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BiographyBarend de Wet
… his untimely death had long become an emblematic figure of the artist, the possibilities of the playfulness in the … ostensible freedoms of an artistic life…
BiographyMaritz Barrymore
… KwaZulu-Natal). He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape, where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1954 he gained a Higher…
BiographyArchibald Campbell Jordan
… Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 … the Tsolo District of Pondoland in Transkei (now Eastern…
BiographyJodi Bieber
… Jodi Bieber has lived in Johannesburg for the past 35 years. She studied photography at the Market … "Lines of Sight", The South African National Gallery,…
BiographyMono Badela
… The biography below is from a tribute to Badela written by … answer is: the influence of Mono Badela - a veteran East Cape journalist who passed away this…
Archive“‘Hundreds of Native Workers are Joining the Communist Party in Bloemfontein; … which organisation … ever faced calamities, persecutions and prosecutions as the CP did?’: The Communists in the Free State, 1921-1940” by Peter Limb
… “‘Hundreds of Native Workers are Joining the Communist Party in Bloemfontein; … which organisation … ever faced calamities, persecutions and prosecutions as…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… against the use of Afrikaans as a teaching medium in the schools. Within a short while the disturbances had spread over most of the country but Cape Town…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… During the war agricultural production in South Africa received a major stimulus as a result of increased demand inside the country and a growing export…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian … unlike his other brothers who were…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina … Project Management: Tinashe Kushata,…
BiographyMarthinus Hattingh
… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus … studying he started to freelance for the local Eastern Cape newspapers and by his…
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling green Hills, of a cluster of … to water, electricity, Computer Labs, Libraries and pre…
BiographyMithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
… Mithrasagaran (Murthie) Naidoo was the son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo. He worked as a clerk and … Island for sabotage. He was arrested at the airport in…
BiographyCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
… born on 1st June in 1926 in East London. Skotnes served in the South African Forces in Italy. Before returning to South … at the Nyanga Art Centre and…
Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event
… language as the medium of instruction in Soweto's schools. More were on their way. The local police were … were affected - 22 townships in the Transvaal, 16…
Maria de la Queillerie van Riebeeck, wife of Jan van Riebeeck who accompanied him to the Cape of Good Hope, is born in Rotterda
… (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU | Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human…
Israel Abrahams, Chief Rabbi of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar, dies in Jerusalem, Israel. He came to SA in 1937 and held the pos
… D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 5, p. 1. … Israel Abrahams, Chief Rabbi of Cape Town…
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
… President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid …
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
… President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid …
Cape slavery may be dated from this date, (or 28 March, as given in two other sources) when the Amersfoort , with some 170 slav
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 658. | https://www.news24.com | … Cape slavery may be dated from this date…
Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r
… Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… The passive resistance campaigns led by MK Gandhi in South … and her brother, senator and attorney general of the Cape WP Schreiner, and his closest friends…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… Few Southern African indigenous groups have so captured the interest of the world as have the South amaNdebele of the … first time by groups of disaffected…
BiographyWilton Zimasile Mkwayi
… He was born into a peasant family near Middledrift in the Cape in 1923, and was the oldest of 13 children. Mkwayi … was a leader of the 1952 Defiance…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. He attended the Kipling Street Muslim primary school in…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former … Organisation (SASO) regional secretary in the Eastern Cape …
BiographySir. Richard Bourke
… impartial administrator. Bourke was subsequently sent to the Cape Colony from 1826-28 as an acting Governor. His main task … to re - work the civil and…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… Early years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born … name given by his parents was Lij Tafari Makonnen. He was the only surviving son…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, … G. Pridham from Documents on Nazism 1919-1945 , Jonathan Cape, 1974 Like Mussolini, Hitler…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
… came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley diggings. He never returned to England. … exhibitions up to 1910. His photograph…