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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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceNazareth House, Durban
The official reopening of Nazareth House in Durban took place on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Members of the public had been invited to tour the facility and meet…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 ……
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…
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 …
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. …
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, …
ArchiveOperation Oliekol: Removals and Orderly Urbanisation in the P.E./Uitenhage areas: Paper Presented at National Conference 1987
… Removals and Orderly Urbanisation in the P.E./Uitenhage areas: Paper Presented at National Conference on 13 March 1987 discussing urbanisation, forced…
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…