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Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… which is a pity considering the visual impact of his work. Instead, the curators have located his oeuvre in a political rather than an art narrative. As a ……
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Luthuli himself preferred another spelling and signed his name without an 'h', his surname is very often spelled 'Chief Luthuli'. It is so … on the Native's…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the throne, … mwanga expelled all…
BiographyMoses Mphahlele
… during the 1920s, he was born in Pietersburg and received his education at Kilnerton, where he graduated with a …
I - Introduction
… 'no-trial' detention laws were introduced in 1963. Since his death, two more detainees””one only 18 years old””have died … who was a newspaper editor…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… while Tromp van Madagascar, the leader, is sentenced to death by impalement. Van Madagascar commits suicide in goal. … and Zanzibar. Phalo assumes rule over…
BiographySolomon Thamaga
… District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 January 1955. His banishment order stated that despite the removal of …
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… Table Bay with a fleet in search of fresh water. Some of his crew went to a nearby Khoikhoi settlement in the area … and return him to the Cape where it was…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… South African Prime Minister, General Louis Botha declared his government’s wholehearted support for the defence of the … car failed to stop at a police…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… in John Vorster’s 10th floor or off its roof, leading to his death. He said there was a prima facie case of murder against … who interrogated Timol on the…
BiographyNkosiyakhe Amos Masondo
… was born on April 21,1953 in Soweto,one of nine children,his parents were tenants on a white farm near Louwsburg in …
BiographyKgagudi Marutanyane
… operatives and had negative attitudes towards government. His banishment order was withdrawn on 28 July 1962. …
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… and the common cold. 11 January- China reports first death from the novel coronavirus; a 61 year old worker from … into the country. 17 January- China…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… most influential black leaders for the majority of his long and remarkable life. Yet he occupied an anomalous … a democratic, South Africanist banner. But he…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Agency (NIA) security chief, was found dead in his car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a … bullet wound to the head. Mdluli is rumoured…
BiographyEmsley Manne Dipico
… . In 1994, Dipico became Premier of the Northern Cape. His tenure ended in 2004. Premier of the Northern Cape … for odd jobs to augment earnings at home and…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He … a temporary teaching assignment…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… her husband was shot and killed by a police officer for his anti-removal campaigning. As a result, Mkhize was elected to step into his place on the Board…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… her bosses to fire her. Michael Harmel worked for most of his life as a poorly paid member of the Communist Party, … cease 'inciting' her fellow workers,…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… together, preserved and unified them originally for his own and, ultimately, the public’s enjoyment. Thus the … necessary and valuable course through which…
BiographyCedric Radcliffe Mayson
… editor of its monthly magazine, Pro Veritate ,which under his editorship adopted an increasingly confrontational …
BiographyThompson Dhlamini
… Mafeking, [Northern Cape, now North West Province]. Oneof his four partners joined him in Frenchdale. …
BiographyLouis Leo Mtshizana
… board: “The present system has deprived (the student) of his liberty as a scholar. It has thrown darkness into the …
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was summoned to appear in a … Bezuidenhout's brother, Hans, wanted to…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… to do with poverty and low wages. He further states that his first duty is to thank the South African police for the … At one of the events Chief Albert…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… reasons, to be baptised, and in the process would change his name to João I [xx] . The Christianisation of Kongo would … and King João I is said to have…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… Zulu Mission (AZM), in Natal to Rev James Dube and his wife Elizabeth. 1877 Rev James Dube, the father of John … Mdima. Wilcox and Nokutela encourage him to…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… of the homeland (Bantustan) policy. At the height of his influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko called the … territorial development. In an article…
BiographyMothebang Mopeli
… this came from a certain lawyer who paid him to be his agent. Mopeli was banished to Frenchdale Native Trust …
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… Swift as an air-slicing pestle, he was not re-captured but his land had already slipped into Dutch hands. Robbed of … her husband, the respected Posthouder…