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BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
Thomas Patrick Murray was the eldest of the three sons of Patrick Murray, a boiler-maker and trade unionist, and his wife, Florence Mabel Essex. After…
BiographyMannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
On Thursday 08 July 1897 two daughter congregations ceceded from the DR Church Johannesburg, being the DR Church Jeppestown and the DR Church Johannesburg East…
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…
BiographyVictor Sidney Norton
Victor Sidney Norton was the elder son of Sidney (Peter) Norton, a Johannesburg journalist, and his wife. His father's descent was English and his mother was…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He…
BiographyJoel Joffe
Joffe was born to a Jewish family on 12 May, 1932 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Abraham Joffe, a businessman, had come from Latvia and…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana (nèe Mbanjwa) was born in Melmoth, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957,…
BiographyEthel Walt
Ethel Walt was born on 22 November 1925 in Bothaville in the then Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Her family relocated to Yeoville, Johannesburg,…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
Blance la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… a threat to the future of the white race in Australia. In 1913, W. Baldwin Spencer set up 13 proposals to manage the …
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
… was demolished in 1911, then re-built and completed in 1913. The building that Houses the Lady Grey Arts Academy was …
”Draft Declaration of Unity” [including 10-point Programme]. Statement Approved by the Continuation Committee of the Preliminary Unity Conference of Delegates from the AAC and the National Anti-C.A.D., December 17, 1943
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and remains contested. This timeline…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… of this period was the strike initiated by Gandhi in 1913. The strike achieved a fair amount of success especially … "Indentured Indians; Accommodation and…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… higher education was closed to Black South Africans. In 1913, Xuma enrolled at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, which …
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… Regardless, the Bantu Women’s League was formed in 1913. The league worked at ‘ uniting African women against …
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… in South Africa — noted South Africa’s Native Lands Act of 1913 apportioned only 7 percent of the country’s arable land … “The Native,” Plaatje wrote, had…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… for almost 100 years until the passing of the Land Act of 1913 . Consequently, the Sigweje group was removed soon after … communities dispossessed of their…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… settler population via the Native Land Act of 19 June 1913, organised resistance against colonialism would forever …
ArchiveNew Nat gives aparthied land back to family 1993 - 1994
ArchiveRecruiting Indentured Labour for Overseas Colonies, circa 1834–1910 by Madhwi
Archive‘The Arch’ – our moral beacon – Desmond Mpilo Tutu 1931 - 2021
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