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BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle…
Rocky Malebane-Metsing
Rocky Malebane-Metsing was born in Rustenburg in 1949, attending schools in the area until he matriculated. After completing his schooling, Malebane…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
Ahmed Essop "Quarter" Khota, was born on 5 July 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name given to him by Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu…
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, later Voortrekkerhoogte, in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki (née Moerane), known as MaMbeki, was born in February 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount Fletcher district…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
Ray Alexander Simons née Alexandrowich was born on 12 January 1914 in Latvia. While at school, she displayed little fear in challenging authorities. Her…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada grew up in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He studied at Sastri College in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Witwatersrand…
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…
BiographyBilly Paddock
Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in the 1950s. He attended Glenwood High School in Durban where he excelled at…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… He was almost killed on this occasion. (pp.87-90). Â By 1906, Gandhi, now 37, was editing a journal called Indian … to formulating his concept of Satyagraha…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
Rustenburg the Segregated city Towards Union The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other…
BiographyAlois Mate
The Makoba’s Council was described as ‘a powerful and dangerous group of tribesmen.’ Alois Mate was considered to be ‘the brains of the Council although he…
BiographyElliot Shabangu
Shabangu was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in Dube,…
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
Charles Bennett (Buck) Llewellyn was born in Pietermaritzburg to an English father and black mother. Being of mixed–raced meant that Llewellyn was…
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
Dlomo joined the African National Congress (ANC) at Chesterville in Durban just before it was banned in 1960. He then went underground and embarked on a…
ArchivePolice station operations, 1986, MK Special Operations Combatant Marion Sparg is Arrested, 7 March 2023
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… The Old Cape Archives was built in two stages between 1906 and 1913 to serve as the Senate House and administrative … the present Pretoria-based University…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
Abstract: Many South African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in the country’s anti-apartheid movement and faced exile as a result; other Jews…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… Wald, a South African sculptor who was born in Hungary in 1906. Throughout his life, which ended in 1970, he created a …
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Dolobran was built in 1906 for Sir Charles Llewellyn Andersson, son of the famous …
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 January 1906 from Pinetown (near Durban) giving her son Joseph advice …
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at Hermannsburg, 4 km to the …
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
… This was then named the 'Transvaal University College' in 1906 and renamed the 'South African School of Mines and …
Mission Stations - T-Z
… see MGWALI , Stutterheim, Cape TJIMALI, Zimbabwe: LMS 1906 TONDORO , Namibia: Rc 1925 TOOVERBERG , Colesberg, Cape: …
ArticleKenyan Timeline
The earliest human ancestors (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) have their origin in East Africa more than 2 million years ago. Several human remains have been…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
Pre-1804 Khoisan hunter gatherers are the first inhabitants of the region, before Sotho-Tswana peoples colonized the general region between the third and…