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BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
Walter Gilbert Wiles was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five artist-sons of the sculptor Henry Wiles. Of all the five sons, he was…
BiographyIan Mkhize
Ian Mkhize was born on 3 October 1941 in Nhlazantshe Township in Pietermaritzburg. He spent his formative years in Ixopo and matriculated at Sobantu High in…
The Role of the Working Class and Organised Labour in Advancing the National Democratic Revolution by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
The Battle of Square Hill
Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyCharles Sidney Groves
Charles Sidney Groves Arca was born in Leicester, England, 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art…
BiographyMabel Balfour
Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning…
Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson
Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson, a former Methodist Minister was restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Christian Institute and two…
BiographyKausobson Kausob
A number of Korana under the leadership of Captain Jan Bloem Jr investigated this complaint in the presence and possibly also under the influence of Fourie and…
BiographySipho Gumede
Sipho Gumede was born in Cato Manor, a then mainly Indian area in Durban. From a young age he showed interest in music, playing on a homemade guitar. He was…
BiographyPule Mabe
Puleng Peter Mabe (Pule Mabe) was born on 19 March 1980 in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). He was raised by a single…
BiographyValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar
The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court judgement in March 1913,…
BiographyBheki Cele
Life and Early Career Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near…
BiographyElsie Nair
Elsie Nair (nee Goldstone) was born in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) in 1927. After completing her primary school education, she joined her mother who…
BiographyAndrew Murray
Andrew Murray was born in Graaff-Reneit on 9 May 1828, the second child of Andrew Murray senior. He was sent to Arberdeen, Scotland to be educated, where he…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
We meet in the wake of great international gatherings concerned with the building of a future of peace, progress and friendship among the peoples comprising…
Speech delivered by the ANC President, Nelson Mandela, Chancellor of the University of the North, at the occasion of the Investec presentation Pietersburg, 20 January 1994
BiographyDawood Seedat
Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, who had nine children, one of whom, Ahmed, moved to…
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977, Mbongwa commanded a…
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
Jopie Fourie was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the South African War, and was wounded and captured in an…
Vusi Mahlasela
Vusimuzi Sidney Mahlasela ka Zwane was born in Mamelodi in 1965. His grandmother ran a shebeen from behind their home. He grew up listening to people singing…
BiographyElmon Malele
Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa…
BiographyChief Kgosi Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father…
BiographyJock Leyden
He was born in Grangemouth, Scotland. He settled in Durban which was to be his home for the rest of his life. He attended part-time art classes at the Natal…
Jacob Abraham de Mist
De Mist was born on 20 April 1749 in Voorburg near The Hague in the Netherlands. He went to school at Kampen, after which he studied law in Leyden from 1766 to…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
BiographyValiamma Munuswami Mudaliar
Valiamina Munuswami Mudaliar was a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of Gandhi’s Satyagraha in 1913. On 29 October Mudaliar and her mother…