Andrew Verster died peacefully in his bed on Sunday 16th February. It was the kind if death he would have wished for. No fuss, no drama – an end to a life well lived. Since his life partner, Aidan Walsh, died in July 2009 it seemed that life was never quite the same for him.
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by deliberately standing with his young wife Maggie between them and white apartheid police pointing Sten guns, only days after the massacre at Sharpeville 60 years ago.
The police had already shot dead a “guileless, slightly built bloke with a bag full of Granny Smith apples”, left lying in the road.
The demonstrators were workers demanding the release of their leaders, locked up without trial in the prison.
Personal Information
Rose Segwale
Died:
09-July-1977
in Prison in Soweto
(Undisclosed)
On 9th July 1977 a detainee,Mrs Rose Segwale ,aged 59,died in prison in Soweto.No further details are available.
The Bobbejaan Mountain cliffs project into the sea at Baboon Point and a large rock shelter in the cliff is adorned with primitive San paintings. Excavations at a rock shelter in the cliffs indicate habitation by man 15 000 years ago. Elands Bay Cave is a rock art site dating back 10 000 years.
The mild weather ensures year-round outdoor activities, walks and hikes, mountain-biking, mountaineering and 4x4 trails.
Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bobbejaan Mountain lies this hotspot for surfers around the world. For the more adventurous there is the Bobbejaans River Trail.
Democracy
25 years of freedom
1994 to 2019
Democracy
Ubuntu
One rainbow nation
A rising sun
An African Sunset
Democracy
The elegance of the Blue Crane
Tall as the real Yellow Wood
The order of Mapungubwe
The order of the Baobab
Democracy
Granny can live where she wants
Granny can walk without a pass
Freely, she casts her vote
Freely, she can have a voice
Afrika-Dzonga, Afrika-Dzongamawaku,
Ndzithonamihlotiemarhameniya mina,
Ndzivuvumelaemakhorhweniyambiluya mina,
LokondzianakanyanxanisekolowuAfrika-Dzongayihumakaekawona.
Tiko a xi rimphesamphesa,
Tiko a xi lo hontlo, hi mpfilumpfilu,
Matlhelohinkwawokurihasahasa,
Mpfumawulowaxibalesakuritshamela-maxelo.
Vantima a vaetlelabyampfundla,
Vavanunantiyelavahundzukatincence,
VanavaVantimavadyamasalela,
Tibukuavotixavela, vatiphutsela hi maphephayachukele.
Hey Listen South Africans
I’m talking about TaTa Nelson Mandela
The real hero who fought for our freedom
I can hear the echo of his voice from that cold courtroom when he said, “Freedom is the idea, I want to live for and die for. There was silence, silence in court. He was sentenced to isolation in a small in court. He was sentenced to isolation in a small, hard labour was his daily bread they made him break rocks, thinking they were breaking his spirit.