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”A Call to Unity.” Manifesto adopted by the National Executive Committee of the AAC August 26, 1943
”Congress Youth League Manifesto.” Issued by the Provisional Committee of the Congress Youth League, March 1944
”The Policy and Platform of the African National Congress.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma in August 1941
”To All Africans and Friends of Justice”. Flyer issued by Dr. A.B. Xuma, March 21, 1947
The government announces that it is terminating its preferential trade agreement concluded with Rhodesia in 1964.
Death in Black and White: Suicide, Statistics, and Race in Natal, 1880-1916 by Julie Parle
Document 94 - “The United Front in South Africa: A Reply to S. B.”, South African Worker, 13 June 1936
Let Us Rally - Issued by the All-African Convention Executive Secretary: 797 Location, Queenstown, December 1956
Ernest George Bock, SA cricket player in one test match (1935/1936), is born in Kimberley.
Desmond Tutu - Extracts from the letter to Prime Minister John Vorster dated May 6th 1976
Click to read Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950
Minutes: Vergadering van die AG-Werkgroep op 22 Augustus 1986, Kantoor van die Administrateur-Generaal, Windhoek
Minutes, written in Afrikaans, of a meeting of the AG-Workgroup held in Windhoek.
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… 1907-1914 Indian passive resistance in South Africa, 1946-1948 Defiance Campaign 1952 The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960 …
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His mother,…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
John (Jack) Curtis was born on 31 August 1912 in Geelong, Australia, the third of nine children. He left school at 14 to start work and help provide for the…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District Six, Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), then a multiracial district of the…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 2757 2650 5407 1936 3132 2935 6067 1939 4000 >3000 >7000 1946 8834 5653 14487 The Apartheid city A history of Pass …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Bonner, Philip. African Urbanisation on…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
Sithole Thembinkosi Abner
Sithole Thembinkosi Abner was released from Robben Island prison on the 27th of February 1986. His prison number was 15/3271. He was from Durban.
BiographyObed Tseko Motshabi
Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and the shantytown movement after World War II.
BiographyJ.J.R Jolobe
James Ranisi Jolobe was best known for his collection of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a major role in the compilation and translation of the English…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 91 - John Gomas, "The Native Representation…
BiographyEthel Edwards
On 2 January 1907 The Cape Argus Weekly Edition published a photograph of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands…
BiographyHelen Joseph
Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Easebourne, United Kingdom, in 1905. She grew up in London, with her parents and brother, Frank. She graduated with a…
Theophilus Kgosikobo Musi
Born in 1936, Theophilus Kgosikobo Musi was a clerk. He taught for a while in a primary school but then had to find employment in Johannesburg to support seven…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations…
Violence erupts in Soweto again and the police make at least 146 arrests.
BiographyHenry “Black Cat” Cele
Henry “Black Cat” Cele was born on 30 January 1949 in KwaMashu, Durban, South Africa. As a member of the Cele family he was referred to by his clan name Ndosi…
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
Born 1910. Businessman. Joined the Industrial and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress. Leader of the Korsten…
BiographyAmichand Rajbansi
Amichand “Bengal Tiger” Rajbansi was born in Clairwood, Durban on 14 January 1942. At the age of 14 he attended every African National Congress (ANC) rally…