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Abraham Jacobus (Kootjie) van den Heever, journalist and author and younger brother of C.M. van den Heever, is born on the farm
Dulcie van den Bergh (69), SA actress, dies in Johannesburg.
John van den Berg, Afrikaans broadcaster and author, is born.
Regardt van den Bergh, SA actor and director, is born.
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
The Information Scandal that broke out in 1978 is widely regarded as the single event that heralded the end of B. J. Voster's term as State President of South…
ArchiveBiography of George Botha by Van den Branden
This article was written by P.J. Van den Branden and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (55), Afrikaans novelist, dies in Johannesburg.
BiographyFrank Wiles
Frank Wiles was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles. Prior to his arrival in SA…
BiographyHarry Garuba
Harry Garuba was born in Akure, southwestern Nigeria, in 1958. [1] At the young age of seventeen he was accepted to study English at the University of Ibadan…
BiographyHudson William Edison Ntsanwisi
Ntsanwisi was born on 11 July 1920 at the Shiluvane Mission Station in the Letaba District of Limpopo. He was the eldest child in a family of three. With only…
Jacobus Johannes (Koos) Den Houting, SA sculptor, is born in Alicedale, Cape Province.
Jacobus Johannes (Koos) Den Houting, SA sculptor, is born in Alicedale, Cape Province.
Prof. William R.M. Malherbe is appointed as first dean of the law faculty of the University of Stellenbosch.
Actor Deon Coetzee, of Egoli, and his wife, Gwen Johnson, are divorced in Johannesburg after a marriage of 3 years.
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near Pietersburg in the…
Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is born in Bantule.
Dean Tshenuwani Simon Farisane, pastor, co-translator of the Venda Bible, ANC politician and current MEC for Transport, Limpopo
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was…
BiographyNana Sita
Please note: this is an extract from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family…
C.M. van den Heever (Christiaan Maurits), Afrikaans novelist, is born in the concentration camp at Norvalspont.
Daniël Petrus van den Heever (65), Cape parliamentarian and champion for Afrikaans, dies in Venterstad, CP.
Daantjie van den Heever (67), former captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team, dies in Pretoria.
BiographyRev George Wauchope
Rev George Wauchope was born in South Africa. He joined the South African Student Organisation (SASO) while studying at the University of Fort Hare in the…
Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical doctor and community worker who fought for equality for all races, is born in Bantule, Pretoria.
Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro and his wife Florence Barbara are gunned down in their courtyard. Policemen A.J.M. Joubert, P.J. Verster
Prof. Christian Gustav Waldemar Schumann, dean of the faculty for economy at the University of Stellenbosch and member of the h
The Anglican Dean of Johannesburg, the Very Rev. Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh, is detained by the police, accused of subversi
BiographyVera Gow (Adams)
Vera Gow was born on 14 February 1942 in Cape Town. Her primary school years were spent near Evaton in the Free State Province where her father was Dean of the…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
Dr David Nthubu Koloane, who was born in South Africa in 1938, was an extraordinary pioneer in the visual arts who fiercely defied any form of categorisation…