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South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… — Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has sent his condolences to the family and friends of legendary poet … Mafika Gwala after an illness. We offer our…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… Lewin has died, aged seventy-nine. Lewin passed away at his home in Killarney, Johannesburg yesterday. Born in … parents, Lewin attended Rhodes University…
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for his role in the bombing of a trade union headquarters in … and express willingness to concede to…
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… CÁ´te d'Ivoire gained independence in 1960, he returned to his home country. Unhappy with his post- colonial new reality, Kourouma expressed his grievances…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… KwaZulu-Natal, the hosts of this event, in the late 1980s. His 1982 poetry collection, No More Lullabies, was the book I … that animated my university…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… Ba. But by far the most vivid recollections I have are of his two final years, which were often spent in Delhi, partly … quarter to nine at night to see him…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… struck Abram Fischer's name off the roll of advocates for his role in the struggle against apartheid. As an advocate … and argue a case in England,…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… developed a keen interest in war correspondence. Some of his early literary works were reports on various military … of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… 1978, a 36-year old political philosopher was shot dead in his Durban home by ‘person or persons unknown’. Richard … to the end of a five year banning order…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… University of Cairo. With an impressive academic career as his basis, Ghali started his political career as a member of the Arab Socialist Union … Secretary…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… documentary and fine art, frequently speaks of values in his public commentary. This mantra of values comes from the … into the fabric of South African…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by A. P. Mda
… my memories of Lembede, two things stick out in my mind ”” his scholarliness and his innovative analysis of the freedom struggle. His dedication to his…
Towards Simon’s Town – The life of Peter Clarke by Joline Young
… but navigates the world around him with a probing mind. His use of words is so beautiful and melodic, that I could … in many parts of this text. Being a…
EventTeboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games
… George Teboho Mokgalagadi, with his hair dyed golden, won a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprint in his first international competition at the…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… in first-class compartments. Gandhi protested and produced his ticket, but was warned that he would be forcibly removed … a White police officer pushed him…
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
… A caption beneath the portrait informs us: “Here, on his bed, in 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her son Abie.” To make this and the other pictures in his…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… and then returned home to South Africa, which is when his artworks became so prominent in this country. A collection of his works as well as some of his…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo Mbeki’s request to complete his Masters Degree. Mbeki, who would become South Africa’s … 1964, asking the organization if he…
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… KwaZulu-Natal. He is the second child of five children of his parents. He matriculated in Inkamana High School in KwaZulu-Natal. Gwala spent his adult life…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar in 1979. By 1995, N’Dour had his own recording label, Jololi . His music…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… as a pastor in Paarl between 1967 and 1970. After received his PhD from a university in New York, he led a parish in … movements in South Africa. Although…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to South Africa in 1923 where they died … renamed him John Charlton. After…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his name to Harwood after an English master told him it was … of Sir Donald. He would later draw from…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Bloc. Dr. Yusuf Dadoo escapes narrowly and one of his supporters, Dahyabhai Govindji, is disembowelled and dies … African Prime Minister after Parliament…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. … the eldest son of Paramount Chief…
PlaceHankey
… on demeaning public display from 1810 in London until her death in Paris on December 29,1815. Her dignified burial many …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… started playing music on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass player. In the course of…
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… ). Rhodes visited England in 1901. He was already ill on his return to Cape Town in the early months of 1902 and died soon afterwards at his seaside cottage…
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… himself on 11 February 2000, exactly ten years since his release from prison. Positioned in the area of his birth, the museum receives tourists from all over…
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… as the 'father of the Afrikaner nation'. This is because his firm belief in the destiny of the Afrikaner, his strong faith, and his obedience to his God…