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BiographyBarney William Ngakane
After living for some time in Orlando Township, Johannesburg, Barney William Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in…
BiographyTheophilus Doctorson Khumalo
Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo also known as “16 Valve” was born in Soweto, Johannesburg on 26 June 1967. His father Eliakim “Pro” Khumalo, was a renowned…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
BiographyChief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala
Born 1930. Clerk. Lived in Alexander. Was a popular amateur boxer and lost the use of his right eye in the ring. Active in Congress since the Defiance Campaign…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report…
BiographyM. N. Bhola
M. N. Bhola was born and educated in the Cape Province. She was an organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
The late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis strike and boycott, Saldanha Bay fish…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had negative socio…
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high…
ArchiveOxford: 1950s: enforcing apartheid
Brown, red and black poster. Quote from Bram Fischer. Photographs of scenes from apartheid. Issued by the Apartheid Museum. Short bits of history and…
ArchiveNUSAS in the 1970s
Position paper by Neville Curtis, President of the National Union of South African Students, prepared for the 46th Annual Congress of the Union, 14th to 25th…
Politics in the 1980s
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo game. Despite this,…
BiographyManilal Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi was born on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi. He had three brothers, with whom he first came to…
Thomas G. Karis
Obituary by his son, Aleck Karis. Thomas G. Karis, a former foreign service officer who was a critic of U. S. policy on South Africa and who became a leading…
BiographyElliot Shabangu
Shabangu was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in Dube,…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
1870s-1880s Discovery of a reliable water source. "To the present generation Currie's Fountain is but a name which marks the recreation grounds below Botanic…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
Liz Adriana Abrahams (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl, in the Western Cape. She was born into a large family of 8 children, and attended a…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal Indian Congress Youth League as a teenager. After…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
BiographyRonnie Levitan
Levitan was born in Johannesburg where he graduated as an architect in the 1950s. He moved to Cape Town in the late 1970s where he worked as an architect in…
BiographyCecil Sols
Cecil Sols worked as a freelance photographer with a collective of social documentary photographers in the 1980s to early 1990s, helping to expose the…
BiographyEric Miller
Eric Miller was born 19th of May 1955 in Cape Town. He grew up in Johannesburg. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in psychology from UNISA in 1981 he entered…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
Wintson Ntshona was born on 6 October 1941 in Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in school plays with John Kani. During…
Conference Programme: The Durban Moment - Revisiting Politics, Labour, Youth and Resistance in the 1970s
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often attend meetings with…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
Wilfrid Edward Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) and lived in Mowbray until he…
BiographyFrances Herman Gow
Frances Herman Gow was born in 1887 in Cape Town, the son of a Coloured mother and an Afro-American father. He was educated in America and became a Bishop of…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Themes to Think About This Feature has shown how working…