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BiographyAmbrose Makiwane
… participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his parents could not afford to send him to university after he finished school delayed his…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… newspaper, Student Call, from1955-56. Maharaj completed his BA in 1955. In 1956 the 'Non-European' section of the university opened an LLB faculty where he…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
… William’s Town, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to work in the research department of the BCP’s offices there. … traumatic and which made her truly…
BiographyHector Pieterson
… He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam … Afrikaans language in schools. He was…
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in his formation as an artist. She kept alive their traditional … Moyaga believes that her influence…
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. …