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Zulu warriors ambush Petrus Lafras (Piet) Uys and his men at Italeni. Uys, his son Dirkie and seven of his followers are ki
… Zulu warriors ambush Petrus Lafras (Piet) Uys and his men at Italeni. Uys, his son Dirkie and seven of his followers are ki …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the … by the Biko family, all of whose findings were…
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,…
EventRamaphosa announces his decision to leave parliament
… and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announced his intention to resign from Parliament once the final … Ramaphosa announces his decision to leave…
ArchiveThe Death of Albert Nzula and the silence of George Padmore
… The Death of Albert Nzula and the silence of George Padmore …
”Death Lurked in a Veld near City”, Pretoria News. 12 September, 1980.
… ”Death Lurked in a Veld near City”, Pretoria News. 12 …
APDUSA View Issue No 3: The Death of Indira Gandhi, December 1984
… APDUSA View Issue No 3: The Death of Indira Gandhi, December 1984 …
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? …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… editor of the London Sunday Telegraph, wrote in his memoirs that no journalist of any nationality impressed … the world. One of the main themes of Cillié’s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… near Pietersburg in the northern Transvaal. In 1916 his father fought against Germany in the First World War. … from Pietersburg (now Polokwane). He grew up…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… Marcus Motaung grew up in Diepkloof in the 1960s and 1970s. His family moved to the Township around the early to … After completing primary school education,…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… Vuyani Mabaxa grew up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health … figure in youth politics and as a young…
BiographyMax Gordon
… born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University … between workers…
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 …