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BiographyGeorge Hallett
George Hallett was born in 1942 District Six, Cape Town. He then moved to Hout Bay, Cape Town to live with his grandparents. Thereafter he moved to live in…
BiographyRuth First
Journalist, academic and political activist, Ruth Heloise First was born on 4 May 1925. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants Julius and Matilda (neé…
PlaceHermanus
… wines. Hermanus is firmly established on the Epicurean map- a connoisseur of the arts of life and the refinements …
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
My intention is to show aspects of village life through photographic images. These are just fragments of a much bigger picture of rural life; basic elements…
People associated with Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Mahomed Dadoo Fatima Dadoo PS Joshi Sarojini Naidoo Molvi Cachalia V. Srinivasa Sastri Jimmy Maxwell Salif Walla Mohambry Gangathura 'Monty'…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old, due to the Group…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like Granville Scott and William Wilberforce,[i] for the…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
1960 Mar- Norman Phillips of the Toronto Star was detained 3 and '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
Present day Malawi became the British colony of Nyasaland in 1890, after aggressive diplomatic conflict with Germany. In 1964, Britain released the colony and…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to control their movements. The first time Pass…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the territories that came to be known as South Africa. The Union is founded…
BiographyMyron Peter
Myron Peter was born in 1954 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu…
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
Michael Alan Harmel was born on 7th of February in 1915 in Johannesburg ,to Irish immigrant parents, became a radical socialist, fiercely opposed to racism…
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela was born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg. She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema Masekela. Her…
EventKenya is granted independence
Kenya gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. The Union Jack was replaced by the black, red and green…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Tributes to Lembede After His Death
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 41. WALTER NHLAPO,"He Sang and Soared Away," Barlow's Weekly, 16 August 1947 Walter…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.4 1991
Contents and Contributors Contents Volume 9 Number 4 1991, Comment ,A. W. Oliphant, B. Schreiner, P. Weinberg, M. Krouse. Stories: Crossing Borders Without…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
1940 Mandela was elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After he became embroiled in general student dissatisfaction with boarding…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
Abstract Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani was a jazz musician who performed during the apartheid era. He played for almost his entire career in exile before passing away…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the times of apartheid,…
ArchiveA musical concert
Green and white poster advertising a concert at Nobuhle Hall, Alexandra on the 18th May. List of attractions. Green and white image of man playing piano and…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
The Nationalist Party, though always claiming to have no association with Nazism, had staked everything on a Nazi victory. Hitler's defeat, therefore, weakened…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
This period began with the intensification of the anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre…
BiographyNtongela Masilela
Professor Ntongela Masilela was born on 9 December 1948 in Orlando West, Soweto, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), the eldest son of Florence Vuyiswa Masilela…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
1960 21 March, In a peaceful anti pass march led by the PAC at Sharpeville, the police open fire on the unarmed and peaceful crowd, killing 69 and wounding…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
Historians recognise the significance of popular struggles over the past 100 years. But debates among historians about their relationship to formal political…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… (25.9%), Madagascar (25.1%) and Indonesia (22.7%). A map of the Pacific Ocean Slave Trade, where most of the …
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg in 1923. Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish…