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BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
… was murdered in November 1981, it fell on her to identify his mutilated body at a government mortuary the morning after his murder. She vehemently refuted…
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
… of the South African Communist Party eventually lost his position when the government imposed a crackdown on all … in Kenya, Baleka fled to Botswana where…
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
… Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected peasant farmers of Rayi, a … Mxenge’s primary education at a local…
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
… a ‘Cape Coloured’. At 17, he played cricket for his father’s club, St Augustine’s on an open field which was … he practiced playing in the streets of Signal…
BiographyKisten Moonsamy
… (NIC) to become a formidable force in the struggle against apartheid in the ranks of the South African Communist Party …
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
… spent 1918 recuperating in hospital in England. Because of his injuries he was discharged from the army on 13 September … basis, Long did not appear to play…
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
… who came to discuss their problems with the King. When his father was approached by the Pretoria government to … but threatened to burn any trucks attempting…
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
… standard diplomatic activity was insufficient to improve apartheid South Africa's negative image abroad, Rhoodie … from international sport. By 1973 Rhoodie…
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
… in Ferreirastown, Johannesburg, where he became known for his ability to master the most abstruse political writings.Starting to work at 17 in Krugersdorp,…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
… 1950. Haffejee grew up in Pietermaritzburg and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion School. He finished his secondary schooling at…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… which had since gone underground (it was banned by the Apartheid government), where she actively campaigned against … Buildings in Pretoria. In addition, she…
Zubeida Vallie
… an awareness of the role that women played in the anti-apartheid struggle as well as turning points in the political landscape. Her work has been widely…
BiographyZephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
… (now Free State) near the town of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the Transvaal where his father had bought … years. In the 1970s,…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
… 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India. His mother, Khadija Jassat (nee Haffajee), was born in … community…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
… is often interpreted as one in which the strength of the apartheid regime was at its height and the opposition to it … established during the decade that…
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… 1619 in Culemborg, Netherlands to a surgeon. He spent his youth in Schiedam, Netherlands where, on 28 March 1649, … from the post, when he was found to be…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… Marcus Motaung grew up in Diepkloof in the 1960s and 1970s. His family moved to the Township around the early to … After completing primary school education,…
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
… a couple of years. Conflict between the Hurutshe and the apartheid state came into the open in the early 1950s when … of Bantu Affairs. Kgosi Moiloa…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… Vuyani Mabaxa grew up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health … figure in youth politics and as a young…
BiographyKerr Alexander
… was six years old the Kerr family moved to Greenock where his father represented a Glasgow-based family engaged in tea … community of Kilsyth, Kerr became…
BiographyPaul Michael Sibisi
… to study for teaching at Adams Teachers' Training College. His talent was uncovered by Innocent Masondo who was his teacher. As there no art classes at Adams…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu's son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been burnt alive in a bush in Honeydew. … that the deceased had high levels…
ArchiveMillions mourn death of their hero- massive stayaway: Chris Hani in his own words
… mourn death of their hero- massive stayaway: Chris Hani in his own words …
Statement To The Indian People On The Eve Of His Trial, January 30, 1941
… Statement To The Indian People On The Eve Of His Trial, January 30, 1941 …
Former president P.W. Botha (82) marries Barbara Robertson (52) in his home in Wilderness.
… P.W. Botha (82) marries Barbara Robertson (52) in his home in Wilderness. …
The Minister of Labour exercises his power under the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Bill
… The Minister of Labour exercises his power under the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Bill …
Political assassination: Selby Ngedane, PAC member, is gunned down outside his home in Umtata.
… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee. … Selby Ngedane, PAC member, is gunned down…
Gé Korsten (71), popular SA tenor and actor, commits suicide in his Wilderness home.
… (71), popular SA tenor and actor, commits suicide in his Wilderness home. …
President Mbeki welcomes Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family in SA.
… Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family in SA. …
Prime Minister P.W. Botha gives evidence before the Erasmus Commission, at his own request.
… Botha gives evidence before the Erasmus Commission, at his own request. …