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BiographyAlbert Nzula
… He received his formal education at Bensonvale in Herschel and at Lovedale, where he qualified as a teacher. For a time … North, where he taught, worked as a…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
… was born near Pretoria in 1955. Her father was a policeman and her mother worked as a domestic worker. At a young age she was forcibly removed in terms of…
ArticleSouth Africa before and in the build up to 1899
… the conflicting political ideologies of imperialism and republicanism, the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, tension between political leaders, … a…
The Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in California
… Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in …
The first gold (61 ounces) is sent from Kromdraai in the Witwatersrand to the Standard Bank in Pretoria.
… The first gold (61 ounces) is sent from Kromdraai in the Witwatersrand …
Karl Gottlieb Mauch, purported to be the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten
… Gottlieb Mauch, purported to be the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten …
The Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in California
… Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in …
P.J Meintjes writes to President Kruger pointing out that the property of the ‘Randjeslaagte Syndicate’ contains payable gold d
… property of the ‘Randjeslaagte Syndicate’ contains payable gold d …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… Province (now Western Cape Province ), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she became fascinated and involved in the trade union work…
BiographyJune Rose Nala
… in South Africa : We were taken into our departments...and told that you will be a weaver...I am told that my … you never ever come across... (Nala in Hemson…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… Native National Congress (later ANC) formed in 1912, and the other made up of more radical Boers who split away … Act of Union denied them voting-rights in…
Diana (Di) Bishop
… display, influencing her other siblings to do the same and this was punishable in her father’s eyes. Di obtained an Honours Degree in Social Work and worked…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… [Accessed 25 October 2014]|Baard, Frances and Barbie Schreiner, (1986). My Spirit is Not Banned . … Autobiography of Helen Joseph , New York: William Morrow…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
… League as a teenager. After few years he became a leather-worker by day in a furniture factory owned by the father of Ruth First ,and an unpaid staff member…
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
… from 1931 to 1933. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to South Africa, in 1921. He joined the CPSA in Cape Town in 1925 and was one of the…
Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji
… settling in Port Elizabeth, where he worked as a factory worker, and later became a bookkeeper in a general store in the New … Port Elizabeth. He became an…
BiographyMargaret Singana
… due to the influx control laws, she ended up as a domestic worker. Her employer soon recognised her talent for singing and introduced her to a recording…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… Luli Callinicos was born in Johannesburg, and is of Hellenic descent. She began her involvement in the … age. She began her career teaching history at…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… of the southern African kingdoms of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe with a special look at how they were organised and the role played by cattle,…
ArticleTranskeian Migrant Workers and Youth Labour on the Natal Sugar Estates 1918-1948
… Transkeian Migrant Workers and Youth Labour on the Natal Sugar Estates 1918-1948 …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… was the most significant development since Sharpeville and the turn to armed struggle. The striking workers and their demand for a living wage received much…
Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan
… Trinity College, Dublin, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the University of London . A notable scholar, he was a Gold Medallist of Dublin University and…
BiographyCharles Nupen
… lecturer Rick Turner “Had a huge influence on my thinking and probably was the key to persuading me to go into student politics and become a student…
ArchiveKotsi ya morafo wa-Kloof wa gold fields ke koduwa e sa tswanelang ho tlohelwa (article written in Sotho language)
… Kotsi ya morafo wa-Kloof wa gold fields ke koduwa e sa tswanelang ho tlohelwa (article …
After the proclamation of the public gold diggings at Randfontein the previous day, Johann Rissik, ZAR official, sends a plan f
… After the proclamation of the public gold diggings at Randfontein the previous day, Johann Rissik, …
Teboho Mokgalagadi, with his hair dyed golden, wins a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprints in his first internationa
… with his hair dyed golden, wins a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprints in his first internationa …
Frederick Pine Theophilus (Fred) Struben (80), one of the discoverers of the Rand gold reef, dies in Devonshire, England.
… (Fred) Struben (80), one of the discoverers of the Rand gold reef, dies in Devonshire, England. …
The International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions.
… Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions. …
Dr Joosub Hajee Suliman Ebrahim, recipient of the “Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold” for his contribution as busines
… recipient of the “Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold” for his contribution as busines …
Tools and weapons from iron and copper
… divided according to gender. The men were herders, hunters and warriors. Even though cattle was important, survival … Tools and weapons from iron and copper …