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Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
… soon and we are all still grappling to come to terms with his departure. Juda had respect for everyone, regardless of … Juda, but even before that I knew of…
PlaceTsolo
… appointment of Hamilton Hope as resident magistrate for his district. A second magistrate, Alexander Welsh, was … whose village was on the Xokonxa river…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… He burst onto the literary scene with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National … 1964 followed by a second novel, The River…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… Therefore, segregation would protect the Whites. His collaborator, D. F. Malan , suggested segregation would … Apartheid oppression started before birth and…
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… by black Southern Africans during the First World War. In death they are afforded the same level of commemoration as …
Stuart Commission Report
… camps. Recently a trainee tried to commit suicide because his girl-friend had been taken from him. Women lovers of … 1983, December and is the first doctor…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… a talented graphic artist and a political activist. Due to his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in Alexander, becoming exiled in…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional … on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout his career, Hanekom…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… Class 1: Gold from the state president in 1992, for his contribution as businessman, philanthropist and … by the University of South Africa, in recognition…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing … of Ulundi, during the Anglo Zulu War…
EventIvorian Footballer Didier Zokora is born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… footballer born in Abidjan on 14 December 1980. He started his career in his home country’s team Académie MimoSifcom. His younger brother, Armando was also a…
Archive4. The conscientious objectors
… of two posters with drawings of Philip Wilkinson at his trial. Quote from part of his speech to the judge at his trial. …
The National Flag
… or behind, a speaker at a meeting, it must be on her or his right-hand side. And when placed, elsewhere in the hall …
Independent Electoral Commission
… and fair elections in which every voter is able to record his or her informed choice. MISSION STATEMENT The Independent …
Rafique Mayet
… the African Photography Festival in Bamako, Mali and had his first solo exhibition at the NSA Gallery in Durban. It …
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… on 19 June 2024. President Cyril Ramaphosa expanded his national cabinet with 32 Ministers and 43 Deputy … 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which are from…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… that ideas were not dormant in libraries. Because of his banning, Turner remained in the background and Webster, … chanting " filumuntu ufesidikiza" (Man is…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… National Congress (ANC), uses the votes of women to ensure his re-election as president of the organisation. 1934 Sarah … and voter educators and accompanies…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… that time “the husband would come to the house and tell his wife , “I’m going to jail now.” And then the wife says, … it was confining the man, inherent to…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a fleet of three ships – Garcia, Belèm…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu is known around the world for his vigorous stand against injustice. More particularly, he is renowned for his involvement in the…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… opened a cafe. Though exposed to politics at a young age - his father was a Cape voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a founder member of the African ……
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… on the evening of a birthday party that was held in his home. Goniwe and the assistant, Nomawele Njongo, … by bringing three charged against Goniwe: abusing…
EventAllen Kwela was born on this day
… African music, both of which were important in shaping his musical style. When he moved to Johannesburg during the … Mashiyane performed. However, he…
EventEducationist George Molefe is born
… in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1939. As result of his tireless efforts to improve the quality of schooling and … Elizabeth's African Townships' in 1973…
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… in Anyama, CÁ´te d'Ivoire on 11 November 1983. Kone began his football career as a player for his hometown team Rio Sport d'Anyama. In 2002 he was signed ……
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… himself in books, but today we find opportunity to talk to his wife, Mrs Sobukwe. Let us start this way, Mrs Sobukwe, … were four years old at the time. We…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of the person, while often interfering severely with his or her ability to earn a living, engage in study or … been executed by hanging and currently there…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… About Legacy Alexander’s inspiration is spurred by his many years as a pastor to the exiled and destitute in the … sacrifices of some can make all the…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
… sex with an HIV-positive woman, thinking this would reduce his risk of being infected. This emerged as he was cross-questioned during his trial for rape. He…