African Giant Pixley ka Isaka Seme Passes On Seventy-five years ago, on 7 June 1951, a colossal figure in the anti-colonial struggle and founder of the African National Congress (ANC),…
Tiro’s ‘Turfloop Testimony’ Speech Raises Vorster’s Ire On 6 June 1972, the Johannesburg newspaper, the Rand Daily Mail, wrote the following in its first page, “… we have policemen who…
Mother of the Struggle: Albertina Sisulu Passes On in Johannesburg On 2 June 2011, mother and stalwart of the liberation struggle, Albertina Sisulu, fondly known as “Mama Sisulu”, the wife…
Apartheid Convicts MK Commander James April On Sunday, 30 May 1971 (exactly 50 years ago), Duma Nokwe was going through weekend newspaper reports on the conviction of James Edward April,…
Bram Fischer: “What I Did Was Right” Exactly sixty years ago, on 9 May 1966, Abram “Bram” Fischer was sentenced to life imprisonment for his political activities against apartheid and…
Ruth First At 101 Years: From the Freedom Charter to Armed Struggle (Heloise Ruth First would have turned 101 years today, as she was born on 4 May 1925 in…
Revolutionary Patriot and Internationalist MP Naicker Passes On On 29 April 1977, Marimuthu Pragalathan Naicker, fondly known as “MP”, passed on at the age of 56 from a suspected heart…
Ray Alexander: Women’s Federation – Thirty Years (Sechaba Interview with Ray Alexander on the 30 th Anniversary of the Federation of South African Women, Sechaba, April 1984). On the 17th…
15 April World Art Day: Evoking the Medu Arts Ensemble April 15 is celebrated annually as World Art Day, which was a global initiative dedicated to promoting the understanding, development,…
Chris Hani’s Death Protests Result in Election Date On 12 April 1993, two days after Chris Hani was shot and killed, millions of Black South Africans took to the streets…