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BiographyHarold Strachan
Robert Harold Lundie "Jock" Strachan was born in 1925 in Pretoria. He obtained a BA (FA) from the University of Pretoria, and won an Emma Smith Scholarship to…
BiographyPaul Konings
Paul Konings was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand in 1958. Konings came to South Africa in 1975 to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University of…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he…
BiographyAlan Wieder
Alan Wieder is an oral historian who has been working since 1999 with South Africans who fought the apartheid regime. Besides numerous academic articles, hais…
Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin (57), secretary of the Orphan Chamber in Cape Town and collector of books and paintings, dies in Ca
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, author of adventure books (i.e. King Solomon’s Mines) who worked in SA for several years, dies in Lond
Michael Mike Matsobane
The Matsobane brothers, Mike and Dan, aided the revival of the PAC in Krugersdorp. Their efforts fell under the non-political YACM (Young African Christian…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area for African…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education Thenineteenth century, leading…
South African author J.M. Coetzee wins England’s prestige book prize, the Booker prize for fiction, for the second time, this t
Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
Dalene Matthee (66), laurelled Afrikaans writer, dies of heart failure in a hospital in Mossel Bay. Her best-known book, Krin
Dalene Matthee, laurelled Afrikaans writer, is born in Riversdal, CP. Her best-known book, Kringe in ‘n bos (Circles in a for
Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, is born in Indwe, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof. J
World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the
BiographyOlive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a pacifist. She did not agree with British…
BiographyAntjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English at…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
The nineteenth century in South Africa is noted for the revolutionary processes that resulted in the formation of new states. State formation in nineteenth…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There had long been a feeling among some,…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
Harold Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and…
BiographyHugh Lewin
Hugh Lewin was born in 1939 in Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, to English missionary parents. At university he joined the…
ArchiveFrom shout of fear to Amandla! - book extract, Thula Simpson, The Independent, 5 March 2016
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube, the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC- later…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
Devikarani Priscilla Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), to a middle class Indian family.[i] From an early age Jana…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg in 1923. Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish…
Sisulu is arrested on a charge that he does not own a reference book. He is confined to his house for five years.
Jan Willem van der Rijst (’Oom Willem’), activist for Afrikaans and author of the first Spelling and Reading book for Afrikaans
BiographyDr Silas Modiri Molema
Dr. Silas Modiri Molema (Silas Modiri) was born in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and…
BiographySindiwe Magona
Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of eight children, Magona…