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Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
The historical debates aside, the significant revolutionary changes in the nineteenth century provided the base on which many of the identities of South…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown. She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood,…
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…
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
Abram Onkgopotse Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West Province, South Africa. His parents, now late,…
BiographyBee Berman
Bee Berman was born in 1949 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).After her schooling, Berman worked as a stage designer and actress at The Space…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education In1652, three ships belonging to the Dutch East…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
Molefe Pheto grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg. As a talented young boy who displayed many interests in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and…
BiographyChris van Wyk
Chris van Wyk was born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg in 1957 and grew up in Newclare, before moving to Riverlea, a poor suburb…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
Dr Arthur David (Kin) Bensusan was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1921. The son of a physician, he schooled at St John's College,…
Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born
ArchiveHugh Lewin Arrest and Interrogation an Excerpt from the Book Bandiet Out of Jail Published By Random House
ArchiveBook review: ‘We are no longer in France by Allison Drew’ reviewed by Pierre-Jean Le Foll-Luciani
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
Honourable Chair; Distinguished Guests There are initiatives which derive their fame from the greatness of the personalities associated with them. There are…
The Green Book - Report of the Politico-Military Strategy Commission to the ANC National Executive Committee, August 1979
The Star reports the opinion of a prominent educationist, Dr Franz Auerbach, on the book Black Matriculation Results: A Mechani
BiographyDaniel Kunene
On 27 May 2016, surrounded by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, America. He was 93 years old.[i] Daniel Kunene was born in…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and Makhosazana Regina Tshabangu. Ndebele completed his matric at…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
David Goldblatt, one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that…
ArchiveGuilty and Proud: AN MK soldier's memoir of exile, prison and freedom - book cover
BiographyGustav Preller
Preller championed Afrikaner culture and became a literary critic of great significance. He worked as editor of Die Brandwag and produce some history books,…
Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb
Lawrence George Green (72), SA author of mainly travel books, dies in Cape Town. Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of Sou
Fikile Magadledla, SA artist, co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, illustrator of several books and writer of poetry to ac
Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750–1870: A Tragedy of Manners (African Studies Book 98) by Robert Ross
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF THE BOOK “MADIBA THE RAINBOW MAN” Bonteheuwel, 27 November 1997
Book Launch: Brothers in War and Peace Abraham and Constand Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa
Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Webster
Edward Webster was born on 29 March 1942 and educated at Selborne College. He obtained a BA Honours degree and University Education Diploma from Rhodes…
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
Kgosi[Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s, took office in 1932 at the age of 22. He went up ‘to…