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BiographyHudson William Edison Ntsanwisi
… Letaba District of Limpopo. He was the eldest child in a family of three. With only a Standard 6 certificate (but … Limpopo province. Ntsanwisi received a BA…
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… emigrated to South Africa after her marriage to a South African journalist who worked as a crime reporter. His mother was a cabaret and jazz singer. The…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… on 21 March 1960. Political movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist … detention, Monty Berman, a former member of the…
The Young Commission, charged with investigating possible outlets or areas abroad to which South African Indians can be relocat
… Commission, charged with investigating possible outlets or areas abroad to which South African Indians can be relocat …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… The African Students Association (ASA) was established on 17 … December 1961 in Durban under the auspices of the banned African National Congress (ANC). At…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… impact on the Coloured population included the Group Areas Act of 1950, the Population Registration Act of 1950 … there were existing political organisations…
BiographyErnest Cole
… Ford Foundation for a book entitled, ‘A study of the Negro family in the rural South and the Negro family in the urban ghetto’. However, it was never…
BiographyPhilemon Pearce Nokwe
… name at Crown Mines.) Nokwe then proceeded to the South African Native College (University of Fort Hare) where he … in 1955 and qualified as an advocate. The…
BiographyPhillip Qipu Vundla
… a mine clerk. In the mid-1940s he was an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union and also served on the National … organisers of resistance to the…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the setting up of a multiparty … with the unbanning of liberation movements, including the African…
ArchiveWelfare Services: The Impact of Services Upon Rural-Urban Linkages
… Welfare Services: The Impact of Services Upon Rural-Urban Linkages …
Alleged date of peace treaty between D’Urban and Hintsa
… Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research … Alleged date of peace treaty between D’Urban and Hintsa…
BiographyIsmail Mahomed
… Street Pretoria on 25 July 1931, a second generation South African of Indian descent and first born child of devoutly … criminalised by Apartheid. [iv] The…
BiographyMary Maria Burton
… children of Molly and Peter Ingouville, Burton and her family moved around in a few small towns in Argentina, due to … went on a skiing trip in Austria,…
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
… impacted on Jay at a very young age when in 1958 his family was evicted from their home in Durban through the Group Areas Act. In the 1970s, his brother…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… British Indian Council (CBIC – before 1917), and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC - 1919). During the Gandhi … affair. This attitude was markedly…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
… a young age she was forcibly removed in terms of the Group Areas Act and relocated to Mamelodi with her family. During the next several years, she attended ……
BiographyManiben Sita
… Transvaal (now Gauteng), into a highly politically-active family. Her father, Nana Sita , who had met and been greatly … in Pretoria led by Zainab Asvat …
PlaceCederberg Wilderness Area
… pools or marvel at the delicate Bushman rock art. Southern African rock art has been dated to be as old as 28 000 Years, …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The … in 1975. When FRELIMO gained power in 1975, the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to Reservoir Hills as their … there was segregation at the University of…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. … ISL include the Buntings, the Sachs…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 … state of the province address, The New Age , a Gupta owned family newspaper publishes a four-page…
Black Sash wins support for protests against Group Areas
… Black Sash wins support for protests against Group Areas …
ArchiveThe abolishing of the Group Areas Act: A political milestone
… The abolishing of the Group Areas Act: A political milestone …
ArchiveHow your vote counts in Transitional Local Council areas
… How your vote counts in Transitional Local Council areas …
ArchiveWhy the Black Sash opposes the Group Areas Act
… Why the Black Sash opposes the Group Areas Act …
Group Areas Act, No. 41 of 1950 is promulgated.
… Group Areas Act, No. 41 of 1950 is promulgated. …
The South African Human Rights Commission
… in the Constitution to all in South Africa. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is one such national … Act 108 of 1996 specifies the functions…
A foot soldier remembers the Mandela family by Horst Kleinschmidt, December 2013
… A foot soldier remembers the Mandela family by Horst Kleinschmidt, December 2013 …