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SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE HLUHLUWE-UMFOLOZI PARK AND GREATER ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK Hluhluwe Game Reserve, 30 April 1995
The SA race horse, Horse Chestnut, is flown to New York by special cargo aeroplane to run in the Dubai World Cup with R30 mil
Speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, on accepting an honourary doctorate at the Sheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar Senegal, 30 June 1992
BiographyNell Kaye
Nell Kaye was born in Johannesburg, 1912. Nell Kaye's reputation rests on her work within a single genre with specific challenges and limitations - the bronze…
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
At a young age, while a student at the University of Cape Town, Ronald (Ronnie) Britten was an active member of the then Non-European Unity Movement, later to…
Dr D.F. Malan is the first cabinet minister in SA to travel by air. He leaves Cape Town in a Moth aeroplane at 6.30 a.m. and ar
BiographyJack Madikane
Robben Island prisoner Banned person. Dimbaza. Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) Issued Period(s) [30 June 1972 to 31/7/1973]
BiographyHonorine Margaret Withers
Honorine Margaret (Mabel) Withers was born in 1870 in London, England. Mabel Withers studied at the RCA and exhibited in London before coming to South Africa…
BiographyMaqadaza Magushe
A member of the Pan African Congress and Poqo. he was executed at Pretoria Central Prison on 30 May 1967 for the murder of Maurice Berger in Paarl, Cape…
BiographySamir Amin
Samir Amin was a prominent Egyptian-French Marxist thinker. His work on capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important…
BiographyIzak de Villiers
Izak de Villiers was born in Paarl on 30 July 1936. He attended Paarl Gymnasium, a school for which he maintained a lifelong passion. He was also a dominee, a…
BiographyFrank Wiles
Frank Wiles was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles. Prior to his arrival in SA…
BiographyAdams Farid Ahmed
Born in 30 November 1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South…
BiographyOprah Winfrey
Daughter of Vernon Winfrey by Vernita Lee (May 2, 1935 - November 22, 2018), a former maid. She was raised as the daughter of Vernon Winfrey, a coal miner,…
BiographyEmil Sachs
Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs was born on 11 November 1900, in Kamaai, Lithuania. He was the fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs'…
BiographyDr. Philip Blaaiberg
Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He studied dentistry in London after spending a year at the…
BiographyChauke Family
The Chaukes live in Blinkwater, near Msengi in the Limpopo Province, but very little is known about this family of carvers. They have neither been prolific nor…
BiographyWilliam Philip Schreiner
William Philip Schreiner, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, anti-British imperialist, and a proponent for the integration of all ‘civilised men' including …
BiographySandile Ngcobo
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo was born on 1 March 1953 in Durban, South Africa. Ngcobo was the beneficiary of a scholarship from Barclays Bank between 1973 and…
BiographyPiet Retief
Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape Province. He was the fifth of 10 children of Jacobus, a…
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
ArchiveInterview with Hélène Marinis Passtoors, 3 and 11 July 2017, 21 March and 7 April 2021, 12 April 2022 and 30 December 2024
BiographyWalter Battiss
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters…
BiographyMampe Mosia Makhaya
Mosia Makhaya was born on 6 December 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Makhaya obtained a BA Honours degree specialising in Russian, French and Portuguese…
BiographyGeorg Schmidt
Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt…
BiographyDundubela Aubrey Mokoena
Dundubela Aubrey Mokoena, was the former executive director of the Black Community Programmes (BCP). November 1978. Soweto. he was released from prison and…
BiographyGilbert R Tsikalanga
Gilbert R Tsikalanga was headman in the Mphaphuli Tribal area, Sibasa District, [Northern] Transvaal, [now Tshivhase, Limpopo Province] He was relieved of…
BiographyDouglas Ramokgopa
The case of Douglas Ramokgopa illustrates various aspects of banishment: the issue of freedom of movement while in banishment and, in this instance, the sheer…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
BiographySimon Nkabinde
Simon ‘Mahlathini’ Nkabinde was born on 30 November 1937, in Newcastle. He grew up in Alexander Township. His father died while he was young, and later he was…