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Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… child, Shaka Zulu was in exile from the Zulu kingdom while his father, Shaka Senzangakhona ruled the Zulu kingdom. Shaka … and became a soldier in the…
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. …
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… Dr. Richard Turner was assassinated. Turner met his untimely death on the night of 8 January 1978 when he was shot through a window of his home in Durban and…
BiographyNtsoane Jackson
… and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment and banned on his release. …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… of attacks from PAGAD. He was also not prepared to turn his footage over to the police. Rashied Staggie, the brother … dealer, fled to a safer location, but…
BiographyAbel Ntwana
… people, was keen to banish Abel Ntwana, claiming that his presence at Manzimale Location, Xhalanga District, …
BiographySebitji Frans Matlala
… in. I got a shock. He collapsed. Then he struggles to his feet and asked, ‘How are you?’ I asked him how he had … While in banishment, hesuffered paralysis…
BiographyHarry Mphahlele
… Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 February 1953. His order was revoked on 18 September 1962. …
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… waterhole of Osombo-Windimbe, Lothar von Trotha reads out his infamous extermination order in which he informs the … the Kaiser finally tells Lothar von…
BiographyPule Mabe
… 2014 [3] . Mabe is also a very controversial figure, with his name linked to several scandals. In 2013 he was part of a … two-million-rand worth of assets…
BiographyHermione Stephanie Lombard Faure
… who was a civil servant of the Transvaal Republic, and his wife Talitha Cumi Lombard. Faure received her early …
BiographyMartha Helena Cillie
… (SA). She was the daughter of Charl Daniel Cillié and his wife, Martha Helena Marais. She came from an illustrious …
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… African celebrities. This included Dr Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel . Three years later she gave birth to …
BiographyPenelope Jane Dunlop
… she wrote a song for him which she also performed at his birthday in 2003. Amongst the guests were Former US …
BiographySophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
… at number 17 Thumbler Street, in Villageboard with his older brother. She started primary schooling in the …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… government, led to international demonstrations. After his death, local and international pressure forced the government to launch an inquest into his death…
BiographyNamedi Mphahlele
… Namedi Mphahlele was banished on 19 February 1953 from his residence in Pietersburg District, [Northern] Transvaal …
BiographyIsaac Molife
… Xhalanga District, Eastern Province [now Eastern Cape] His order was revoked on 7 September 1962. …
ArticleNdebele
… Musi who, in the early 1600’s, decided to move away from his family (later to become the mighty Zulu nation) and to … in the hills of Gauteng near Pretoria…
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… president of Guinea. On 3 April 1984, a week after the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, Conte’ who was a … of Guinea. Conte’ was president of Guinea up…
BiographyPepsi Mahlangu
… and killed by an unknown gunman in KwaThema, Springs on his return from exile in July 1991. …
BiographyBalelekeng Sam Masemola
… National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in Alexandra Township away from 'hamba kahle' …
BiographyThomas Madikwe Manthata
… November 29,1939 in Soekmekaar in the Northern Transvaal.His parents had no formal education.He completed teacher … teacher who encouraged political debates…
BiographyElijah Nkwenkwe Loza
… Loza was born in 1918 near Alice in the Ciskie,where his father was tribal headman.After completing secondary … Bureau,which later became the General…
BiographyThabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetla
… in 1974. Makwetla fled South Africa in the middle of his matriculation examinations in 1976 and matriculated from … Province from 2001 to 2004. This later…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… of commenting on the political climate at the time of her death. As you look through the cartoons featured below, allow … times of apartheid has died. Daniel…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… suggested that the climate in Paarl was not good for his health, the Joseph family moved to Cape Town where he … Abrahams was made responsible for Sibeko,…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… Keith Wallace, who was allegedly killed by BOSS’ Secret Death Squad, also known as the Z- Squad. A.H. Bouwer was … Z- Squad. On 8 January 1978 he was shot…
EventShaka Zulu is murdered
… Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, was murdered by his bodyguard, Mbopha, and his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana after a … brief period as…