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Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the Reformed Church in South Africa in 1858, is born in the Netherlands. Together with the Re
… Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the Reformed Church in South Africa in 1858, is born in the Netherlands. Together with …
South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket test against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and wins wit
… South Africa plays for the first time on the Wanderers in a cricket …
In his New Year’s Eve address the prime minister warns the country that South Africa will have to face the Communist onslaught
… address the prime minister warns the country that South Africa will have to face the Communist onslaught …
BiographyMoses Kottler
… others as 1896. As a child, his parents moved to South Africa, but let him study in Jerusalem, Palestine (now … himself sculpting. In 1912 he visited his…
BiographyBisho Jarsa
… coast and placed in the care of missionaries in South Africa. "We were overawed in her presence and by the way she … Robben Island with Nelson Mandela , is…
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Webster
… in the labour process shaped the labour movement in South Africa, remains a classic. His book with Rob Lambert and … study of the sociology of work and…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
… of sorts to the activities the he would undertake in South Africa. And three years later, he wrote and published the … That church also engaged in missionary…
BiographySir Winston Spencer Churchill
… born in Blenheim Palace, Oxford, in 1874. He came to South Africa as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the … Horse. During his long career as…
BiographyNathaniel Impey Honono
… In 1950 he joined the Teachers' League of South Africa (TLSA),a coloured organization that also often … for convening a joint CATA and Teachers League of…
Ruth Alexander
… twenty-three. They corresponded after his return to South Africa, and eventually in June 1907 they married in New York, … The couple settled in Cape Town,…
BiographyDora Taylor
… envisioning of a non-racial democratic society of South Africa. Her writings were that of a radical revolutionary … breakaway group which formed the Workers'…
BiographyMargaret Mary Smith
… Teacher’s Licentiate in Music by the University of South Africa (UNISA). [iii] In 1937 she became a senior … were mainly in the western, southern and eastern…
BiographyLouis Luyt
… and integrity of Afrikaners. The FA took part in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1999 but won no seats, … Joyce, P. (1999). A Concise Dictionary…
BiographyPhilip Ata Kgosana
… Tried for incitement with other PAC leaders, he fled South Africa while on bail in late 1960 and later resumed his … ANC government for not doing enough to…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… of historical, cultural, and political events in South Africa and the continent Biographies: Over 7,000 life stories … Covers political movements, liberation…
BiographyMaggie Resha
… broadcasting the cause of the oppressed people of South Africa. She attended numerous Organisation of African Unity … and in 1973 she was elected General…
BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
… he studied privately through the University of South Africa (Unisa): in 1928 he obtained a Junior Certificate … place of learning. Nhlapo traveled widely…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… fascism and in 1941 he joined the Communist Party of South Africa. In North Africa he served as a sergeant in the “Desert Rats”, an … were carried over into…
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
… merged to form the Amateur Swimming Association of South Africa. As President of SAASwiF, Naidoo worked tirelessly to … President of the National Olympic…
BiographyJohn David Rheinallt Jones
… Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal … His Work for the Betterment of Race…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… of 12 when he joined the Young Communist League of South Africa, distributing leaflets at street corners for the … upon him the urgent need to eradicate…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg…
BiographyMfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose
… African Military Service in 1941, and served in South Africa, Egypt, Libya and Italy from 1942 to 1946. He left the … democratic election in 1994.Before…
BiographyIshwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba
… 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa where he was also raised. His parents emigrated to South Africa from Gujarat. Chiba abandoned…
BiographyKim Ludbrook
… for Rex Features in London, he moved back to South Africa and was based in Cape Town where he worked for local … . He was also chosen to be part of The Day…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… and significance of the Art that began to emerge in South Africa in the 1980s, brought about a shift in acquisition … insight into the range of aesthetic…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
… the United Kingdom as she felt that the situation in South Africa had become too dangerous. As her husband was a British … live in Zimbabwe where she worked…
South African Students Movement Constitutio
… Student's Movement adopted at King Williams Town, South Africa, March 1976. …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
The biographical essays are selected from students in a South African history survey course that sought to put Africans back at the center of their history and…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… expose corruption in the controversial Arms Deal in South Africa ultimately leading to the investigation of government … ranked 22nd and in the same year,…