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BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
Kgosi[Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s, took office in 1932 at the age of 22. He went up ‘to…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada grew up in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He studied at Sastri College in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Witwatersrand…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Paper proposal for the CCAWUSA and Independent Socialists Panel …
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…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
William H."Bill" Andrews was born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated…
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
Jean Alkin was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when she was about six…
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
Summary of research proposal by Ineke van Kessel of the Department of Political and Historical Studies, African Studies Centre in Leiden. This research…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… [2] In 1891, Johannesburg was electrified and by the early 1900s, most large cities in the country had electricity. [3] … was the principal generator of…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area for African…
BiographyAlfred Toto Metele
Alfred Toto Metele was born to farmworker parents,in the farming area of Qumhra, Eastern Cape. He attended school at Mooiplaas, outside East London, where he…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission school in Evaton later went to…
BiographyKevin Dowling
Kevin Patrick Dowling was born in Pretoria and was ordained as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on 9 July 1967. He was appointed the…
BiographyDawood Parker
Dawood Parker was the Chairman of the Wynberg Civic Association. He played a prominent role in local civic affairs. He was a leading voice in the struggle…
BiographyHelen Zille
Helen Zille attended school at St. Mary's Waverley in Johannesburg. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. A…
Politics and Class in the Cape Province during the 1920s
Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984
ArchiveUnemployment in South Africa: dilemmas and challenges for the 1990s
ArchiveViolence in South Africa: on the increase in the 1990s
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
Born on the 3rd November 1933, community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in a Coal…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957,…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
Blance la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he…
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…
ArchiveThe development of the Swazi labour market 1900 - 1968
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…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. At least 15 000 Blacks were used as combatants by the…
ArchiveSoccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries, 1960s
1960s, Soccer case back in Court, State to appeal over group areas case at Curries.