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BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
… of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired policeman. He grew up in the South Western Native Township (Soweto), attending a local…
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
… 1923 in Frankfort in the Orange Free State. The son of a clerk and descendant of the Hlubi chief, Langalibalele, he became a teacher and active member of the…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
… in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began … In January 1958, charges were withdrawn…
Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy (64), educationist, rector of the University of Potchefstroom and president of the Federasie v
… Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy (64), educationist, rector of the University of Potchefstroom …
The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen (64), founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, dies in Paarl, Cape Colony.
… The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen (64), founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, dies in Paarl, Cape …
Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp (64), controversial missionary and physician in the Eastern Cape, dies in Cape Town.
… Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp (64), controversial missionary and physician in the Eastern …
Lord Charles Somerset (64), former governor at the Cape and direct descendent of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from 1
… Lord Charles Somerset (64), former governor at the Cape and direct descendent of the …
Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, dies in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands.
… Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, …
The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared
… The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who …
Adam Kok III (64), Griqua chief, dies in Griqualand East. Date is given as 31 December 1875 in another source.
… Adam Kok III (64), Griqua chief, dies in Griqualand East. Date is given as …
BiographyVera Ponnen
… in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she went to Johannesburg and … she was married, the Ponnen household in…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 10 May 1983, Volume 64 and Volume 65
… of Churches held at Pretoria on 10 May 1983, Volume 64 and Volume 65 …
BiographyAlex Hepple
… Hepple (1869-1942), an immigrant from Sunderland, was a shop steward of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and … the South African Labour Pa rty (SALP)…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… of Natal and the Transvaal. SAIC also decided to send a delegation to New York to assist in the preparation of the … http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages…
BiographySiphiwe Tshabalala
… joining Free State Stars. After scoring 31 goals in just 64 games he earned a move back to the club that he is most well-known for – … the South African…
BiographyGraeme Pollock
… was born on 27 February 1944 in Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended Grey High School, a…
BiographyJacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi
… Africa’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, a post that saw him chair two key UN sessions, the 54th … Rights Commission and the Oslo Diplomatic…
BiographyNana Sita
… collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family which was active in the Indian freedom movement. He …
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
… Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port … ZK Matthews , Chief Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela . As a result,…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… - UKZN) where she graduated with BA in 1963 and then a LLB degree in 1965. At University she joined the Non … Durban under the guidance of Narainsamy Thumbi…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four children. His father, a businessperson in the fishing industry, died when he was ……
BiographyGuy Tillim
… 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…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important … USA. We study the crisis of capitalism…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… 1933 outside Polokwane, Limpopo. He was the last born in a family of six. His father Reuben Tshomoko Sethulane worked as a teacher in Nebo District in…
BiographyBilly Nair
… and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, an engineer's assistant in a cargo vessel which transported sugar (SS Frontier). He … in 1949, having studied part-time whilst…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… Albert John Luthuli . Although she never became as public a figure as her husband was, she was significant in her own right and made a considerable…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother who worked as a domestic worker in Seshego Township. He went to Mohlakaneng … School…
BiographyBheki Cele
… away, leaving him in the care of his father. His father, a senior “Induna” (Chief) at the then South African Railways, … the cleanest in the class. The…
Article“Fees will Fall, Not Us”: A glance at Stellenbosch University
… at Rhodes University in Grahamstown that soon became a nation-wide movement which spread to various campuses. [2] … located in the Western Cape, which…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western Transvaal [now North West Province]. … 2 000 volunteers imprisoned in that…