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BiographyLucas Ted Sithole
… and a Swazi mother whose name could not be ascertained. His given Zulu name was Ncane meaning “small”. He disliked … Ted or Teddy, a name reflected in the…
BiographyCecilia Makiwane
… Botha asking for the pass laws to be repealed. She resumed work with the Lovedale Hospital and served the hospital for …
BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
… Prayers is representative of this theme in Desmond's work. Her association with SASA was not consistent, as she …
BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
… to break with Kay's influence. Rondo Capriccioso, a work slightly out of the period under review in this …
BiographyHeidi Saayman
… Story", at EPSAC art gallery in Port Elizabeth. The work was also later exhibited in Johannesburg at the …
BiographyLutchmee Marie
… with a few people in exile who had left the country to work with the African National Congress (ANC) . Whenever …
BiographyGertrude Shope
… She moved onto the Coronation Hospital and later began to work with training women in crafts and with youth …
BiographyHerschelle Herman Gibbs
… Green Point in Cape Town on 23 February 1974. He completed his secondary education at Diocesan College where he played soccer and rugby, but cricket soon…
BiographyMichael Davis
… in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On completing his schooling in Johannesburg, Davis served his compulsory one-year call-up in the South African Air …
Fenuel Mogatusi
… was held at the Johannesburg Fort.Bail was est at R500 but his family could not raise the money. The police said that he died from an epileptic fit,but his…
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
… shot dead by police on that day, sustaining an injury to his head from which he died in hospital. The doctor at Chris … afternoon in grim detail: “A bullet…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… He won a bursary to Adams College, where he completed his schooling to junior certificate level. Attracted by the … and in the party organ, Umsebenzi, he…
EventMass protest against the circumstances of Neil Aggett’s death
… A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage in protest the death of Dr Neil Aggett , who … will be imprisoned, banned and die,'' Bishop Desmond M. Tutu told the…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… Tell Freedom (1954) was the first full-length published work of this kind. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was followed by … Modisane's Blame Me on History (1963)…
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… killed at scene 1 after being shot twice by the police, in his shoulder and thigh. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife and 10…
BiographyHailu Mergia
… and Oromo songbook melodies. At the age of 10, Mergia and his mother settled in Addis Ababa. At the age of 14 he … When he left the arm at the age of 16, he…
BiographyDr. Connie Mulder
… of the Afrikaans National Character). After completing his studies he joined local politics and involved himself in … Later he became deputy mayor and mayor…
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
… Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education at Entokozweni Nursery School. The 1960s forced removals saw his family relocating…
Cornelius Petrus Mulder
… of the Afrikaans National Character). After completing his studies he joined local politics and involved himself in … Later he became deputy mayor and mayor…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… that had occurred during apartheid.Archbishop Desmond Tutu was appointed Chair of the Commission by President Nelson Mandela , with Alex Boraine as his…
BiographyAzhar Cachalia
… the University of Witwatersrand. Azhar was influenced in his political career by his father Ismail Mohamed Cachalia, who was a Member of … and the South…
BiographyGoolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad
… India for South Africa in 1919, but returned to India with his father in 1922 to continue with his educational studies. When Dadoo came to India in 1925, ……
BiographySchalk Burger
… Council) in Transvaal representing Lydenburg. During his term he served on various commissions including the one … for presidency of against Paul Kruger but…
BiographyBishop Nathaniel James Merriman
… of Street (Somersetshire) in 1840. In 3847 he offered his services to Bishop Gray and was appointed the first … Cape Colony. Arriving at the Cape in November…
BiographySimon Tyeku
… Trial of 1956-1961 . Tyeku was born in 1904 and worked in his early life as a farm labourer in Bethal in the Eastern … on the public platform - a talent…
BiographyEdward Arthur Roworth
… Cape, where the scenery would later be the inspiration for his paintings. Most of his paintings depict old farmhouses in Cape Town. He … landscapes of the…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following his matriculation from the William Pescod High School in … union’s national advisory committee. In…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… loudest mouthpieces for mainstream liberal critique of the Apartheid government and its policies. Its heyday was … Watchman in September 1872. Whilst…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 5 September 2006
… the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, the President of the Russian Federation, …
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
… son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin … University College Hospital. After…