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BiographyChris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the six children of…
BiographyMartinus Boshomane
Martinus Boshomane, was banished from Malobana settlement near Setumong [some distance away from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, (Northern) Transvaal…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… located between Orlando East and Orlando West. 1946 The Moroka Emergency Camp is laid out, providing 11, 000 …
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of the…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… at the University of Cape Town which she completed in 1946. Her doctoral thesis on The History and Social …
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in accordance with the provisions of the Union of…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Bibliography by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida References: 1. Mayson, J S, The Malays of Cape Town, Manchester, UK, Cave and…
Up to this date the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights has awarded land to 115 194 beneficiaries and financial compensati
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… for racial equality than had most of his predecessors. In 1946, he traveled to the United Nations to speak out against …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
Starting with major scientific breakthroughs during the 1930’s, countries have developed weapons that are based on nuclear energy. The use of nuclear weapons…
BiographyLaurent Kabila
Laurent Desire Kabila was born on 27 November 1939 into the Luba tribe in the Katanga Province in the Belgian Congo. In 1960 Kabila became a leader of a youth…
BiographyBaden Powell
Baden Powell or BP was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, of Oxford University. His…
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei. After the death of his first…
BiographyAnna Victoria Mangena
She was a daughter of John Cobela Ntuli and his wife, and was born at Mapumulo Mission Station (between Stanger and Kranskop), Natal, probably between 1885 and…
BiographyWopko Jensma
Wokpo was born on 26 July 1939 in Middelburg, Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom, but his studies were temporally…
BiographyJames Mata Dwane
Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and strong…
BiographyJohanna Catharina Cornelius
Johanna was born in Licthtenburg on 27 February 1912 to an Afrikaner family where she grew up. Their family was very nationalistic, with both their father and…
BiographyEthel Ruth Prowse
Born in Queenstown in 1833, Ruth Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil Peak in…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
Frederik Bester Howard (Erik) Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane was born on 27 August 1957 in Tladi, Soweto. Molokoane became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and…
Elias Monare
Elias Monare, from ‘Dube Street 1935, Wattville Natives Town, Benoni’ in the Transvaal [now Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955 at the age of 31 to ‘Glen…
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which was a group that opposed the British government policy…
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 …
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…
BiographyNana Henrietta Moabi
Nana Henrietta Moabi (nee Radadi) was born in Lichtenburg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province) on 18 September 1938. She completed her lower primary…
BiographyRichard S. Canca
Richard S Canca was born in 1924 in Transkei. Canca was a leading figure in the All African Convention (AAC). Born about 1924, he obtained an M.A. degree from…
BiographyMichael Matlala
Michael (‘Mikia’) Matlala took part in Wold War 1. According to his family, he was banished, from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal …
BiographyAlexander Kgobe
It was alleged that in 1958 Alexander Kgobe alias Malemane, from La Pucella, Potgietersrus District, Transvaal [now Mokopane, in Limpopo Province] wrote…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed…