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BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was…
BiographyRev. Aldin Grout
Aldin Grout was born on 2 September 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts in the United States. In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert 24/3/98, Johannesburg Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by…
Address by H.E. Ms. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Aviation Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, 24 November 2008
SALUTATION Programme director, Ms. Mpumi Mpofu, Honourable Minister of Transport, Mr. Jeff Radebe Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Sibusiso Ndebele, Secretary…
Document 56 Extract of a letter of 24 October 1935 from the COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF SOUTH AFRICA, Press Service of the International Secretariat, International Communist League (B-L), 15 November 1935
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, S. Africa claims heavy ANC losses in Maputo, Natal Witness, 24 May 1983
ArchiveInterviews with Iqbal Shaikh, 12 April 2017, and (telephonically) 24 January 2019, 4 June 2019 and 21 August 2019
BiographyBuyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi
Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi was born on 24 February 1967 in Guguletu, Cape Town. He completed a full-time diploma course in Fine Art at the Community…
BiographyAlfred Baphetuxolo Nzo
Alfred Nzo was born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, which was later changed into…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
Mr. Chairman, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Esteemed Heads of Delegations, Your…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
Early years and Political involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother who worked as a…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
Published and launched in January 2009 in partnership with Vivalia Press. Editors: Cornelius Thomas Statement of principles 14. We believe that a…
BiographyIsaiah Stein
Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during his teens, he…
BiographyAlfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo
Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo was born on 4 January 1879 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. At the age of four his parents moved to Amajuba in the southeast of…
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…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
David Anton Ndoda ‘Mfenendala’ Xaba was born in Sobantu Village in Pietermaritzburg. He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban. He joined…
BiographyHenry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
Henry Gordon "Squire" Makgothi was born on 25 December 1928 to Walter Mokowa, a school teacher and Martha Makgothi, a domestic worker,died when he was five. He…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
Anna De Koningh was the daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela from Batavia, but who her father was is unknown. Like her mother, Anna de…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
Arthur Goldreich was born in Johannesburg on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One morning, his secondary…
BiographyElijah Nkwenkwe Loza
Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza was born in 1918 near Alice in the Ciskie,where his father was tribal headman.After completing secondary education, he went to Cape Town…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on 24 November 1935 in Oakland, California. Dellums’ parents were Willa Terry Dellums (mother) and Vernie Dellums (father). His…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on 24 November 1935 in Oakland, California. Dellums’ parents were Willa Terry Dellums (mother) and Vernie Dellums (father). His…
ArchiveSummary notes of a meeting between Minister Silvino da Luz, Foreign Minister of Cape Verde and Messrs D W Auret and J Marx of the Department of Foreign Affairs: Praia, Cape Verde, 24 February 1986
Notes from a diplomatic meeting between the Foreign Minister of Cape Verde and representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs. The release of Captain…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Launch of the Rural Non-Grid Electrification by the Joint Venture between Shell Solar and Eskom Bhipa in the Flagstaff District, 24 February 1999
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF THE RURAL NON-GRID ELECTRIFICATION BY THE JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN SHELL SOLAR AND ESKOM Bhipa in the Flagstaff District, 24 February 1999
Welcoming Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Kick-Off Workshops - Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 24 October 2006
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
Mhlabunzima Maphumulo was born on 6 September 1949 and not much is known on the location of his birth or his childhood. At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited…
BiographyMakholeka Matthews Meyiwa
Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…
BiographyJacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer was born in 1850 at Burgersdorp in the Cape Colony. He did his education at the South African College in Cape Town. After completing…