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Gandhiji In South Africa, Reminiscences of his Contemporaries
… Gandhiji In South Africa, Reminiscences of his Contemporaries …
Welile Nhlapho sharing his memories of Jackie Selebi 1
… Welile Nhlapho sharing his memories of Jackie Selebi 1 …
ArchiveEditorial comment: Shove Koornhof Bills down his throat
… Editorial comment: Shove Koornhof Bills down his throat …
ArchiveHe comforted us in his very last hour
… He comforted us in his very last hour …
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
… 2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned …
Paul Simon starts his tour in South Africa.
… Paul Simon starts his tour in South Africa. …
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho regains his throne.
… King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho regains his throne. …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. … After three or six years of contract labour, during which his pay…
ArchiveSociety for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa: did you know
… Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa: did you know …
Twenty-three girls are burned to death in their boarding house in Mombasa, Kenya.
… Twenty-three girls are burned to death in their boarding house in Mombasa, Kenya. …
Petrus Mnisi, UWCC and Vaal Youth Congress member, is stabbed to death in Sebokeng.
… Mnisi, UWCC and Vaal Youth Congress member, is stabbed to death in Sebokeng. …
Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban) results in the death of nine policemen.
… Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban) results in the death of nine policemen. …
BiographyDr. Percy Yutar
… of eight children in a family of Lithuanian immigrants. His father originally spelled his surname as Yuter before arriving in South Africa. Yutar … Mandela…
BiographyIsaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
… (Blouberg Municipality) on 26 February 1931. He completed his Standard 6 (Grade Eight) at Uitkyk Secondary School in 1952. Maphotho left his home towards…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin And so indeed it was. Kajee was on the way out. His hair was…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… civilian government, and he was named the new President. His reign was marked by increasing levels of corruption and … stages, torture and murder. He was…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan began his "winds of change" tour of Africa in Ghana. Ghana became … 1960 to the South African Parliament in Cape Town…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… Asmal was raised in a vibrant, lower middle-class family. His mother was a home-maker while his father was a shopkeeper, a shop assistant and unemployed ……
BiographyKwena Matlala
… village, who was related to the royal family, and after his death, she became the ntona of Madietane. She was originally …
BiographyBertha Mkhize
… driver died when Bertha was about four years old, after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first …
ArchiveMinutes of the second general meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa
… General meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa held on 24 May 1989 at the … general meeting of the Society for the…
ArchiveIn the Heart of the Whore, The story of apartheid's death squads, by Jacques Pauw
… In the Heart of the Whore, The story of apartheid's death squads, by Jacques Pauw …
BiographyPaul Mokabe
… to go into exile to the USA, where he lived until he met his death in 2007. Mokabe did not return home when most exiles … Mokabe’s last days were not happy…
Dumisani Mbatha
… prison. After he was reported missing for several days his parents made inquiries at John Vorster Square ,at which stage they learnt of his death. A prison…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
… photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants, he … the 1890s. David’s interest in photography was…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal. Little is documented about his early life, but like many young African men of his generation, Mkhize would have grown up in a…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
… apartheid from Archbishop Denis Hurley that were read in his church. Another influence was when his eldest brother, a university student, who spoke about the…
BiographyDaniel Kunene
… On 27 May 2016, surrounded by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, America. He was 93 years old. [i] … he remained in exile…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… Albert Louis Sachs was born in Johannesburg in 1935. His father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , had arrived in South … at the age of six, on the eve of the…
BiographyMartin Tose
… Johannesburg during the first decade of Apartheid. His birth coincided with the ruling National Party’s second … himself as a sculptor, graphic artist and a…