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BiographyMichael Lapsley
Born in New Zealand on the 2nd of June, 1949. At the age of seven, Michael entered the Society of Sacred Mission and then dropped his first name “Allan” to…
Qonda Hoho
Qonda Hoho was born 1956 in Bowden village Lady Frere(Eastern Cape).An MK operative who who was shot dead during a shoot-out with members of the SAP on 4…
BiographyJoseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo
During the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycott Kumalo was banished in terms of the 1927 Native Administration Act to Duiwelskloof. From there he was brought to stand…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
Sathieseelan Gurulingam Govender (more popularly known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His…
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Eleanor Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936. She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960, Ronnie Kasrils, later, her husband, visited Durban, to visit his…
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sprag given 25, Sowetan, 7 November 1986
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sprag guilty of treason, Argus, 3 November 1986
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Marion Sparg_s letter to her mother, 1986
Johannes Mashego Segogela
Johannes Mashego Segogela was born in 1936, in Sekhukhuneland, Transvaal. Segogela trained as a boiler-maker. He had no formal art training. For many years he…
BiographyMartha Mohlakoane
Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the African National Congress in 1939…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National Congress…
BiographyFrans “Ting Ting” Masango
Frans “Ting Ting” Masango grew up in Mamelodi, Tswane. His mother was a domestic worker and his father was an employee at a construction company. Masango had…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial Premiers and cabinet members Leaders of political…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its centenary. As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and South Africa’s Struggle for Freedom feature…
BiographyKing Moshoeshoe I
Also known as Moshesh, Mosheshwe or Mshweshwe. His name was allegedly changed from Lepoqo after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his…
BiographyWim Botha
Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
Peter Hlaole Molotsi was born in Steinsrust, a municipal location, in the district of Kroonstad, (then Orange Free State) on July 18, 1929. His father was a…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India. He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek…
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
Timothy Peter Jenkin was born in 1948, in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] …
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
Christiaan de Wet was born at Leeuwkop near Smithfield, Orange Free State, on 7 October 1854. He received little formal education, spending his days helping…
Clarence Lucky Payi
Clarence Lucky Payi was hanged on 9 September 1986, along with Sipho Xulu and Andrew Zondo at Pretoria Central Prison. In 1984, Payi and Xulu, acted on the…
BiographyEphraim Ziqubu
Ephraim Ziqubu was born in 1948 in Rorkes Drift, Natal. Ziqubu received his training at Rorke\'s Drift. In 1969 he was employed as a potter. He joined…
BiographyWilliam Henry Beaumont
William Henry Beaumont was born in India on 24 February 1851. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Madras Light Infantry. Beaumont attended…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
J. M. Coetzee was born to German and English parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
The Hector Pieterson Museum, the first museum in Soweto, was opened on 16 June 2002. The Museum is situated on Kumalo Street in Orlando West, and is named…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
Vusimuzi Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister,Make grew…
BiographyLucky Sibiya
Lucky Sibiya was born in 1942 in Vryheid, Natal. Sibiya was educated at St Peter's Seminary, Hammanskraal. His early art career consisted of carving decorative…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… Council has been on strike ever since August, 1946. 65. Incidents resulting from discriminatory conditions …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
… the 40th anniversary of the great mineworkers` strike of 1946 and the 100th anniversary of May Day--international …
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served…