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BiographyAndrew Sibusiso Zondo
Andrew Sibusiso Zondo grew up in KwaMashu, Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). He attended Ngazane Lower Primary School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary…
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was…
BiographyMavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township, outside of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto. Manzini suffered from polio…
BiographyAllister Sparks
Allister Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation settler, with his…
BiographyCecil Williams
Cecil Williams was born in Cornwall, England in 1906. Williams whose father was a blacksmith left Cornwall for Johannesburg in 1928. After his arrival, he…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August 1959. His parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa…
BiographyAhmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the…
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
Hezekiel Sepeng was born on 30 June 1974 in Potchestroom, Western Transvaal. At primary school he began to show the natural talent of a good marathon runner. …
BiographyJackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane
Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State Province), and grew up in…
BiographyAnn Tobias
Ann Tobias was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa during Apartheid. The party strongly opposed Apartheid policies and the government would go on to…
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… The Suburb of Brackenfell has been established since in 1913 (the name "Bracken" refers to an indigenous fern). …
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
Allan Aubury Boesak was born at Kakamas, Northern Cape, one of eight children. His father, a schoolteacher, died when Boesak was six years old. He was raised…
ArchiveIn 1986 there were 153,000 empty white school places: In 1986 there was a shortage of 193,000 places in black schools.
White poster with black lettering and black border. Star newspaper editorial 8th July 1987.
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
Bessie Amelia Head was born at Fort Napier Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa, the asylum her mother was committed to at the…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
Violet Weinberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine children. Her…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… an illegal march from the Transvaal to Natal. In October 1913, once again mother and daughter were part of the second …
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
National Land Committee
… of all forms of land rights that occurred after 1913. Government should acknowledge that certain communities were dispossessed of their land rights before…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… Africa, Department of Justice Annual Report 1912 (Pretoria 1913), p.238 - hereafter 'Jan Note's Life and Introduction to … Department of Justice Annual…
Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The post-1973 period created a space for academics, students, and…
BiographySathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima Benjamin was born into a humble family in Claremont, Cape Town in 1936. Deeply influenced by the cosmopolitan culture she grew up with in the shadows…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
Pauline Podbrey was born as Pauline Podbrez in Lithuania. She arrived with her family in Durban in 1933 at the age of eleven, although her father had come to…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the…
BiographyElsie Nair
Elsie Nair (nee Goldstone) was born in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) in 1927. After completing her primary school education, she joined her mother who…
BiographyPenelope Jane Dunlop
Penelope Jane Dunlop (P.J. Powers) was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 16 July 1960. She chose PJ Powers as her stage name using her initials and the name…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
BiographyThandi Modise
Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West. Her father, Frans Modise, a…