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BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
Albert Louis Sachs was born in Johannesburg in 1935. His father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
Hilda Bernstein (nee Watts) was born in London in 1915. She was educated at state schools. Her father was a committed Bolshevik and non-religious jew,that had…
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
Author of the book Born Freeand naturalist, Joy Adamson died under mysterious circumstances in a Kenyan bush. Initially it was reported that she was attacked…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
Jabulani Nxumalo, better known as Comrade Mzala, was born on 27 October 1955, in Dundee, Northern Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers…
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
Peter Houman and Steve McQuillan's book " Mini-Nuke Conspiracy: Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare " claimed that South Africa did not destroy all its nuclear weapons…
BiographyOmar Badsha
Omar Badsha was born in Durban, Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal) in June 1945. He grew up in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the…
ArchiveBook Review: Addressing key Issues Relevant to Change
Walking with Giants Book Launch King William's Town
ArchiveBook reviews: coming to terms with the past
South African Communists Speak: Introduction To Book, 1981
BiographyJan Smiesing
This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured'…
My Fight Against Apartheid by Michael Dingake (Kliptown Books), 1987
BiographyGünther Komnick
Günther Komnick was born in Insterburg in the former German province of East Prussia in 1929 into a cultured family of artists. He lived through the monumental…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education accentuate- to make more…
BiographyPatrick Baker Duncan
A controversial White champion of African rights, Patrick Duncan played a conspicuous role in opposition politics for over a decade, attracting notice from the…
Invitation: 2016 City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award - Winner Announcement, Open Book Festival
Join Tafelberg and City Press for the announcement of the winner of the 2016 City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award during the Open Book festival in Cape Town.
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education Beinart, William. Twentieth…
Mafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch Invitation
ArchiveBook Reviews: The SA Police: Amnesty Alleges Partisan Role
Book Launch: Africa in Today’s World by Max Coleman
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ArchiveBook reviews: this isnt going to be an easy
Book launch “Race, Class and Power” by Steven Friedman
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Ex-inmate’s memoir unfolds as book by Rusana Philander
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The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
Among the many personal accounts now published by those involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, Norman Levy’s substantial memoir stands out, because it is so…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education The nineteenth century deserves…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
Apartheid Israel The Politics of an Analogy Edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs Foreword by Achille Mbembe …
John G. Gubbins (58), collector of Africana, especially books, dies in Johannesburg.
Lawrence George Green (72), SA author of mainly travel books, dies
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
Jeremy Patrick Cronin was born on 12 September 1949 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Cape Town, the son of a naval officer who died when…