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BiographyVuyani Goniwe
… border post and walked through the night. On the morning of 27 October 1978 they were spotted by a helicopter and confronted by members of the Bophutatswana…
BiographyReggie Williams
… National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The apartheid state prided itself on being an economic power…
Trevor Wittes, arrested after the murder on four people in George and pretending to be paralysed after being shot by police, is
… four people in George and pretending to be paralysed after being shot by police, is …
News 24 reports that four top SANDF commanders are being investigated for sexual charges in the DRC by either the United Nation
… News 24 reports that four top SANDF commanders are being investigated for sexual charges in the DRC by either …
The Sowetan reports that a R31m military base is being built at Vuwani, Venda. It is due for completion in November 1989.
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 99 … The…
The British consul presents a White Paper on the atrocities being carried out by Belgium in the Congo Free State to the Belgian
… The British consul presents a White Paper on the atrocities being carried out by Belgium in the Congo Free State to the …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe Josiah Makgatho of the Makgatho … Methodist evangelist in the Zoutpansberg…
The Bill of Rights
… hence it begins at Article 7. 7. RIGHTS 1. This Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It … reproduction; b. to security in…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma Nkondo left Lorenco Marques … his primary school in Louis…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played … had finally established a unified, non-racial governing body for rugby…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served as … held for about three months by the Smuts…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… Hospital, Umbilo, Durban , in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or Nstiki, as her … and showed her photographs of her…
Pieter Gijsbert van Noodt, governor at the Cape who allegedly died while four people were being hung on his order, is born in N
… at the Cape who allegedly died while four people were being hung on his order, is born in N …
BiographyPatricia Horn
… a project based in India. In 1993 SEWA was launched as a body whose purpose was to organize women in the informal … vendors and she is currently the…
BiographyYazeed Kamaldien
… at Peninsula Technikon, which he completed in 2001. Part of the course was a section on photojournalism. Extra lessons … in photography included a short…
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
… in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg , where he obtained a … Studies at the same university. In his…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… celebrates Human Rights Day. This day is a commemoration of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and how far the nation has … the United Nations. One of the first…
William Nomodi Tshwane
… dead while trying to escape.The family was only informed of their son's death on 14 October. Lawyers for the family were told that they could not be given…
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
… Leander Starr Jameson was the son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his … 1917 at Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London. His body…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923,he was one of seven children in a rural family that was later forced off … Machel, said: “We shall be the guardians…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… Cape between the Army and the Civil service. 1879 Founding of the first two Whites-only rugby union clubs in South Africa, Hamilton and the Villagers. 1883…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… itola, he is best known in history for leading the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. Except for his political and … marks of old cuts, or wounds, on different…
BiographyOscar Mpetha
… Congress ANC in 1951 and in 1958 was chosen president of the Cape ANC in a disputed election. He was subject to … 1954 into the 1960s and was detained…
BiographySheila Cussons
… Gauteng ) and studied fine art at the University College of Natal (now University of kwaZulu-Natal ). She went on to study graphic art in … In 1983, she…
BiographyNgwenduna Vanda
… Ngwenduna Vanda, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe … He was killed in combat with the Transkeian forces. His body was…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… he was teaching at Tembalabantu, Charles Sebe, the head of the Ciskei intelligence services informed Mhlauli that he … Van Zyl Taylor, Glen Mgoduka, Lotz and…
BiographyPenny Siopis
… Siopis’ work is marked by three interests, the physicality of paint, the accumulation of found objects (including video footage), material memory, and the…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the … chairman of the Alexandra Action…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu , a township north of Durban , where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. … political involvement and mobilisation…
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… Arndt, the youngest son of Reverend Johannes Arndt and Luise Pauline Grutzner was … and Economics at the Grey University College (University of the Free…