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South African General Law Amendment Bill imposes death penalty for sabotage.
… South African General Law Amendment Bill imposes death penalty for sabotage. …
ArchiveComment: Must South Africa bleed to death before the leaders act?
… Comment: Must South Africa bleed to death before the leaders act? …
BiographyPaul Herman Robinson
… studied art briefly at the Natal Technical College. He did his apprenticeship in commercial art at the EP and Commercial … Natal Mercury . In 1934 he was…
BiographyNkosiyabo Xalabile
… 2012 Nkosiyabo was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… papers on mass-energy equivalence, Einstein deduced from his equations on special relativity what has been called the … Albert Einstein introduces his theory…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… at her home. The 4 were arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Mokhetsi Seipei, after rumors in … and dumped at a waste site, was positively…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
… 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he was … the Crown Mines goldmine for two…
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
… port of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his wife. He committed suicide at Southampton in 1841. He was …
Jacob Abraham de Mist
… tenth child, Julie Philippe Augusta de Mist. After the death of his wife de Mist married Elisabeth Margaretha Morre and he had no further children. His…
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… born in Durban, 1959. He experienced the trauma of losing his brothers one after the other to genetic heart-related conditions. The youngest in his family,…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. … car to St Luke's Roosevelt…
BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
… was murdered in November 1981, it fell on her to identify his mutilated body at a government mortuary the morning after his murder. She vehemently refuted…
BiographyJohannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape
… League branch. After matriculating he became involved in his community and was elected in 1987 as the first General … organize people against apartheid. The…
BiographyVeerammal Naidoo
… ). Thambi Naidoo was the sole breadwinner of the family. His wife and seven children had to find ways to survive during his numerous periods of imprisonment…
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was a housewife who was also intensely involved in … uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operative,…
Sipho Philip Mutsi
… to Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein, where he died. His family called for an inquest, as they did not believe the … Spoor, announced a state autopsy showed…
BiographyDikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs
… The prison authorities stated that he was found hanged in his prison cell on 22 October 1986, after 129 days in … in good spirits when they last saw him…
ArchiveChief Buthelezi and his political achievements
… Chief Buthelezi and his political achievements …
ArchiveA new tone for His Master`s Voice
… A new tone for His Master`s Voice …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his friends
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his friends …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his daughters
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his daughters …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his sons
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his sons …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his relatives
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his relatives …
President Nelson Mandela announces his cabinet.
… President Nelson Mandela announces his cabinet. …
BiographyAnna De Koningh
… of Governor Van der Stel and in 1686, as a reward for his hard work in retrieving treasure from a nearby shipwreck, … of that year Bergh was banished to…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only saw him infrequently. His mother was a domestic…
BiographyRobert John McBride
… the section set aside for Coloured people. His parents were schoolteachers. His maternal grandparents were a White Afrikaner bus driver … the Durban bombing…
Matthews Mabelane
… On 15 February 1977 Mr Matthews Mabelane,aged 23,fell to his death from the tenth floor of John Vorster … ferrying young activists to Botswana.A police…
BiographyThobile Mpumza
… buttock, thighs (6 times) and forearm. He left behind his young daughter, sister, niece and four nephews, all of whom he supported financially. According to…
BiographyMonty Johannes Motloung
… Motloung started his primary schooling at Mmuso Lower Primary School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at…