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BiographyBetty Radford
Betty Radford was arrested after the 4 August 1946 miner’s strike, together with, among others, WH Andrews and Moses Kotane. She was the editor of the Guardian…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… to the cities to fulfil the labour needs of mines. In 1906 a group of Zulus under leadership of Chief Bambatha …
BiographyMagdalena Gertruide Sauer
Magdalena, daughter of W. Sauer, Cabinet Minister, was the first woman to practice as a qualified architect in South Africa. She mainly practiced in South…
BiographyChristina Jasson
Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and canning workers, and textile workers,…
BiographyJulius C. Malie
He began his education in Basutoland, he later studied at Lovedale and the University of the Witwatersrand. He worked at various times for the YMCA, the South…
BiographyTom Lebekoe
Tom Lebekoe was one of the six persons, alongside Jeremiah Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyDeputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
Documentation related to Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata’s banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal …
BiographyPatrick O’Connor
O'Connor was born in Bloemfontein. From 1960 to 1964 he studied at WITS where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1964 he was a lecturer at UDW and in 1971 he became a…
BiographyMatsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono
Jomo Sono as he is affectionately known was born in Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” Bamuza Sono,…
BiographyErnest Mamashila
Mr Ernest Mamashila, aged 35,was detained on 16 November 1976 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act.His wife was told that he was being held at the Brakpan…
BiographyMashudu Jonathan Mudau
Mashudu Jonathan Mudau was born on 1 January 1953 at Mbaleni, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He started his schooling at Makwarela Primary and passed…
BiographyMarius Schoon
Marius Schoon was born on 22 June 1937 in Johannesburg. He attended the University of Stellenbosch. Schoon moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue…
BiographyVice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu
Vice Admiral J. Mudimu was born on 6 March 1954 in Sophiatown (Johannesburg). He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in 1975…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
BiographyPatrick Baker Duncan
A controversial White champion of African rights, Patrick Duncan played a conspicuous role in opposition politics for over a decade, attracting notice from the…
BiographyPhilemon Masinga
Philemon Masinga or ‘Chippa’ as he is affectionately known by thousands of soccer lovers was born on 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal (North-West…
BiographyLungile Kepe
Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… conservatives and nobles. Nevertheless, between 1906 and 1911 there were some improvements. The economy grew …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 13 and 14 October 1976, Volume 27
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Ezra Mandikole Mantini, Mangaliso Alf Kumalo and Enoch William Dumizani Duma, all reporters from the Sunday Times…
Summary of notes of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation on the question of South West Africa: Geneva, 21 April 1986
Report from a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in southern Africa
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and United States delegation on the question of South West Africa/Namibia: Geneva, 13 February 1986
Report of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in southern Africa with regard to Dr Savimbi's visit to the…
ArchiveNon-racialism, non-collaboration and Communism in South Africa: The contribution of Yusuf Dadoo during his exile years (1960-1983) by Allison Drew
ArchiveRubin Hare, affidavit re treatment by police following arrest on November 7, 1974, in Cape Town, International Universities Exchange Fund, The New Terrorists, 1976
An affidavit, written on 13 February 1975, by Rubin William Hare regarding his treatment by police following his arrest on 7 November 1974 in Cape Town
To Town!!! To Eloff!!! To That Exclusive White Paradise!!! From Monday!!! Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council announcing demonstration on September 23,1976
Document 135 - “National Front and Class Struggle: Report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa”, Freedom, 5, 4, August-September 1946
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), Cape parliamentarian, is born in Cape Town. He died in London in 1909 as member of the dele
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
National Director of the Legal Resources Centre; Members of the Fischer family; Dr Bill Venter; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. …