John Langalibalele Dube Remembered: 80 Years On Today marks the 80th year of John Langalibalele Dube death, who passed on 11 February 1946 at Umhlanga in Natal. John Langalibalele Dube,…
Haile Selassie I: Throughout History (Haile Selassie’s famous speech condemning inaction and the failure of the League of Nations regarding the Italian invasion of Ethiopia was made on 30 June…
Battle of Santa Clara and Batista’s flight On 2 January 1959, Comandante William Alexander Morgan, an American-born Cuban guerrilla Commander, leading the Cuban Revolutionary Directorate (RD) rebel forces, captured the…
Võ Nguyên Giáp and The People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) On 22 December 1944, under the guidelines of Hồ Chí Minh, guerrilla fighter and later General of the Vietnamese People’s…
ANC adopts the Youth League Programme of Action On 17 December 1949, the African National Congress (ANC) adopted a Programme of Action at its 1949 December conference, which marked one…
Mbongeni Ngema: A Revolutionary Force in the Arts “When I grew up, all I wanted to be was a musician … I always wanted to be on stage performing for…
Bra Johnny Mekoa: Jazz Giant Bra Johnny was born John Ramakhobotla Mekoa on 11 April 1945. Mekoa was a man who had had the foot of the apartheid system at…
Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo: South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of a capella music,…
AUGUST 9: South African Women’s Day The history of South Africa is rich with examples of the determination of women to play their full part in the difficult struggle for…
The 26th of July Movement The 26th of July Movement was a revolutionary movement led by Fidel Castro in Cuba that aimed to overthrow the authoritarian regime of Fulgencio Batista,…