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BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyGoolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad
Pahad left India for South Africa in 1919, but returned to India with his father in 1922 to continue with his educational studies. When Dadoo came to India in…
BiographyDr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe
James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe was one of the most dynamic leaders of the African National Congress(ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe…
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers was a linguist, writer, and educator. She born on 24 December 1900 on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier. She was the eldest of…
First Conference Centre of Documentary Photography 8-10 July 1988.
Photograph of participants of the first conference hosted by the University of Cape Town's Centre for Documentary Photography, July 8th -10th, 1988. First…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
BiographyHenry Burton
Early Life Henry Burton was born on 2 June 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
On 15 February 1995, President Nelson Mandela revealed he will not be standing for re-election in 1999. Mandela, who was released from prison in February 1990,…
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
… , who had been released from Robben Island in October 1989, to return to South Africa. Lipman honoured this request …
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… the 6th Congress and the 7th Congress (held in April 1989), the Party's propaganda organs, especially the African … in November 1987 By the time of the 7th…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
[Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September 19, 1983] Dearest…
BiographySidumo Dlamini
Sidumo “Sdumo” Dlamini was born in a rural village of Nsthingila Hlatsikhulu in Swaziland on 2 March 1966. He moved to South Africa with his aunt at a young…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… (1982-1985); and National Education and Planning (1984-1989). In 1982 he became the Transvaal leader of the National … Klerk succeeded Botha as leader of the…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929 A…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyConnie Mofokeng
Mofokeng was a member of the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC) at the time of the Soweto uprising. After the uprising she was one of the hundreds…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
Luli Callinicos was born in Johannesburg, and is of Hellenic descent. She began her involvement in the struggle for democracy at an early age. She began her…
BiographyFlorence Louise Zerffi
Florence Louise Josephine Zerffi was born in 1882, London, England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… sent by Masia to COSATU and to all affiliates on 30 May 1989 following these incidents is instructive: “In our telex … response (if any).” An earlier…
ArchiveConversation with David Goldblatt, Johannesburg, 1985
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
Question: In the January 8 statement of the National Executive Committee this year, prominent mention is given to the cultural field. How would you briefly…
ArchiveAfra Report Number 29 February 1987
ArchiveAfra Report Number 24 April 1984
ArchiveAfra Report Number 23 November 1983
ArchiveAfra Report Number 22 August 1983
ArchiveAfra Report Number 21 July 1983
ArchiveAfra Report Number 20 May 1983
ArchiveAfra Report Number 19 February 1983
ArchiveAfra Report Number 18 October 1982
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