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Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… Africa. Key Facts Name : Hastings Kamuzu Banda Birth : c. 1906 or c. 1898, possibly in British Central Africa (now, … date of his birth is disputed…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945. He…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… contextualization and examination of the impi yamakhanda (1906 uprising) as reported by J. L. Dube in Ilanga Lase …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of the PACT government in 1924. The NP was the governing party of South Africa from…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
ArchiveSeeing and Being Seen: Politics, Art and The Everyday in Omar Badsha's Durban Photography, 1960s - 1980s
BiographyWilliam Tilden McClain
William Tilden McClain, son of Mary and Harry McClain and an elder brother to David Jack McClain was born on 14 January 1923 in Shelbyville, Indiana. McClain…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
People banned under ApartheidNameAct/Section/Issued up to: (delivery date)Date on which notice expires:Other: (address, occupation etc.)Aba, LickardAct No. 44…
BiographyNgugi wa Thiong’o
The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi in Limuru, Kenya on…
BiographyElsa Joubert
Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert (married surname Steytler) was born on 19 October 1922 in Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him…
BiographyPatrick Holo
Patrick Holo is the son of Jo Holo, a pianist in the Á¢Â€Â˜Folk QuartetÁ¢'. As a child Holo built toys made out of the resources he found, which included cars,…
BiographyLawrence Folley
Born in Benoni in 1928, Lawrence started voice training with Alan Webster and music theory with Gillian Davies who trained the Benoni Orpheus Choir. Lawrence…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he…
BiographySoromini Kallichurum
Soromini Kallichurum was born in 1932 in Ladysmith, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at…
BiographyStephen Vukile Tshwete
Tshwete was born in Springs, just outside Johannesburg, on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East London…
BiographyHelen Suzman
Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel and Frieda Gavronsky, both immigrants from…
BiographyWillie Esterhuyse
Professor Willem Petrus Esterhuyse (Willie) Esterhuyse was born in 1936 in Laingsburg, Western Province (now Western Cape), on his father’s farm. From humble…
BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
Feziwe Bookholane was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape in October 1942. She was the first born of seven children. After completing her matric she joined a…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
Evelina de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape. In the early days of her life, her parents…
BiographyStella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East Pondoland who…
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
Phila Portia Ndwandwe (also known as Zandile or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi Ngwenya…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
Devikarani Priscilla Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), to a middle class Indian family.[i] From an early age Jana…
BiographyJean Clarice Middleton
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban. She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the University of…
BiographyCassim Amra
Cassim Amra was born in 1919 in Durban Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He attended Sastri College, Durban where he represented the senior cricket team. Amra was…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy…
BiographyDavid Hartman
Dave Hartman was born in 1961 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) where he grew up in an English speaking liberal home. His mother was born…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
Jean Van der Poel was a historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major historical…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… published in Ilanga lase Natal during the years 1903–1906. He described Paul Kruger’s Dream as Grendon’s “most …