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ArchiveDing dong bell
Sello Hatang on Ahmed Kathrada
ArchiveLaughter in the belly of the beast
A2 litho poster purple, blue, black on white; cartoon of PW Botha as crocodile
ArchiveStatement by Zamngqondo Gingana evicted from the farm Bell Rock
Statement by Zamngqondo Gingana, a farm worker, describing circumstances surrounding his dismissal and eviction from Bell Rock farm.
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
Former president of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, was instrumental in Algeria’s fight for independence from France. He became the country’s premier in 1962 and was…
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
Ahmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike in Algiers, Algeria. Bella became Algeria’s Prime Minister in 1962 and was elected…
Ben Bella is dismissed as president of Algeria.
William H. Bell (Daddy Bell) (72), SA musician and composer of three symphonies and two operas, dies in Gordon’s Bay.
Conditioned like rats by the bells of the old world
BiographyGuy Tillim
Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. After completing a B.Comm at the University of Cape Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South…
The Bell Is Tolling For Apartheid: New Year Message, 1962
Sello Moloto, Premier of Limpopo Province since 22 April 2004, is born.
Bella Motsupi, grandmother of Vosloorus activist Thuli Motsupi, is killed in Vosloorus.
Ben Bella is recognised as a political prisoner in Algeria following a hunger strike.
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at school although art was not offered as a subject. He left Lamontville…
Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after eleven days of hunger strike in Algiers.
Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji
Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji was born on 22 August 1922 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He later moved to the Eastern Cape, settling in Port Elizabeth,…
The ticking time bomb of Swaziland By Terry Bell, Cape Town 19 April 2015
Sir Sydney Smith Bell (74), chief justice of the Cape Colony, dies in London.
Sir Sydney Smith Bell, chief justice of the Cape, retires because of poor health.
BiographyDavid Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane
David Hlongwane was born on 1 January 1963 in the Zwelethemba township of Worcester. He studied at Vuyisile High School, without completing Matric. Looking at…
Mandela’s prison manuscript: The Nelson Mandela Foundation responds by Sello Hatang, 14 January 2014, South Africa
Laughter in the belly of the beast - Cartoons by Zapiro: In an era of repression, 1988
BiographyJohn Hodgkiss
John Hodgkiss was born on 25 September 1966 in Johannesburg. He studied fine art Rhodes University. Here he also studied under the renowned photographer Obie…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
Trade union leader and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna Hendrina…
BiographyTheophilus Dymond Field
Theophilus Dymond Field was born in Tunbridge Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in watercolour, the most…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… and Honorary Doctor of Laws with the University of Ahmadou Bello, Nigeria.This is an incomplete list of the awards that …