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EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the ‘homelands’
… Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given … Nelson Mandela Foundation," 7 February 1969 ",From: Nelson Mandela Foundation ,…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… mission station in the Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of Gabriel Matibili, a migrant worker from Nyasaland (Malawi) who had been…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… affected by the ordeal to accept it. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission …
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Aberdeen, officially renamed Xamdeboo in … 'Brakkefontein' had been bought for…
BiographyEphraim Chaka
… Ephraim Chaka was born in 1924. His family came from Ladybrand, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). … his hands (One hand of Ephraim Chaka had…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… 5). After this he attended the Cato Manor Primary School from Standards Four to Six. He then proceeded to Sastri … students received their education at a…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
… Province (now Western Cape) on 19 May 1920. Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer, had been gaoled … shooting in 1960 was a major turning…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… the family income by undertaking embroidery work. From an early age, Isaacs was fascinated with science and was … For the first seven years, Isaacs was in…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in nearby Sebokeng Township. The armed … (ANC). In response to the massacre…
BiographyKerr Alexander
… in church work and the YMCA. Poor eyesight prevented Kerr from serving in the army during the First World War. Instead, … of South Africa, Gen. Louis Botha…
Mme Makwena Matlala
… not leave my own house. Above all I do not intend to move from my home, as I have never been out of Matlala’s Reserve … CNC, however, indicated she had to…
BiographyFrank Chikane
… continued his education obtaining a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Master of Theology from the University of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… the authority to interrogate and extract information from subjects. When detained under this act, the public was … the individual or individuals after 90…
BiographyBen Wa Mokoena Arnold
… Street Art Center and later was a pupil of Sydney Kumalo. From 1961 to 1968 he was an assistant an teacher at Jubilee Art Center. From 1966 to 1968 he taught…
BiographyLucky Shabalala
… He first developed an interest in art at school. From an early age he started carving heads. Shabalala … 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of…
BiographyEla Gandhi
… agreed to send her to a school about two kilometres away from home. “This was my first rebellion”. Ela was admitted … Girls High in Carlisle Street. She had…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… for his life’s journey, marking him out as so different from 99% of the white population. He abhorred racism and … in his school years. He was not religious…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… the statement to you, the people. Strangers like Bethell from England and Professor Dash from the United States have in recent weeks been authorised … Prison…
EventDeath in detention of Ahmed Timol
… at the hands of the security police at the infamous John Vorster Square. The initial inquest ruled that he had committed suicide by jumping from the 10th…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… his interrogation and his death, until the security police from the old government are prepared to redeem themselves … the 22nd person to die in police…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… sports bodies and civic structures. Dawood was detached from the Defiance Campaign and Treason trial in the early and … the legendary resistance by Nana Sita…
BiographyEric Molobi
… era. While in prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Following his release from Robben Island, he worked for the…
BiographyT. J. Lemon
… course whilst completing his pharmacy degree part-time. From 1989 to 1990 he was a photojournalism lecturer at the … Die Suid-Afrikaan, Monitor and…
BiographyJonathan Neil Rhodes
… picturesque Pietermaritzburg town and excelled in cricket from an early age. In 1992, Rhodes shot to cricket stardom … ). In February 2003, Rhodes announced…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… states for a settlement which would see the ANC expelled from those countries. Increased pressure inside South Africa … organization, has been found hanged…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… FNLA supporters were largely rural and remained separated from colonial society, but suffered extensively from land … as the only truly representative party…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His father had emigrated from India to South Africa in 1911. His mother, Emma … he also befriended fellow student Peter…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… branches of the society, but remaining a teacher. From 1907 to 1909 he served as the principal of the school … and also assisted translators in translating…
BiographySolomon Kerzner
… Please note: Silber, G. (1999) “Solomon Kerzner” from They Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South … the map like fragments of buckshot, two hours by…
BiographyRuth First
… in 1906 at the age of 10. Matilda came to South Africa from Lithuania when she was four years old. They were founder … races and classes often took place…