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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyDikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs
… The prison authorities stated that he was found hanged in his prison cell on 22 October 1986, after 129 days in … in good spirits when they last saw him…
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…
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…
Matthews Mabelane
… On 15 February 1977 Mr Matthews Mabelane,aged 23,fell to his death from the tenth floor of John Vorster … ferrying young activists to Botswana.A police…
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 -…
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…
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…
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 …
ArchiveOver one year later ... Mntonga death - senior Ciskei police officers on trial
… Over one year later ... Mntonga death - senior Ciskei police officers on trial …
ArchiveAfrican National Congress statement on the untimely death of Comrade Agostinho Neto
… African National Congress statement on the untimely death of Comrade Agostinho Neto …