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BiographyVera Ponnen
Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she went to Johannesburg…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port Elizabeth …
BiographyMargaret Nash
Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal…
BiographyNorman Catherine
Norman Catherine was born in East London, South Africa in September 1949. He studied at the East London Technical School of Art and held his first solo…
BiographyWilliam Kentridge
"I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art (and a politics) in…
BiographyFaith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko was born on the 2 April 1965, at Charteston Location, Nigel. She completed her junior primary education at the Jabavu East Community…
Cheryl Ellen Gillwald
Cheryl Ellen Gillwald was born in Welkom in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 December 1956. She matriculated in 1974 at Roedean in…
BiographyJosias Ratshilumela Madzunya
Josias Ratshilumela Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe,the son of a polygamous Venda…
Dumisani Mbatha
Mr Dumisani Mbatha aged 16,was among a group of students and youths detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act in Johannesburg on 16 September 1976…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
The double-storey building which, together with the adjacent St George's Cathedral, was designed by Herbert Baker, replaced the original school which was…
BiographyRick Turner
Rick Turner [Richard Albert David Turner] was a charismatic political philosopher and theorist who was also an activist and educationist. He was highly…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
Today, I stand before this august and eminent assembly to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The question I have pondered without results from…
Excerpts from discussions between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting southern Africa: Cape Town: 13 March 1986
Minutes of discussions held between the South African Government and the United States Government to discuss military and political solutions to achieve a…
ArchiveMinutes of a Meeting between the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Mr. M. C. Botha, officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development .... held in the Bantu Administration Building, Pretoria on 19 June 1976
Minutes of the meeting between officials of the Department of Bantu Education, West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board and Representatives of the Urban…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
The origins of Enoch Sontonga and the song he wrote, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are humble and rather obscure. Enoch Sontonga, from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa…
BiographyAudrey Coleman
Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…
BiographyWilliam Mosehle Sekhukhune
Over 70 years old, William Mosehle Sekhukhune’s banishment order described him as a half-brother of Paramount Chief Sekhukhune. It was alleged that his status…
BiographyBhungwana Saul Mngomezulu
According to documentation related to his banishment order, in 1965, after the death of Chief Zombizwe, Ntunja Mngomezulu was appointed chief of the Mngomezulu…
BiographyJacob Matome
Jacob Matome (Rachabedi), originally resident at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal, [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] was banished…
BiographyMike Hutchings
Born in 1963 in London, Mike Hutchings grew up in various countries around Africa, before finishing basic schooling in South Africa in 1980. His earliest…
PlaceKeetmanshoop
… were killed in the Herero and Nama wars in 1897, 1903 and 1906-1907 respectively. It is shaped in the form of an …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… Hope and his assistants, but was found not guilty and in 1906 returned to his home as a commoner. He died in 1912. …
ArchiveWhite predominance makes citrus industry vulnerable, says report 1996 - 1999
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, Sparg sets out ANC policy on violence
ArchiveVelaphi Msane, Amnesty application , AC-200-103, 13 December 1996
ArchiveStatements by students arrested at Morris Isaacson High School on October 22, 1976
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
BiographyLouis Luyt
Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the 1940s Luyt was employed as a railway clerk. During his rugby…