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BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
Bonakele Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He attended school at Welsh…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… should be taught in Afrikaans. Image source In the 1960s the pursuit of white domination led to a new policy of … particular outrage occurred in the second…
BiographyNorman Catherine
Norman Catherine was born in East London, South Africa in September 1949. He studied at the East London Technical School of Art and held his first solo…
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
Sister Bernard Ncube was born in Johannesburg in 1932. She attended Roma College in Lesotho, where she received a diploma in Theology and in 1955 she entered…
BiographyJohn Collins
… began an ongoing relationship with ES Reddy in the early 1960s, providing the UN’s Special Committee Against Apartheid …
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
… to participate actively in party functions. In the late 1960s he chaired the General Hertzog branch of the NP in …
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a primary school pupil…
BiographyCloete Breytenbach
… Island by apartheid prime minister John Vorster in the 1960s for the Daily Express in London. He said shortly after …
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… member, taught them isiZulu. This was in the early 1960s, during the first State of Emergency . Her grandfather … used to give them cover. The ASA was formed…
BiographyOmar Badsha
… He has exhibited locally and internationally since the mid-1960s, and his work is represented in major public …
BiographyNtlabati Jojo
Ntlabati Jojo had been deposed of his status as headman in the late 1920s though by the 1940s, he was considered to be effectively the chief of a few locations…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
The day of the Massacre, mourning the dead and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life…
BiographyJordan Kush Ngubane
Jordan Kush Ngubane was born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education in Ladysmith, he entered…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… more than 100,000 copies. 1940s From the late 1940s to the 1960s, a form of music called isikhwela jo was popular, … the African jazz scene throughout the…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… in the mid 1950s at the University of Cape Town and in the 1960s and 1970s in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, …
BiographyBilly Paddock
Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in the 1950s. He attended Glenwood High School in Durban where he excelled at…
Why did so few Black South Africans make films before the 1990s?
There are less than a handful of black directors who made films before the 1990s. The reasons for this are the same reasons that kept black people out of other…
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,…
ArticleTrade unionism blossoms and women become more assertive, 1930s
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted immediately to…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
During the 1980s, the apartheid government came under increasing internal pressure. The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced by…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… Queen Elizabeth visits Durban, the parade was at Currie's. 1960s-1970s Soccer became the dominant use in 60's and 70's …
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
Ismail Chota Meer (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father was a trader. He…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… of activity in African arts and culture. During the mid 1960s the Congress for Cultural Freedom was exposed as a CIA …
BiographyFrances Baard
Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape. She was the fifth of seven children of a Bechuuanaland-born mine worker…
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… That most African countries achieved independence in the 1960s while South Africa did not, can to a large extent be …
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
In September and October 1977, the apartheid government stiffened its resolve to end the nationwide student unrest that broke out in Soweto in June 1976…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… school named after him in Merebank, Durban. From the early 1960s PR served in the Durban Indian Child Welfare Society … Benevolent Home in Pietermaritzburg…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…