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ArticleThe Basotho
… location about 30km from Maseru and he decided to move his tribe to this safer area called Thaba Bosiu, meaning … people and their animals. Moshoeshoe…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… brown hair, innocent face and more strongly built than his friend. They had both joined the illegal ANC while in … for them for their unwavering support they…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… other settlements in the area. Moshoeshoe realised that his people needed a stronger fortress to protect themselves … a flat-topped mountain surrounded by a…
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… the Congress of the People in 1955 bear ample testimony to his fruitful labour in this direction. Monty was born in … age of 17 he was sent to Edinburgh in…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… the Congress of the People in 1955 bear ample testimony to his fruitful labour in this direction. Monty was born in … age of 17 he was sent to Edinburgh in…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… 1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer … Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada is born to Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa,…
ArticleThe following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
… The 43 spectators were crushed to death when fans forced their way through gate four in the …
EventThe Soweto Uprising leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
… in Afrikaans. In just 10 days of rioting, the official death toll was 174 Blacks and two Whites. The number of …
EventPoqo members arrested
… Tshweni's men charged at the police, resulting in the death of seven attackers with three constables seriously …
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… head of excavation at Olduvai, and after her husband's death, began to train her son, Richard, in the field. …
EventNovelist and historian Bessie Head is born
… learners in various schools in South Africa. Her untimely death in 1986 cut her career short. Some of her material was …
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… The Deputy Mayor of Sharpeville, Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. …
EventLady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris
… tumultuous marriage ended in 1996. At the time of her death they had two sons. A year later, Diana got involved …
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… exile in Europe and the United States. [1] During his time in exile, Ibrahim found success and developed his musical capabilities. In this way Ibrahim was…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… States of America. In November 1912 he began baptising his followers in the Black Kei River near his home in Ntabelanga. He decided to call his followers …
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… Willem Cornelis, in 1660. He was fined and dismissed from his post but she was apparently not punished. Van Riebeeck and his family probably took her with…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… of the day, and since. A week after Plaatje’s death in 1932, the journalist, poet and playwright HIE Dhlomo wrote a eulogy, ‘An Appreciation’, of his friend…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… will “cure” her of her sexuality. Following Simelane’s death, her family worked with the University of KwaZulu-Natal … South Africa” (ISSA), which she…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… managed to bring the Fokeng and the Koena chiefdoms under his control and to build them into a strong state. He had … other settlements in the area…
Behind the Narrative of the Abuse of State Power was a Larger Goal by Thabo Mbeki, 8 February 2016
… During September 2007 DG Chikane and I met NDPP Pikoli at his request. He informed us that he had secured Warrants to … inevitably result in a violent, armed…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… was the "mother" of this Church. This lady, after the death of her parents, decided to honor their memory in an … their home. Miss Hertzog, died at the age…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… through her work. President Cyril Ramaphosa also expressed his sadness at the passing of the veteran educator-turned …
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… for the first time. He had been in prison since 1962. His "NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM" was their first reading. They read hungrily. They staged a play of Oom…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… including one case in which a worker had been beaten to death in 1944. In support of these workers, the South African …
ArticleMads Nørgaard
… as a freelance documentary photographer. While studying his National Diploma in Photography at CityVarsity, where he emerged top of his class. Whether he is…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… of which Steve Biko was honorary president at the time of his death in 1977 and which promoted BC ideas, was also … Biko was served with banning orders and…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… eye and suffers the suffering of a simple peasant folk, death, concentration camps, destroyed homesteads, a dream in … annul the injunction that God created…
Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
… Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700", gives some details of his life, although it tells us nothing of his farming activities in Stellenbosch. The parts she…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… family records are destroyed in the process. This forces his father, Govan to migrate to Johannesburg in search of work opportunities in order to provide for…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of the person, while often interfering severely with his or her ability to earn a living, engage in study or … been executed by hanging and currently there…