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BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… near Pietersburg in the northern Transvaal. In 1916 his father fought against Germany in the First World War. … from Pietersburg (now Polokwane). He grew up…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… Marcus Motaung grew up in Diepkloof in the 1960s and 1970s. His family moved to the Township around the early to … After completing primary school education,…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… Vuyani Mabaxa grew up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health … figure in youth politics and as a young…
EventSeven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park
… employees were arrested for beating seven impalas to death and cutting them up for meat in Skukuza, Kruger … four men lock the bucks in a camp before beating…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… editor of the London Sunday Telegraph, wrote in his memoirs that no journalist of any nationality impressed … the world. One of the main themes of Cillié’s…
BiographyMax Gordon
… born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University … between workers…
EventNelson Makhuba murders his family and commits suicide.
… and was also a band leader, committed suicide. Upon his return from Johannesburg exhibition, Makhuba first killed his wife and two daughters. He later doused…
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
… He attended school at Welsh High in East London, where his father worked. After school Ntsangani worked in P.E. and … During the 1970s and 1980s Ntsangani’s…
BiographyOscar Hollander
… Germany, 1864. He lived in SA from 1889; date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who … for a time under the latter. It is from…
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
… shot dead by police on that day, sustaining an injury to his head from which he died in hospital. The doctor at Chris … afternoon in grim detail: “A bullet…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… Apartheid Government in South Africa.In 1963 he followed his father and work in the post office.From 1980 to 1981, … beaten then handed over to Coetzee who…
EventFanie de Villiers ends his last Test triumphantly
… Popular fast-bowler Fanie de Villiers played his last cricket match for South Africa in the third Test … at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. De Villiers…
EventMandela pays his first state visit to Mozambique
… the 1994 national elections, President Nelson Mandela paid his first official state visit to neighbouring country Mozambique. During his trip Mandela met…
BiographyFrantz Fanon
… Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle class. His family were descendants of African slaves who had been…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… baby daughter, Doreen, having to place Jack (aged 4) and his brother George in an orphanage until she remarried a few years later.Together with many of his…
BiographySobhuza I
… today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the Dlamini clan in 1815. He was determined to expand his authority,…
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
… in Vrede one of the small towns in Orange Free State. His writing began at the age of nine with a poem, A little … Meul teen die hang. Together with Die…
Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo
… who was an active opponent of apartheid, died on June 1 in his birthplace, Durban, South Africa. He was 75. His death was reported on Saturday by the British…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977. This was the period in … unprecedented in the history of…
The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences.
… grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences. … grants the "Upington 14" leave to appeal against their death sentences. …
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the Peace Prize the … he was serving a ban under the apartheid government for his role as president…
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… The American president, George W Bush, announced his five-year $15 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS … in twelve African and two Caribbean countries during…
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… in 1973 he became a "banned" person and was restricted to his hometown of King William's Town. Regardless of the … to work for the consciousness movement -…
BiographyGriffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
… Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected peasant farmers of Rayi, a … Mxenge’s primary education at a local…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… Protector on 7 September 1907 asking for help in locating his wife and child. It seems that nobody had told him that his wife had been sent back with the…
BiographySipho Gumede
… guitar. He was exposed to all kinds of music and furthered his guitar talent on a borrowed instrument instead of the … met the jazz guitarist Cyril Magubane…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012 …
ArchivePress statement by New Unity Movement on the death of Samora Machel
… Press statement by New Unity Movement on the death of Samora Machel …
ArchiveDeath of a revolutionary Frank Glass/Li Fu-Jen/John Liang 1901-1988
… Death of a revolutionary Frank Glass/Li Fu-Jen/John Liang …
ArchiveAll quiet on the radical front as Inkatha members hacked to death
… All quiet on the radical front as Inkatha members hacked to death …