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EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… Rugby season.[ix] Nizaam was selected to represent South Africa’s ‘A’ Squad during the England Saxons tour of South Africa in June 2016.[x] Nizaam initiated…
EventSouth African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo
… in Maputo. The ANC and Mozambique Government blamed South Africa for the attack, which subsequently was covered in the …
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… at: http://vcmstatic.sabc.co.za [Accessed on 28 May 2012] Africa News Search - Articles for 06/24/2006 South Africa: SA actor, author succumbs to diabetes …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… he has for 500 years and includes 24 slave ancestors from Africa, India and Southeast Asia as well as locally born … and other Europeans. Over 400 years at…
BiographyThamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
… he wrote: "From time immemorial, Black talent in South Africa was white-produced, white-directed, and even … exhibition was attended by thousands of people…
BiographyMimi Coertse
… Mimi Coertse was South Africa's first operatic prima donna."Prima donna", in its … singer in Europe, opened the door for many others. South Africa has always…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Sandton Convention Centre, 2 April 2007
… short." On behalf of our government, the people of South Africa, and in my own name, I wish the Global Forum against … Address of the President of South…
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
The Muizenberg Police Museum, also known as South African Police Services (SAPS) Museum, is situated on the Main Road in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… he was Deputy Principal until September 1963. In South Africa Frank was always an activist working in community … in Korsten. Frank joined the Teachers’…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… who had died the previous year. In his travels across Africa, Mabhida came into contact with Frelimo leader Samora … one day it would be transferred to the…
BiographyJabulani Sam Nhlengethwa
… Nhlengethwa was neither the first nor only artist in South Africa to use collage but it is the way that he uses the … and lithographs. He has exhibited…
PlaceIziko South African Maritime Centre
The Iziko South African (SA) Maritime Centre opened in 1990. It is based at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A Waterfront), Cape Town, Western Cape. The…
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… culturally significant buildings throughout South Africa. The completed restoration of the contemporary Union …
BiographyHerbert Henry Curson
… Veterinary Commission on Rinderpest in German East Africa until October 1918. He was then appointed as research … of legal status for the veterinary…
BiographyHarold Cressy
… the improvement of Black people's education in South Africa. In 1912 Cressy was appointed principal of the … Cressy co-founded the Teachers' League of South…
BiographyAllister Sparks
… Corporation (SABC). In his later life, he launched SABC-Africa, a satellite broadcaster to the entire African … he published books such as ‘The Mind of South…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
… was able to reconcile religion with science. He moved to Africa as a medical missionary in 1841, arriving in the Cape Colony (Cape Town, South Africa) on 15…
BiographyOscar Dumisani Dhlomo
… with his own studies through the University of South Africa (Unisa) and was awarded his BA Hons in History in … of leaders of all political persuasions in…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … a petition embodying the above demands throughout South Africa with the aim…
ArchiveSpeech at the African National Congress welcome rally
… when the ANC welcomes the changing situation within South Africa, the release of the leaders, the unbanning of the …
BiographyAubrey Levin
… 22 of One Military Hospital in Pretoria. Apartheid South Africa is known for its use of psychiatry to discredit … until 1995 when he, his wife and four…
BiographyVicky Sampson
… would become one of the most recognisable songs in South Africa. It was used as the theme song for the 1996 African … and Germany as well as at several rugby…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… become a standard work for choral groups throughout South Africa. It was also performed for the arrival of the Queen of … Brothers and the Harlem Swingsters…
Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson
… and working briefly as an architect,he emigrated to South Africa as a Methodist minister in 1953 and became a South …
BiographyAbdulla Ismail Kajee
… the leadership. He had only elementary schooling in South Africa but studied for a short time in India. He became … interest in the political affairs of the…
BiographyLesetja Kganyago
… Wits University. He then enrolled at University of South Africa (UNISA) to continue with his commerce degree. In 1991, … buy-backs, switches and strip…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… to public outcry, the British Colonial Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as head of a South African … War in 1899. References: Davenport T.R…
BiographySaint Mokoena
… is represented in public and private collections in South Africa. …
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
… Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law … A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa:…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… Rule 26 Dissolution PREAMBLE: Whereas : The women of South Africa have for decades suffered under the triple oppression … under the apartheid system; Whereas…