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BiographyErnest Mabaso
… Shot dead as he was leaving his home. …
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… the central business district of Durban. He then walked to his home in Sydenham as the last tramcar had long departed. … till 11pm - there was an urgency…
BiographyJoseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo
… in the area. He was described in documentation related to his banishment as a ‘ringleader’ who was a ‘known agitator … under escort.’ He escaped into exile…
BiographyNgila Micheal Muendane
… as a member of parliament from 1997 till 2000. During his time in exile, he addressed several organisations on … the SABC TV youth programme "Switched On"…
BiographyProfessor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu
… Nengwekhulu was elected as the permanent organizer. After his election, he was in charge of the Reef SASO (REESO) Local …
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
… of the South African Communist Party eventually lost his position when the government imposed a crackdown on all …
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… just north of Pretoria. There he was joined by members of his family, as well as a retinue of followers, among whom … position of "shield-bearers to the king…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Rivonia Trialist, ANC and SACP member Govan Mbeki dies at his home in Port Elizabeth. 8 September, Deputy President … The High Court acquits Dr Wouter Basson…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… Mandla Langa was born in apartheid South Africa in 1950. His family, friends, and his own life were made in and developed by this program that … his…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Name Place of death Age Date Cause of death Adams, Sandra Joyce Kew Town 15 … Gugulethu 18 8.9.76 Went to visit…
BiographyMazizi Magekaza
… of the African National Congress (ANC). He was killed in his hospital bed, in a raid in Lesotho, 1988. …
BiographySam Mabe
… Deputy Editor of the Sowetan newspaper. Was shot dead in his car by two gunmen. …
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
… "independence" under the leadership of Mangope and his Bophuthatswana Democratic Party. After the 1976 Soweto … in March 1994 and armed right-wing whites…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… and Reconciliation Commission asking them to help her find his remains. The investigation that followed proved to be a … information about her brother,…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… (ANC) veteran and apartheid activist, was assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric brutality on 19 November 1981. His murderers…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… He wrote Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica eight years before his death, at the age of twenty four. There were initially uncertainties around the exact year of his…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven … of 12. Until he was baptised, he did…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… for both the families [iv] . The scandal cost Elliott his job and he was also disinherited by his family. The marriage ended after five years and Mary and …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… lost the election to Robert Sobukhwe breaks away to form his own party, the Pan African Freedom Movement (PAFM). … Pan African Freedom Movement (PAFM)…
BiographyL.B. Mokele
… letter that he would be named or listed if continued with his Communist activities. …
Denis Farrell
… of Soweto voters pipped that of Nelson Mandela casting his vote, earning him a Pulitzer Prize nomination. …
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… four others, on charges of sabotage, which carried the death penalty. Accused No.1 was Nelson Mandela, then serving a five-year sentence following his trial…
BiographyJohn Liebenberg
… He was introduced to Namibia in 1976 when together with his fellow conscripts he was sent to Ondangwa Air-force base … new weekly, ‘The Namibian’. Following…
BiographyNtsoane Jackson
… and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment and banned on his release. …
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
… became King around the age of nine or ten after the death of his father Akhenaten. DNA analysis of Tutankhamen’s mummy … It is believed that he is the son of…
BiographySam Tambani
… bantustan in modern day Limpopo. In 1969, Sam passed his grade 8 and left school at an early age due to financial …
BiographyAzaria Mbatha
… a brief teaching spell there. In 1970 Mbatha returned with his family to Sweden, where he still lives. Beginning in 1973 …
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… established FRELIMO. In the meantime Joe Louw had served his sentence and arrived in Dar es Salaam. Shortly afterward …
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… who, being oppressed, will find it necessary to oppress his women. Traditional reinforces this, and elevates man …
BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
… through Botswana and Zambia into Tanzania. Mkhize and his group were sent to Egypt where he underwent a six months …