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A delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talks with the ANC in Lusaka, Zambia
… delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talks with the ANC in Lusaka, …
Gen. J.C. Smuts is elected as premier in the fourth general election of the Union of South Africa. Burne: Chronicle of the Wo
… in the fourth general election of the Union of South Africa. Burne: Chronicle of the Wo …
South Africa beats the West Indies with 50 runs in the seventh one-day cricket match at Centurion Park, to clinch the series 6-
… South Africa beats the West Indies with 50 runs in the seventh …
William John Cormack Brebner, senator of the Union of South Africa and life-long chairman of the Afrikaner Party, is born in Bu
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 494. … William John Cormack Brebner, senator of the Union of South…
World War 1: Gen. Louis Botha leaves for South West Africa to take control of the Union troops who would conquer the area from
… World War 1: Gen. Louis Botha leaves for South West Africa to take control of the Union troops who would conquer …
The South Korean businessman Yong Koo Kwong, head of the Daewoo motor company in South Africa, is shot in the driveway of his h
… Yong Koo Kwong, head of the Daewoo motor company in South Africa, is shot in the driveway of his h …
Sir David Gill (70), royal astronomer at the Cape and first man in South Africa to photograph the moon, dies in Cape Town.
… (70), royal astronomer at the Cape and first man in South Africa to photograph the moon, dies in Cape Town. …
Second heart transplant in South Africa is performed by Dr Chris Barnard on Dr Philip Blaiberg. He lived one year and seven mon
… Second heart transplant in South Africa is performed by Dr Chris Barnard on Dr Philip …
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… the banning of the ANC, PAC and Communist Party of South Africa and the crushing of the South African Congress of … political realignment of the trade union…
BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
… way for the formation of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Together with T.C. Rutherford* and D. … Murray fully supported TUCSA's efforts to…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). One of the people that helped him with his … out to bid him farewell. Tutu then…
BiographyJillian Edelstein
… Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she … a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She returned…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the … preparations for a new democratic…
BiographyHilary Mutch
… at the time. Later in 1943 the family moved back to South Africa. Claire went to Johannesburg's Roedean school before … This was a period of heightened…
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
… Movement , later to be renamed the Unity Movement of South Africa (UMSA). After graduating with a teaching diploma, … Undeterred he organised for the…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… & History. Opened by the former Prime Minister of South Africa, Jan Smuts in 1947 to preserve the History of the … Boer War Exhibits, Medal Collections and a…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… Treason trial. He wrote a book, Political Trials in South Africa, 1976-1979, based on this work, and contributed a … held at York University, and the…
BiographyElsa Joubert
… Joubert’s works are mainly inspired by the continent of Africa, in which she has travelled extensively. Very early on … society. In that novel, Joubert chose…
Potlako Leballo
… he successfully appealed for permission to leave South Africa. In August 1962 he went to Maseru, where he and other … York to petition for United Nations…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… Tiro, Mashinini started reading about the history of Africa’s struggles, American slavery, the Human Rights … and international boycotts against apartheid…
Belonging - A History of Indian South Africans
… events, the independence of India, the rise of South Africa ’s National Party, and their ominous promise of mass …
BiographyBerni Searle
… to language, race, colour, gender and the History of South Africa. Searle also produces work about land and rituals of … local inhabitants and slaves brought…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is memorable … of Venda that her mother entered her for…
BiographyAlbert Nzula
… and came into contact with the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , which he joined in August 1928. His striking … Trade Unions. Shortly thereafter he…
BiographyNicholas Hlobo
… as many as ten exhibitions every year, at venues in South Africa, the United States and several European countries. … National Gallery in Cape Town and the…
BiographyJohann Christiaan Kriegler
… the Masters course in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa programme. He has also served as a judge in the final … the United Kingdom (2002), Hong Kong…
BiographyGeraldine Fraser-Moleketi
… Community. In 1980, the political situation in South Africa prompted her to leave the country and she joined the … of the SACP based in Zimbabwe. She…
BiographyNimrod Boyce Tantsi
… the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during his youth, … author of a Historical Sketch of the…
BiographyHein du Plessis
… Commonwealth Photographic Awards: (Regional winner for Africa) Winner of the South African Picture Essay Documentary … Face to Face (Cancer and You)…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… Boesak had expressed increasing dissatisfaction with South Africa's apartheid, a strict form of segregation, … gaining a PhD, in ethics,in 1975. On his…