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BiographyRichard Ernest van der Ross
… basic direction of the government's policy, he argued that apartheid should be opposed and demands made within this …
BiographyTelang Mohai
… above or while lying down. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and three young children. According to his wife, Matumelo Mohai…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… lived together and so-called ‘free Blacks’ were allowed to work alongside White people in the same jobs. It is … In 1860 these serenaders even sung for…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… the most notable being Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu , who in 2007 was made the National Spokesperson for … the National Heritage Council endorsed it in…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were religious. … Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine…
Dan Tloome
… Orange Free State, Tloome became involved in trade union work in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party. In 1941 he …
BiographySheila Cussons
… she received the Hertzog Prize for her complete body of work in poetry. Cussons also did translations of stories and …
BiographyThembelakhe Mati
… was the only employed person in the family and left behind his wife and six children, as well as his mother and three sisters. According to his cousin,…
BiographyA. B. Nogoya
… Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations, for which he served two months … the Defiance Campaignled a batch of 40…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… who, two hundred years ago in 1805, wrote these words in his poem, The Prelude: "Dust as we are, the immortal spirit … victims and the families of the…
BiographyPambani Jeremiah Mzimba
… was born in the 1850s at Ngqakayi in the Eastern Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and … 1875. He became a teacher of biblical…
BiographyReverend Walker Stanley Gawe
… November in the Herschel district of the Cape, where both his parents were teachers. He attended St. Matthew's College … President in 1955. However, he could…
BiographyLucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe
… as it was an honour for Mope, and an acknowledgement of his contribution to soccer in both the city and the country. … football". Defenders feared him, and…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… After the end of apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in … and Reconciliation Act of 1995 and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Dr Alex…
BiographyBarney Barnato
… was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed it to Barney … Barnatto when he was acting as a…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… to 1961. The De Villiers family moved to Caledon and after his first year of schooling they moved to Bellville. He … politics of the National Party, was…
BiographyLawrence Folley
… four years of study in England. She was able to broaden his musical horizons and encouraged him to focus on singing … Parkinson and acting lessons with…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… In 1969 Cooper was suspended from the university for his political ideologies. However, although Cooper strongly … Cooper was elected as secretary. This…
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… an unconditional apology from chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the resignation of vice-chairman Dr. Alex Boraine … ordered the elimination of state…
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela
… acquitted himself with making sculpture through clay. His imminent rose to fame came through a meeting with Father Frans Claerhout in 1984; under his…
BiographyMolefi Osiel Ntsoele
… 2, shot once in the back by the police. He left behind his wife and 4 children, including 3 who are still attending school. He was also financially…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… Swart's father was captured and the young boy with his mother and the other children on their farm were held in … Free State), obtaining the B.A. degree in…
Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
… of semiliterate Bapedi parents. Studious and able, he made his way to Fort Hare, where he graduated with a B.A. degree … because of ill health, and Pitje was…
BiographyMary Moodley
… aware as result of her father’s protection over his wife and children from the racism that they were exposed … that her funeral was an act of defiance…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… Town Biography Asher Gamedze currently cuts up most of his time between playing music, studying history, writing, and engaging in radical education work. He…
Khela Ngobese
… the Dumani Lower Primary School and later continued his studies through the Intec Correspondence College. After completing his schooling, he attended the…
BiographyAhmed Mahomed Cachalia
… the struggle and was reduced to poverty. As a result of his activism, he became insolvent when his white creditors made a concerted run on him to punish him…
BiographyAndrew Murray
… River Convention of 1852 through the advice he gave to his father’s friend Andries Pretorius. In 1856 Murray played … the minister of Worcester. At Worcester…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Abstract : For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively unknown, … in South Africa was marked by incredible racial tension as apartheid…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… (TRC). He also stated that he would never apologise for apartheid and he called the TRC "the fierce unforgiving … Africa in 1978 and later its President from…