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Dora Nginza
Sister Dora Nginza was affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting…
BiographySam Tambani
Sam Tambane was born in the village of Tshiozwi Ha-Sinthumele in Venda on 23 August 1953. Sam was the first child of Kutama Fridah Tambani and Nkhumeleni Jack…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyFeroza Adam
Feroza Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at Lenasia’s Nirvana High School. While…
BiographyJacob “Baby Jake” Matlala
Jacob Matlala was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who was an aspiring boxer…
BiographySusanna Helena Kok
Susanna Helena Kok was born in 1911 in Brandfort, Free State. Her father Frederik Johannes Kok was a school principal in Brandfort, where she matriculated in…
BiographyNoni Jabavu
Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he…
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
Lauretta* (1) Ngcobo was born and brought up in a rural area of Kwazulu Natal called Ixopo. She is well known as a feminist writer during the early 50’s…
BiographyNomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela
While in exile, Ngwevela procured a Diploma in Political Science at the Pushkin International Institute in Moscow in October 1980. From September 1986 to…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
Twasile Champion Galela was born in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on 24 October 1947. He received his primary education at Hillskraal in Korsten. His family…
BiographyAndrew Sibusiso Zondo
Andrew Sibusiso Zondo grew up in KwaMashu, Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). He attended Ngazane Lower Primary School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary…
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was…
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
Ntwaesele "Fish" Keitseng was born in Kanye, Botswana in 1919, the son of a peasant,the oldest of six children. At the age of 23, he came to South Africa as a…
BiographyAllister Sparks
Allister Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation settler, with his…
Phyllis Altman
Phyllis Altman was born on 25 September 1919. She went to Jeppe High School for Girls. As her mother could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
A. The Mineral Revolution ↵ In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold Rush. We will also discuss how…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… on the war were written in Afrikaans or Dutch between 1906 and 1931. And Die Burger editorialised that a veil had …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… trams, while electric trams were introduced in March 1906, travelling from the town centre to Siemert Road in …
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 South West Africa and Angola: Cape Town, 13 March 1986
Minutes of a meeting between a South African delegation and a United States delegation to discuss issues around Namibia and Angola
BiographyTsepo Tiisetso Letlaka
Tsepo Tiisetso Letlaka was born in 1925 in the Transkei,Cofimvaba, where his parents were both teachers, he studied at St. John's College, Healdtown, Roma, and…
Dorothy Alexander
Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…
BiographyMark Shinners
Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…
BiographyJeremiah Moraka
Jeremiah Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane,…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
… The dwelling was designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its …
ArticleKey sites
Cafes A number of notable restaurants arose in the Grey Street area. These included Simon’s Cafe, Goodwill Lounge, owned and run by Pompie Naidoo who brought…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by … Transvaal, held at Pretoria on the 10th…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11th April 1933 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London,…