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BiographyCythna Lindenberg Letty
Letty began her first work in the art field in 1925 when she began work at the Onderstepoort Veterinary laboratory. Here she had to record in detail the post…
Place'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
… is derived from the Khoikhoi name of Sagewood trees, which cover this area. The word 'vlakte' is Afrikaans for flat …
BiographyVicky Sampson
Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville group. When…
BiographyArnold Selby
Arnold Selby was born on 14 November 1918 in South Africa. He joined the liberation struggle in the 1940s. His experience as a miner brought to light the…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
BiographyMalcolm Payne
"First of all, I don't take art particularly seriously. I make the work because I enjoy making it. No more complicated reason than that. I like the seriousness…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.3 1970
… Keech. The Adventures of Simplicissimus, Peter Strauss. Cover Design by Patrick O’Connor. Design, Cliff Bestall. …
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… who came to South Africa in search of better lives. Book cover This is a story of a particular family, the Schrires, … upbringing in Cape Town was orthodox…
ArchiveBolt Number 5 1971
… Adventures of Simplicissimus-Translation, Peter Strauss. Cover by Andrew Verster. Design by Vivien Holmes. …
Lost in Transformation? Reviewing 20 Years of Transformation in South Africa
… of Transformation in South Africa . The conference will cover a wide range of topics, including The Politics of …
BiographyJulius Thamsanqa Kuboni
Kuboni was born in Johannesburg. Like his father, Gabriel Kuboni, he was a sculptor. According to Julius, his father had the most influence on his work as a…
Jacob Abraham de Mist
De Mist was born on 20 April 1749 in Voorburg near The Hague in the Netherlands. He went to school at Kampen, after which he studied law in Leyden from 1766 to…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
South African Labour Bulletin
… Front cover of Labour Bulletin, May 1990. Volume 14, Number 8. …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
… Magwaza, Biddy Crewe, Leonard Maseko, Helen Aron/Back cover. Graphics : Madi Phala, Sam Nhlengetwa, Eugene Skeef, … Frankie Ntsu kaDitshego, Mzwakhe…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
Early years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born in Ethiopia in a region called Ejersa Gora on 23 July 1892. His birth name given…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.2 No.1 1971
… George Brendon. Panturn in Translation, Roy Keech. Cover by Cliff Bestall. Design by M. Courtney-Clarke. …
ArchiveBolt: Magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.2 1970
… Fynn and the Blacksmith of the Grosvenor, Mike Kirkwood. Cover Design by Patrick O’Connor. …
ArchiveBolt Number 12 July 1975
… EDITORS Mike Kirkwood and Tony Morphet Contents: Cover, Nils Burwitz; Five Poems, Christopher Hope; from Local …
ArchiveBolt Number 11 December 1974
… EDITORS: Mike Kirkwood and Tony Morphet Cover, Andrew Verster. Madagascar, Patrick Cullinan. The Idea …
BiographyS. S. Tema
S. S. Tema was a Dutch Reformed minister who was a founder and later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the…
BiographyNkosiyabo Xalabile
Nkosiyabo Xalabile (30) was from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2004. On 16 August 2012 Nkosiyabo was killed at scene 2…
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
… ravines of the Msikaba and Mtentu rivers. Grasslands cover a large portion of the reserve and support a … ravines of the Msikaba and Mtentu rivers…
BiographyBrenda Nokuzola Fassie
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born on 3rd of November 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The…
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
Graça Simbine Machel was born on 17 October 1945, in Gaza, Mozambique, the last in a family of six children. Her father, a Methodist minister who had died…
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… Somadoda Fikeni. Members of the media are invited to cover the discussion which will be held as follows: DATE: …
SASPU Focus
… university and their education. SASPU Focus attempted to cover educational issues and to encourage debate, in the hope …
BiographyMike Terry
Terry was an active member of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), which was born in 1960 after theSharpeville Massacre and succeeded the Boycott…
BiographyMax Gordon
Max Gordon was born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of…