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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…
Alex Moumbaris
… came to South Africa in 1973. His wife was detained during the same period of his detention, but was later released without charge. Moumbaris was charged…
BiographyWiseman Mbambo
… of figures and he works in wood. He attended school at the Umgeni Mission Station and trained as a teacher at the Vryheid Training College. He then went to…
Sparks Mahamba
… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie…
BiographyMartha Mohlakoane
… worked in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the African National Congress in 1939 and was one of the leaders of the Orange Free State women…
BiographyThambi Naransamy Naidoo
… 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where the family had moved during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African War). He was the…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
… Odeanta village in Ibusa, Delta State. [1] Due to the gender bias in her community, Emecheta was kept at home … like her brother, Emecheta’s childhood was…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new … Blade Nzimande meets with university V.C’s at Western Cape Parliament. Nzimande announces that 2016…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… Letshelega, Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of Comrade Esau Tshehlo Mokhethi, Bataung, the … the ruling party has failed the…
BiographyGert Petrus Swart
… from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College, Durban, where he obtained a … by his father’s interest in carving, he…
BiographyJoan Morice
… veterinarian, was born in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary study at the University of Witwatersrand, and the next three…
BiographyZamazulu Thembekile Nkosi
… Nkosi became the first Black matron in the Natal Provincial Administration and in KwaZulu-Natal . Her decision to nurse was motivated by a wish to help the…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class … in water drains'. Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg and Cape Town followed the Durban lead by…
BiographyEdward Sonnyboy Bhengu
… born on 8 November 1934 in Sophiatown to Gladys Toti in the Italian household of the Mattera family. He was the first born son of Pasquale “Grovaa” Mattera,…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I remember well that … Congress, the South African Indian Congress and the Cape Coloured Franchise Action…
BiographySibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we … a number of units in KwaZulu-Natal…
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we … a number of units in KwaZulu-Natal…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 18 The Pretoria Minute 6 August 1990 The government and the ANC have held discussions at the … Minute 1. On 2, 3 and 4 May 1990, at Groote…
PlaceKwaMashu
… The development of KwaMashu Township, in the KwaZulu-Natal province and located some 19km north of … Durban , Sophiatown in Johannesburg and District Six in…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… JAMES Baldwin once described the US as "the most desperately schizophrenic of republics". I wonder … ago. Yet, in her other role, as premier of the Western…
BiographyJohn A. Mavuso
… times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee from 1955 to 1956 and was active in the…
BiographyRev. Joseph J Doke
… Reverend Doke Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the Minister of the Johannesburg Baptist Church. He offered to…
BiographyFrank Modiba
… in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a European cattle farmer and received eight ……
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… in about 1470, by Portuguese navigators . In the late 15th Century the Portuguese sent out settlers to the island's to grow … of the rest of the African…
BiographyBheki Myeni
… science textbooks. In 1985 Myeni travelled to Chile for the opening of the Valparaiso Biennale. He lives in the Empangeni area and is a full-time artist. His…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… January 8, 2023, will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Durban Strikes and the emergence of a new wave of … Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS), …
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt's landscapes of high voltage by Melvyn Minnaar, 21 November 2014
… of Southern Africa, wide-eyed to the differences of the worlds they encountered, our master photo-grapher has … of Dominion and Democracy at the Goodman…
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… A World Heritage Site, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (the former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park ) incorporates an astonishing variety of habitats from the…
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… Stellenbosch University the 2nd of the Universities in the picture in the Banner. With an … of the language being Coloured people in the Western Cape. In…
Biographical Introduction
… The fact that the artists in this exhibition represent a largely 'neglected … tradition' was nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in the effort to compile…