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ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… In August 1906, the British administration in the Transvaal passed the …
Grade 4 Term 2 Timeline: Mahatma Gandhi
… corps of 1100 men during his service in the Boer War 1906 He organizes stretcher-bearer corps that serves during …
BiographyMadi Gray
Madi Gray was born in Cape Town, where she grew up, attended school and went to university. Her parents were immigrants from Germany, who came to South Africa…
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
Graça Simbine Machel was born on 17 October 1945, in Gaza, Mozambique, the last in a family of six children. Her father, a Methodist minister who had died…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
The Reverend Theo Kotze was born at the Heads in Knysna, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 19 May 1920.Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer…
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August 1942. He was educated at Catholic schools and for some…
BiographyH. A. Naidoo
H. A. Naidoo was born in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s by Edward Roux. He became an active trade unionist, and…
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
Khotso Seatlholo was born on 5 November 1958. He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 Student riots ensued. Seatlholo, together with…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
Job Shimankana Tabane (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 December 1942. Tabane…
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
Frances Rix Ames was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), on 20 April 1920. Her father deserted the family when she was still an infant, leaving her…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As…
The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic History of Kenya and Southern Rhodesia 1900-1963 (African Studies) by Paul Mosley
Selections From The Smuts Papers: Volume II June 1902 - May 1910 edited by W.K. Hancock and Jean Van Der Poel
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976, Volume 75
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Alicia Falezi, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa,
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976, Volume 73
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from David Curry, a member of the Coloured Persons' Representative Council, to the Commission of Inquiry into the…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 5 November 1976, Volume 46
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Aubrey Mokoena, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa,
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 2 November 1976, Volume 45
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Andrew Moneymore, a member of an Advisory Board in a school in Klerksdorp, to the Commission of Inquiry into the…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 7 October 1976, Volume 24
Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence from Raymond Moroane and evidence from Naphtali Kgati Mabusha Sathenge, a student at Hofmeyer High School,…
Samesprekings: Staatspresident met die Kabinet van die Oorgangsregering van Nasionale Eenheid (Orne) van SWA, 21 Mei 1986, Kabinetskamer, Tuynhuys, Kaapstad
Report from a meeting held between representatives of the South African Government, including the State President, and representatives from South West Africa…