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Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his friends
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Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his daughters
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his daughters …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his sons
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his sons …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his relatives
… Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his relatives …
President Nelson Mandela announces his cabinet.
… President Nelson Mandela announces his cabinet. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveDeath of Nat Nakasa: Jumped or Pushed? by Roseinnes Phahle
… Death of Nat Nakasa: Jumped or Pushed? by Roseinnes Phahle …
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…
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. …
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 -…
BiographyDr. Philip Blaaiberg
… Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He studied … dental unit in Abyssinia and Italy. In 1954 Blaaiberg…
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…
Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane
… 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. On 11 December police informed his family that he had hanged himself. According to a … that while he was in detention, he…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… was later forced off the land. Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by his family. His formal education was…
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…