday particulars of a racially divided country in images of white suburbs and black settlements, Afrikaner … had instituted a national policy of racial segregation, or apartheid. Almost immediately, specific restrictions kicked …

… Many people were involved in the historic turning point that 16 June 1976 became. These … parents, activists, government employees, and others were in Soweto itself and elsewhere across the country. They made … researched further, so the selection is provisional and is in no way intended to appear an exhaustive list of key …

… D.F. Malan was born in 1874 in Riebeeck West in the Cape. He completed his doctorate of … earlier. Notably those that had espoused institutionalised apartheid, or separate development. Malan was dour and …