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BiographyLouis Washkansky
… a third and very severe heart attack left him suffering from congestive cardiac failure. The effects of this were …
BiographyKwena Matlala
… Boers and its oppressive laws.’ Kwena Matlala was released from banishment in 1963. …
BiographyC. S. Ramohanoe
… of the Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the …
BiographyRuben Xulu
… born deaf on 10 May 1952 and attended school in Mgangatho from 1955 to 1961. He began carving with Bernard Gcwensa at …
Henry Eric Isaacs
… campus protests against the expulsion of Ongkopotse Tiro from Turfloop; in July he was elected vice-president of the … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas…
Wendy Schwegmann
… she spent her youth. She has a diploma in Interior Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate of the …
BiographyAndrew Tshabangu
… child, Pretoria, 2000 A world of Christians: Christian art from South Africa, 2000 Translation/Seduction/Displacement …
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
… Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD from Lancaster University. In 1977, at the age of 33, Cobbing …
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… mother after her parents divorced. Her father was absent from much of her youth, and only really came into her life … of the Young Women’s Christian…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… converting their existing building to a neo-Tudor mansion. From 1951 to 1976 it served as a private preparatory school for boys and … during its years of…
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
… in 1956. She was placed in solitary confinement in 1976 and survived two assassination attempts. Meer was the … for another five years in 1981. Her ban…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Independence Party (TNIP) which pressed for 'independence' from South Africa. When Transkei became 'independent' in 1976, Kaiser Matanzima took office as…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… gathering. September, Ray Alexander is ordered to resign from her position as General Secretary of the Food and … 1965 Viola Hashe is banned and restricted…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… After declaring in 1976 that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia, … pressures and international sanctions. Further urging from then U.S. Secretary…
ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… S African Revenue Service, plus his deputy were recalled from London in the midst of a promotional roadshow for … becoming the norm and decided to move in…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… and modern, that absolutely nothing will stop a people from attaining their freedom to be a people who can hold … Mr Botha, declared that South Africa was…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Company organises indentured Chinese and Malay labour from Java. These labourers were the first Muslim workers in … District of Durban. The notice was signed…
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… at school and trained everyday after school, often running from village to village. Semenya attended Nthema Secondary … she remained in the front of the race…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were a far cry from where she would eventually end up. The younger daughter … arrest, her passport was…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… for the building trade and teaching professions; they came from the Fakier, Sadan, Hattas, Galant and Ganief families. … in his life, had been in close…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Dr. Newton Adams and Revs. George Champion and Aldin Grout from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission … Campaign in Natal November, The…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, … Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… will not be realised until our people are freed both from oppression and from the dehumanising legacy of deprivation we inherited from … inauguration…
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
… married six times and enjoyed spending the money he earned from performances on fine clothes and big cars. However, …
BiographyJ. Congress M. Mbata
… leadership conference of December 1960 but later withdrew from the continuation committee during the controversy over …
BiographyMuziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba
… of his work in the Campbell Smith Collection, ranging from gender issues and sexual taboos to HIV/AIDS, recent …
BiographyNell Kaye
… She was one of the few professional sculptors, aside from Ivan Mitford-Barberton (qv.), to exhibit her work with …
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
… White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge University with a first class pass in1938, … Barnes, Antony Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis,…
BiographyChristopher Nceba Faku
… prison term on Robben Island . Following his release from prison, Faku was elected as regional organiser of the …
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
… Solomon “Zulu Boy” Cele. Mbaqanga (the name derives from Zulu, meaning something like “steamed maize bread”) …