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BiographyJeremiah Moraka
Jeremiah Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane,…
BiographyGilbert Hani
Gilbert Hani and Jacob Mpemba,prominent ANC [African National Congress] leaders and strong opponents of Kaizer Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… also was influential in a miners’ strike on the Rand in 1913. (Walker, 1982 59) These actions by Fitzgerald, although … her life to the trade union movement…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Documents In Volume 2 Document 1 Letter from Negro Bureau to Eastern Secretariat, 1931 Document 2 Letter from J. Gumede to International…
Mobilise World Support for African Liberation Struggle - Statement, on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 9 April 1973
[Oliver Tambo, speaking on behalf of all liberation movements, thanked the Government of Norway for its hospitality. He specially praised the Norwegian…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
One of the most important developments in South Africa in this period was the formation of the Pact Government in which the push for independence from Britain…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
We should like to endorse and associate ourselves with every detail of the case that has been made out for the support of the liberation movement in the…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… sewage farm, near Johannesburg (Swanson, 1977: 388). 1913 The Natives Land Act limited the landmass where Africans … and Land Act was passed, updating the…
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… of Uitenhage. The bridge was officially opened in in 1913 and named the Lady de Waal Bridge honouring the wife of …
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
Jabulani Nxumalo, better known as Comrade Mzala, was born on 27 October 1955, in Dundee, Northern Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. St. Saviours has stood on its present Site since 1854…
‘United Nations must take action to Destroy Apartheid’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 29 October 1963
Statement of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, on the the 17th anniversary of the 1976 students uprising Orlando Stadium, Soweto, 16 June 1993
UDF Poster ‘WE DEMAND: SADF & POLICE OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS! : UDF : SUPPORT THE CONSUMER BOYCOTT!’ by United Democratic Front (UDF), 20/08/1983 - 20/08-1991
Document 66 - Hosea Jaffe , “The First Ten Years of the Non-European Unity Movement”, Excerpts from a lecture delivered to the Cape Flats Educational Fellowship, December 1953
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
Gwigwi Mrwebi, also called ‘Bra Gwigwi’, whose birth name was Benni, was a well known alto saxophonist in the 1950’s South African Jazz scene. He taught…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
Breytenbach was an opponent of the apartheid regime, whose work represented a milestone in the development of Afrikaans poetry, formally and politically. His…
BiographyFeroza Adam
Feroza Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at Lenasia’s Nirvana High School. While…
BiographyDon Mattera
Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg in 1935. His grandfather was an Italian immigrant who married a…
BiographyNnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo was born on the 29th of June 1914 in Lesotho. She grew up on her grandfather's farm in Thaba Nchu and inherited the farm in 1930…
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
Pamele dos Santos (nee Beira) was born in Johannesburg on 19 June 1942 to Banny and Golda Beira. She attended Houghton Primary and Johannesburg Girls High…
BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla was born on 4 December 1936 in Sophiatown. He was one of the five children of Christina Toli (born Buhali) and Samuel Nhlanhla…
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
Leleti Khumalo was born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township, the North of Durban. Growing up a poverty-ridden township, she became a member a youth backyard…
BiographyFabian Defu Ribeiro
Fabian Defu Ribeiro was born on the 19th of June 1933 in Bantule, he was the third child of Joseph and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father came from…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission Primary…
BiographyHenry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo
Henry Nxumalo was born in 1917 at Mvutshini, Margate, in what was then Natal Province. The first child of Lazarus and Josephine Nxumalo, he attended the…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
Twasile Champion Galela was born in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on 24 October 1947. He received his primary education at Hillskraal in Korsten. His family…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
Molefe Pheto grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg. As a talented young boy who displayed many interests in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and…