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BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
Curnick Ndlovu, the first leader of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Regional Command in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), recruited Louis ‘Problem’ Mkhize first into the…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the…
African National Congress (ANC) spokesman Saki Macozoma describes as “pure propaganda”, the announcement by President Frederik
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
Basil D’Oliveira (Dolly) was born on 4 October 1931, in Signal Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s racial laws, he was…
London-based Amnesty International reports that armed combatants have brutally raped tens of thousands of women, girls and babi
Sakumzi (Saki) Macozoma, ANC politician, director of various companies and member of several Boards, is born in Port Elizabeth.
Stephen Marais
Stephen Marais was born in Stellenbosch in 1956. My mother-tongue is English, my ouma-taal Afrikaans. He was nine when Verwoerd was assassinated in 1966 and…
The African National Congress is to triple the size of its national executive committee to 105 members to broaden decision-maki
Anglo-Boer War 2 Chief Commandant De Wet, Pres. Steyn and members of the Free State government break out of the Brandwater Basi
BiographyDavid Hemson
David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up in a…
BiographySimon Nkabinde
Simon ‘Mahlathini’ Nkabinde was born on 30 November 1937, in Newcastle. He grew up in Alexander Township. His father died while he was young, and later he was…
ArchiveDié 'idealisme' is kortsigtig, by Marius Bakkes, Oggendblad, 14 August 1981
ArchiveLimillione tsa batho li ne le le mahlomoleng ka baka la ho bolauoa ha mohale oa bona- batho bangata ha ba ea mesebetsing(article written in Sotho language)
BiographyRobert Carl-Heinz Shell
Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only child of a German father, Heinrich (Heinz) Schelowsky (later changed to Shell)…
BiographyWilliam Mtsologane
William Mtsologane was one of the six along with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg),…
BiographyMfoloe Ramokgadi
Mfoloe Ramokgadi was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyAbel Mabe
Abel Mabe was one of the six alongside with Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal, (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyTom Lebekoe
Tom Lebekoe was one of the six persons, alongside Jeremiah Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…
BiographyLevi Mabe
Levi Mabe was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Mabe, accused of various offences arising from conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District,…
BiographySammy Marks
The entrepreneur Samuel Marks was born in Lithuania in 1843. He arrived on African shores in 1868 where he began his career by hawking cheap jewelry and…
BiographyGibson Magwaza
Gibson Magwaza, from Nongoma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished for coming into conflict with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the state. A document…
List of people who died in exile
Name Abithur, Albie M. Abrahams, John Albert, Gama Alpheus, Dlamini Anthony, James …
BiographyMaphuti Molatela Seopa
In terms of a banishment order dated 21 July 1953, Maphuti Molatela Seopa and her two children were banished in October 1953 from Matlala's Location,…
BiographyGeorge Mokate Ramafoku
George Mokate Ramafoku is the only person, banished post-1948, who was also banished prior to 1948. His banishment order, of 8 May 1935, notes that Chief…
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State Province), and grew up in…
BiographySarah Gertrude Holland
Sarah Gertrude Mary Christina Holland was born on 11 April 1952, in Durban. On 9 February 2010, Holland’s house was destroyed by a fire which claimed the lives…
BiographyBilly Lesedi Masetlha
Billy Masetlha was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is a founder member of the Congress of South African…
BiographyJeremiah Rakoko Mabe
There had been periodic unrest at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s,…
BiographyAlbert Newall
Albert Newall was born in 1920 in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Newall enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, where he trained and later served…