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BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
… she had first trained. She was a SASA member and showed on its exhibitions in Cape Town in the 1940s. Wright was … measure due to the influence of her mother…
BiographyAbraham Faure
… Abraham Faure was born on 29 August 1795 in Stellenbosch. Faure was one of the … Groote Kerk in Cape Town in 1822. Here he was the moving spirit behind the…
BiographyAchmat Dangor
… Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He lived with his grandmother in Fordsburg, … through the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and its…
The influenza epidemic, which claimed thousands of lives in South Africa, rages at its height in Cape Town.
… The influenza epidemic, which claimed thousands of lives in South Africa, rages at its height in Cape Town. …
The first successful Caesarean is carried out in Cape Town. The lives of mother and baby are saved.
… successful Caesarean is carried out in Cape Town. The lives of mother and baby are saved. …
Treatment Action Campaign chairperson Zackie Achmat starts antiretroviral therapy but lives with the guilt of having access to
… Zackie Achmat starts antiretroviral therapy but lives with the guilt of having access to …
Treatment Action Campaign chairperson Zackie Achmat starts antiretroviral therapy but lives with the guilt of having access to
… Zackie Achmat starts antiretroviral therapy but lives with the guilt of having access to …
Dorothy Fischer becomes the first woman in SA to receive a new heart. She lives for twelve years afterwards.
… becomes the first woman in SA to receive a new heart. She lives for twelve years afterwards. …
The women and children who arrived with Jan van Riebeeck on board the three ships the Reijger, the Goede Hoop and the Drommedar
… The women and children who arrived with Jan van Riebeeck on board the three ships the Reijger, the Goede Hoop and the …
Table Mountain is sighted at 2.30 p.m. by a crewmember of the Drommedaris, the ship on which Jan van Riebeeck and his company w
… at 2.30 p.m. by a crewmember of the Drommedaris, the ship on which Jan van Riebeeck and his company w …
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… died in 1971, her father had to look after the family on a salary of just R20 a week. While still a young girl, … why they went after students. But they…
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) from 1943 until 1948. She was born Madie B. Hall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and met Xuma, then a widower, on…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
… . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the ANC … 1955 became the league’s national secretary…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… and the amalgamation of the two bodies at a mass meeting on 8 October 1939 at Curries Fountain resulted in a new … interests of the Indian community but…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… carry documentation that controlled every aspect of their lives. These books determined where a person could live, … Failure to do so resulted in immediate…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
… Congress Youth League (ANCYL) branch in East London in 1948, and ‘in organizing East London for the stay-at-home of … attended African National Congress (ANC…
BiographyEthel Edwards
… On 2 January 1907 The Cape Argus Weekly Edition published a photograph of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange … target was J. H. Hofmeyr who was expected to succeed Jan Smuts as Premier and…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… year he founded a Hindu Youth Movement, which concentrated on the social and sporting activities of the youth. His … sentence for occupying land reserved for…
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
… Barend Jacobus du Plessis was born on 19 January 1940 in Johannesburg to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He was the eldest of three children …
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… engaged in what he believed to be fruitful talks with Jan Smuts and the Union Government. Gandhi foresaw an … necessary to actually raise the issues. On 30…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… (159) 1855 The Transvaal government adopted Resolution 159 on 18 June 1855 which prohibited anybody who was not a … promulgated the Squatters Act to regulate…
Interview with Gandhiji by The Rev. S. S. Tema, Jan 1 1939, Segaon, India
… Interview with Gandhiji by The Rev. S. S. Tema, Jan 1 1939, Segaon, India …
Jan Sebastian Rabie, well-known SA author, is born near George.
… Jan Sebastian Rabie, well-known SA author, is born near …
Jan Spies, SA author and radio and TV personality, is born.
… Jan Spies, SA author and radio and TV personality, is born. …
Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, dies.
… Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, dies. …
Jan Bantjes, Voortrekker teacher of Paul Kruger and M.W. Pretorius, dies.
… Jan Bantjes, Voortrekker teacher of Paul Kruger and M.W. …
Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
… Field-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at …
The Labour and Dominion Parties withdraw from General Jan Smuts’s coalition.
… The Labour and Dominion Parties withdraw from General Jan Smuts’s coalition. …
Jan Bantjes, Voortrekker teacher of Paul Kruger and M.W. Pretorius, dies.
… Jan Bantjes, Voortrekker teacher of Paul Kruger and M.W. …