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Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular … As the industries grew on the Rand, so did the number of workers. These workers had to find…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … the reception to celebrate the academic achievement of Mr. A. M. Lembede M.A., LL.B at the B.M…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a …
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… There was no single moment when I began to sense the long shadow that Cecil John Rhodes has cast over my life, … the university where I am a professor, or…
BiographyBennett Seitshiro
… Born 1916. Factory worker. Active in the ANC since 1937; helped the 1946 African miners' strike; and a key Congress figure in …
BiographyLeslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
… Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the Defiance Campaign and became a prominent Orange Free…
BiographyObed Tseko Motshabi
… Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and the shantytown movement after World War II. …
BiographyFrans “Ting Ting” Masango
… had a good academic record which was interrupted by the 1976 student uprising . He played an active role in the uprising. … MK soldier, one of the accused…
BiographyWillis Nxumalo
… in numerous group exhibitions. He won an award in 1972 at the Bulawayo Art Exhibition, Zimbabwe, and currently works … art in Empangeni. Nxumalo's work is…
BiographyDr Irvin Khoza
… Dr Irvin Khoza, known as the “Iron Duke”, was born on 27 January 1948 in Alexandra Township. He began his education at the Roma Mission School in Alexandra…
BiographyRegina Buthelezi
… She trained at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre (ELC), … known about her. She exhibited on exhibitions arranged by the ELC Art and Craft…
BiographyDoc Bikitsha
… known as “Doc” Bikitsha, was born on 19 November 1930 at the Bridgman Memorial Hospital in Mayfair, Johannesburg. … back to South Africa where he continued…
Samuel Chibane
… Chibane was born in Pretoria and became involved with the PAC as a student at Wilberforce Institute in Evaton, … near Sharpeville . In 1963 he was arrested…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… on from Part 1 , this article seeks to analyse some of the historical and present dynamics bedevilling ESKOM. … of the power supply crisis was in early 2008…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam … Exam Memo Level 1 & 2 Difficulty Source A: Description of Robespierre’s 1790 speech. For…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the … Cape Town established 1921…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… When I was freed after 22 years I had spent 45 per cent of my life inside the walls. Now I have been outside the prison again longer … these companies. Anglo…
Chapter 6
… Regeneration of the All-African Convention: The Background In spite of all … because if they improve the Reserves they kill the gold mines."Then, twitting…
PlaceNamibia
… Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib … and its main mineral products…
BiographySydney Derrick Sipho Mdanda
… art at Mzuvele High School, at Umbumbulu College, at the Mmabana Cultural Centre and at Lehurutshe College; and from 1998 to 2001 he lectured in art at the…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… 1854 15 May, The proclamation of the settlement of Durban into a Borough. The European … South African non-white has been awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal…
Nqaba Memani
… * some sources give the date as 1963 …
BiographyTseko Naphtali Maine
… Tseko Naphtali Maine was killed in the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. …
BiographyJohn Motsoahae Mailane
… John Motsoahae Mailane was killed in the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. …
BiographyDavid H Mgugunyeka
… Born 1906. Commercial traveller. Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress …
BiographyMargaret Mncadi
… Margaret Mncadi was born in the Eastern Transvaal, and obtained a degree at Fort Hare … first president of the ANC’s Women’s League in KwaZulu-Natal …
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… June, I t is announced that Security Police have arrested the leader of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC), Dan S. … with the International…
BiographyJoseph Royeppen
… to legislation that prevents Indians from entering the Transvaal. … Barrister - member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the South African Indian…
BiographyMogamat Taufie Bardien
… formal schooling. He ran away from home at 16 to join the Cape Coloured Corps and was conscripted to fight in … B (2005) “Debate on race returns to haunt ANC…
BiographyMagdelene Malotane Adams
… education. She married Simon Adams from Rustenburg and the family had three children. …