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EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… the streets to greet President Thabo Mbeki and the rest of his delegation. Mbeki was received in Abidjan by the … Mbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan,…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for … F.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell…
BiographySydney Kumalo
… final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a … praise singer reveals the sculptor's love and…
Max, a 180 kg gorilla, is shot in his neck and shoulder by a robber who got into his cage.
… Max, a 180 kg gorilla, is shot in his neck and shoulder by a robber who got into his cage. …
Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a
… corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a …
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… was educated, Pemba developed an early love for art which his father encouraged by buying him pencils and crayons. The … for escaping from the drudgery of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise and … dictated by the fascist police. In…
BiographyMarius Schoon
… moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue with his post-graduate studies. While at the University he joined … Thoms. Schoon spent 12 years at…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… Michalis Tsafandakis, and a Mozambican mixed-race mother, his housemaid, Amelia Williams, in Mozambique on 14 January … life Aged three, Tsafendas was sent…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. … to a EurÂopean. The Indian's chances of retaining his employment at…
Excerpts from Chief Lutuli's evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… Chief Lutuli's evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle …
BiographyMary Susan Malahlela-Xakana
… BaPedi for becoming a Christian and for refusing to have his twin children put to death, as the birth of twins was believed to be a curse. …
BiographySylvester Stein
… Stein founded Electric Word Publishing, after selling his newsletter to a large company in the late 1980s. Stein … as editor of Drum , and partly an…
Mzukisi Nobhadula
… of perjury and had been held for 6 days at the time of his death.The perjury charge arose from evidence he gave in a … asthmatic.A statement by the prisons…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
… church leaders at the school when, together with some of his peers, he tried to establish a Student Representatives … successful, and for it he is described…
BiographyFort Calata
… one of the accused in the Treason Trial . Fort Calata and his wife Nomonde met in 1974 in Cradock. In 1979, the couple … teacher. Fort and Nomonde had three…
BiographyLeo Marquard
… born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and his mother, Margaret,…
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
… development of Afrikaans poetry, formally and politically. His literary reputation is international, with work having … near Robertson in the Cape, Breyten…
BiographyDon Mattera
… Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg in 1935. His grandfather was an Italian immigrant who married a Xhosa or Khoisan woman from the Cape. His…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
… at the University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. in 1948 and a D.Phil in 1950. He later went on to … Head of Department in 1969. He held this…
BiographyTwalimfene Joyi
… (ANC) members in Pietermaritzburg. On completion of his 5-year sentence, Mr Joyi was banned and restricted to … 1976 and that sometime after this he had…
BiographyNkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo
… of six children of Nokuna and Kanana Mbuyabo. He received his early education at Msundulu Primary School and Nkwenkwezi … for Cape Town. He resided in…
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
… in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high school education at Sekano Ntoane, Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement…
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
… English, he also learned the Sotho and Tswana languages of his adopted Bloemfontein and was thus a natural choice to … and also designated as speaker,in part…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… was born on 27 October 1955, in Dundee, Northern Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers. From an … 1972, at the age of 15, he was detained…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
… on 17 June 1952. The second of eight children, his single mother brought up Mabasa in Soweto.During his high school years in Soweto, Mabasa became aware of…
BiographyFabian Defu Ribeiro
… third child of Joseph and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father came from Beira, Mozambique and passed away in 1942. His mother, who came from Brits,…
ArchiveDeath Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Death Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern … Black Sash National Conference on 4 March 1989 discussing death sentences for politically…
BiographyMohamed Hajee Joosub
… the sick by providing free medicine, shelter and food. His generosity inspired two of his sons to build a rest house for wayfarers in his memory after his…
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… on the 22 of September 1828 he, with the assistance of his half-brother Mhlangana and servant Mbopha, assassinated his brother and the then Chief of the Zulu…