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BiographySelaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi
Selaelo Charles "Dan" Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins…
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…
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
At a young age, while a student at the University of Cape Town, Ronald (Ronnie) Britten was an active member of the then Non-European Unity Movement, later to…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
Vusimuzi Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister,Make grew…
ArchiveThe last demonstration held by the Black Sash on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall, September 1963. All gatherings in the vicinity of the City Hall have now been banned.
ArchiveDiscussions between Mr Silvino Da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde, and Representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information: Sal Island, 11 September 1983
Report on discussions held between South African and the Republic of Cape Verde with regard to negotiations between Angola and South Africa. Includes a letter…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Socialist Ideals and Bolshevik Realities South Africa and the Archives of the Communist International Document 1 Report of M. Wolberg to…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… to defend the rights of disenfranchised blacks. 1913 Muhammad bin Abubakar publishes the epic poem Utendi wa …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… to defend the rights of disenfranchised blacks. 1913 Muhammad bin Abubakar publishes the epic poem Utendi wa …
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… by discriminatory land legislation dating back to the 1913 Land Act, was passed by Nelson Mandela and signed into … individuals and communities dispossessed…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… revenue of the British Cape colony. The loss of land after 1913 pushed many black people to seek alternative earnings by …
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… In 1913 the Police Bill and Defence Bill were both enacted and … took part in mass action that turned violent on 5 July 1913 as it gained momentum. The SAP…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed by the local…
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British Trade Union…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
Anti-apartheid activist Adelaine Hain who was successively jailed, banned and exiled to Britain in Pretoria in the early 1960s died peacefully on 8 September,…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… answers from the Mayor, Ivan Haarburgen on the 29th of May 1913. He told the women that the pass laws were subject to … As a result 80 women were arrested…
PlaceTolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg
… in South Africa that Gandhi developed, between 1910 and 1913, his Satyagraha philosophy of passive resistance, and it …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… had become involved in Gandhi's passive resistance of 1913 they did not attempt to form any long-term women's …
ArticleBlack South African literature
The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… or the local authority has granted permission for usage. 1913 The immigrants Regulations Act, No. 22 of 1913 prevents Indians from moving to other provinces…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the … Ivan Haarburgen, who was not available. Read more on the 1913 anti-pass campaign, the history of…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… was over, amongst other things, the carrying of passes. In 1913 the first mass action by African and Coloured women was …
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a giant among African American activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights…
BiographyMhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo
Mhlabunzima Maphumulo was born on 6th September,1949 Maqongqo distric of Kwazulu-Natal . At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited the role of Chief of the…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
Alpheus Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found…
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
Phindile Mfeti, a first cousin of former State President Thabo Mbeki and nephew of Govin Mbeki was born on 15 December 1946, at Nqamakwe, Eastern Cape. He was…
BiographyViacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
Viacheslav Shiryaev, popularly known as Comrade Ivan, was born in January 1938 in the town of Orsk, south of Urals, Russia. He completed the Higher Engineers…
BiographyPhathekile Holomisa
Phathekile Holomisa was born on 26 August 1959 in the Eastern Cape. He went to the University of Natal during the mid 1980’s where he received a Bachelor of…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
Wintson Ntshona was born on 6 October 1941 in Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in school plays with John Kani. During…
BiographyHalton Cheadle
Michael Halton Cheadle was born on 30 July 1949. He received a BA Honours and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of Law from Witwatersrand…