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BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
Daniel Simon Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in Grahamstown in the Cape…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
Pierre Jacy Fourie was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa…
BiographyFihla Christmas Tinto
Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His involvement in…
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
Joseph Bhekizizwe Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the…
BiographyLebo Mathosa
Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved to Johannesburg…
BiographyWim Botha
Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Asvat
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was a Member of the…
BiographyIsaac Bangani Tabata
Isaac Bangani Tabata (known as I.B. Tabata) was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at Lovedale. After attending Fort…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
Cornelius Judah Fazzie was born in 1924 Queenstown Eastern Cape,but grew up largely in Tsolo.His migrant father worked in the Western Cape.He began school at…
BiographyKhaya Biko
Early lifeKhaya Biko was born in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape in 1944, the second of four children of Mzingaye Biko, a police officer and later a clerk, and…
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
Hezekiel Sepeng was born on 30 June 1974 in Potchestroom, Western Transvaal. At primary school he began to show the natural talent of a good marathon runner. …
Masango Caleb job Mayekiso
Masango Caleb Job Mayekiso was born 1913 in Idutywa Transkei. He was a factory worker in Port Elizabeth.He was a genuine working-class leader.In 1940's…
PlaceWinterberg Mountains, Amatola
… settlers. The Winterberg was originally inhabited by San and Khoi people - hence the availability of rock art …
BiographyPeter Rudolf Gisela Horn
Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn was born 7 December 1934 in Teplice, Czechoslovakia (currently in Czech Republic). At the end of World War II he had to flee his home…
BiographyHerbert Mekutu
Detained during the 1960 State of Emergency. Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. Prohibited from attending gatherings. Forbidden from entering any…
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
Eugene Ney Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1944. The progenitor of the Terre'Blanche name was…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
Roger Brett Kebble was born on 19 February 1964 in Springs, on the East Rand. In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and was soon director of three mining…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
Mr. Chancellor; Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council and Senate, Members of the University, Your Majesty, Premier, Distinguished Guests, And…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I grew up. Unusually, it was a freehold area…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
Premier of the Western Cape, Ebrahim Rasool, Honourable Minister and Chairperson of the Timbuktu Manuscripts Trust, Essop Pahad, Honourable Minister of Arts…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… resulting in numerous deaths United Nation is formed in San Francisco 15-21 October, Fifth Pan-African Congress, held …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… resulting in numerous deaths. United Nation is formed in San Francisco. October 15-21, Fifth Pan-African Congress, …
BiographyWilliam Khanyile
At a young age, around the early 1960s, William Khanyile began selling the New Age newspaper in Pietermaritzburg. By then he was already interested in Marxism…
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
Nellie Jibiliza was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, she grew up in a politically active…
BiographyDeborah Jean Budlender
Deborah (Debbie) Budlender received a five-year banning order in late November 1976 alongside more than 20 other people working in the nascent black trade…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 1. A. M. LEMBEDE, "The Importance of Agriculture," Iso Lomuzi,Vol. IV, no. 1 (October 1934…
BiographySolomon Madikizela
Solomon Madikizela, from Amagutyana Location, Bizana District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] “established himself as the leader of proceedings at…
BiographyMxolisi Mgxashe
Mxolisi “Bra Ace” Mgxashe was born in 1944. He joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in Cape Town in the 1960s and took part in the march, in Cape Town’s…
BiographyArchie Mafeje
Archibald (also known as ‘Archie’) Mafeje was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in education; his father was a…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo game. Despite this,…