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BiographyPopo Molefe
Molefe was born in 1952 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with his aunt. His mother was a domestic…
BiographyLeonard (Len) Lee-Warden
Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden was born in 1913. A linotype operator, he came to South Africa in 1936 from England after serving a five year apprenticeship in London…
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… sovereignty. History has promoted two images of Makhanda; 1) Makhanda who led his people to be defeated based on religious fanaticism and 2) Makhanda who led…
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta Obe ‘Buchi Emecheta’ was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway worker and Alice …
BiographyDr. Hans Merensky
… pure diamonds the area was reserved and Merensky received 1 250 000 pounds. Following this amazing find he decided to …
BiographyAnthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in part to his…
BiographyPandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe
… Pandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe was born on 2 February 1947 in Folovhodwe village in the Northern …
BiographyJoseph Johannes Marks
… and banned from all political activity between 1988 and 2 February 1990. Subsequently, Marks became involved in … Ltd.|Joe Marks back with ANC. ANC Daily…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… . (Accessed on 27 August 2020) SAHO. (2019) 2. Potchefstroom: A fighting location, [online], Available at: https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/2…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
Albert Louis Sachs was born in Johannesburg in 1935. His father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
… South Africans telling their stories (Vols. Volume 1, 1950 - 1970). Houghton, Gauteng: Tsehai Publishers.| …
BiographyElmon Malele
… detained in Soweto on 7 January 1977 in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act after a series of explosions occurred … were present on his scalp, which…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… "In sub-Saharan Africa, real GDP growth accelerated to 5.1 percent in 2004, the highest in almost a decade. Growth has … people on the African continent…
Nicodemus Kgoathe
… Kgoathe was detained on 11th November 1968 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and on 21 January 1969 was taken from …
Matthews Mabelane
… Mabelane was detained in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 21 January near Zeerust while …
Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 4th Congress of the World Chambers Federation, International Convention Centre, Durban 21 June 2005
ArchiveInterview with Hélène Marinis Passtoors, 3 and 11 July 2017, 21 March and 7 April 2021, 12 April 2022 and 30 December 2024
BiographyBarbara Anne Hogan
Barbara Hogan was born on 28 February 1952 and grew up in Benoni. After completing her primary school education, Hogan enrolled and completed her matric at St…
BiographySoromini Kallichurum
Soromini Kallichurum was born in 1932 in Ladysmith, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at…
BiographyNgoako Abel Ramatlhodi
Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi was born on 21 August 1955 at Tauyatswala small village near Polokwane, in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Ramatlhodi's…
BiographyHenry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
Henry Gordon "Squire" Makgothi was born on 25 December 1928 to Walter Mokowa, a school teacher and Martha Makgothi, a domestic worker,died when he was five. He…
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… the Presidential Order for Meritorious Service: Class 1: Gold from former President Nelson Mandela in 1999. Andrew … Mlangeni who turned 95 on 6 June 2020,…
BiographyDumile Feni
… at the Grosvenor Gallery and Camden Art Centre. Figure 1: Study for the portrait of Albert Luthuli. In 1979 he …
BiographyIvan Toms
Ivan Toms was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 11 July 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following…
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
… Mercury [online] Available at: themercury.co.za [Accessed 2 March 2009]| Jacqueline Arenstein Profile [online] Available at: whoswhosa.co.za [Accessed 2…
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
… Thabo Mbeki and the Afrikaners ,1986-2004. JP Brits, 53(2), pp. 33-69. Pahad, E. 2005. Political participation & civic engagement. Progressive Politics, 4(2)…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… the eras of White Afrikaner nationalism and Apartheid. [1] Afrikaans is therefore generally associated with White … (White Afrikaners) and perceived as a …
BiographyLesedi Billy Masetlha
… Congress . Available at www.anc.org.za online. Accessed on 2 June 2014 | Silobreaker. (2009). " Biography for Billy … . Available at www.news.silobreaker.com…