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BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in 1984, which…
About 25 million people are registered to vote in the run-off vote after Kabila received 45% of the votes, six shy of an outrig
Anglo-Boer War 2: Start of the siege of Mafeking under Col. Robert Baden-Powell by the Boer forces. Note: Some sources give the
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… to Ibrahim music is more than just playing certain notes, he claims that in traditional African societies the … . [Accessed 28 October 2016]. Mason, J., "…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… discussions with P.W. Botha’s government. Ebrahim notes that it is generally accepted that the latter view is … it to write a majority-rule constitution. …
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he…
Joel Joffe
Joffe was born to a Jewish family on 12 May, 1932 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Abraham Joffe, a businessman, had come from Latvia and…
Mme Makwena Matlala
The Native Affairs Department (NAD) report for 1949-50 noted that ‘in the Matlala Location [Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal (now Polokwane,…
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (Jan van Riebeeck) was born on 21 April 1619 in Culemborg, Netherlands to a surgeon. He spent his youth in Schiedam,…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… is lost to history. In his recollections, he simply notes: “I crossed the border about noon and reached Buffalo.” … the politician Henry Burton. But, as…
ArticleArt South Africa Today exhibitions
… satirising the South African government. As Erica Clark notes , by the 1970s there was a feeling among many in the …
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… from their areas of residence. Historian W. J. du Plessis notes that “By the time of the advent of the new South …
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
Ahmed Essop "Quarter" Khota, was born on 5 July 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name given to him by Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father worked as a shop assistant in a Chinese…
BiographySelaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi
Selaelo Charles "Dan" Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins…
BiographySamora Machel
Samora Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel…
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu, the second son of the king of the Ndebele, Ndzundza-Mabhoko King Mabusabesala II, and Queen Johanna Selepi, was born on…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… - we have been betrayed so many times before." [10] End notes: [1](Mail and Gaurdian Staff Reporter, 2005) ↵ [2] …
ArchiveComments on the history of mass removals as the grand design of the policy of apartheid
… Handwritten notes on the background and statistics of Black families … Glenmore from Klipfontein and Kenton-on-Sea. Text of the notes is not clearly legible…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… Xhosa man and held appreciation for his culture. Blyden notes that part of the process of European colonization of …
BiographySydney Kumalo
It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu "imbongi" or praise…
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe on 5 December 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… problem of an increasing African population. As Edgecombe notes, “The main purpose of the land provision was to fix the … from being undesirably extended.’”…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
Professor Chris Barnard led the team which performed the first human-to-human heart transplantation operation at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. The son of…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. Slabbert attended…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
Early years and Political involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother who worked as a…
Biographical Introduction
… Curator of paintings Johannesburg art gallery General Notes: Artists' name s are listed with the artist's surname …