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BiographyPaul Michael Sibisi
… Sibisi is involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal. Sibisi's work is represented in the Campbell Collections of the University of Natal, the…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
… Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he … his sculpture. He presently lives…
BiographyBilly Paddock
… Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in the 1950s. He attended Glenwood High School in Durban where he excelled…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to … African Indian Congress and was Vice-President of the Natal Indian Congress …
BiographyGerard Bhengu
… Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer district, Southern Natal. Bhengu received his early education at the Roman … of Esibomvwini at Centecow, in the Creighton…
BiographyDr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
… but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to become Luthuli's second-in-command in the Natal African National Congress …
BiographyFlorence Mkhize
… Mkhize, widely known as 'Mam Flo', was born in 1932 in Natal . At a young age she decided she wanted to fight … the 1970s Mkhize led the Release Mandela…
BiographyElsie Nair
… Elsie Nair (nee Goldstone) was born in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ) in 1927. After completing her primary school … she joined her mother who was…
BiographyGert Petrus Swart
… from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College, Durban, where he obtained a Diploma … father’s interest in carving, he…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father Ponnen, born in Madras (now Chennai), … on a five-year contract,…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… £105.00. Gandhi in South Africa Gandhi arrived in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) in 1893 to serve as legal counsel to a merchant … a journey which…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… by this Mohamed inevitably became involved in the revived Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in 1970, serving on its executive … November 1978 he was elected to the…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
… was born on 26 August 1930 on a farm near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a white-owned farm in the Colenso…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
… year was admitted as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in Natal. During this period, Langa took on various civil and … activists, and represented political…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish … influenced his work. Paton studied…
BiographyMazisi Raymond Kunene
… Kunene, a labourer.He grew up at Amahlongwa on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast and attended primary school there and later … earned a Masters degree in the…
BiographyAndries Hendrik Potgieter
… Transvaal. In 1838 more Voortrekkers were attacked in Natal and Potgieter went to their aid. This time he suffered … severe loss when his forces were drawn…
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at an early age, and as a young … the authorities permitted Sewgolum to…
BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
… further studies part time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Makhathini joined politics and devoted his time to … a key youth organizer in and around Durban…
BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
… as a nurse at Victoria Hospital in 1964 and moved to Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) soon after marrying Griffiths Mxenge . Her husband … leaders of the United…
BiographyBheki Myeni
… Bheki Myeni was born on 10 October 1954 in Hlabisa, Natal. Myeni's parents died when he was a young boy and he … his brothers moved to Matyana, a village…
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
… He was elected to the Senate in 1937 by Africans in Natal and served in Parliament for about 15 years and he was … of history and political science at the…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… as Gcina Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in KwaZulu- Natal , South Africa. She has been writing and performing on … the London Open University as well as…
BiographyGeorge Christopher Cato
… he sailed on an expedition to explore and trade at Port Natal, where a small European community of hunters and … set out with their wives and children to…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 …
The Natal colonial government organises an expeditionary force against Langalibalele, chief of the AmaHlubi people after he fir
… The Natal colonial government organises an expeditionary force …
Thirty-three people die at Mandini, KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, when a passenger bus collides with a petrol road tanker.
… Thirty-three people die at Mandini, KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, when a passenger bus collides with a …
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF THE KWAZULU/NATAL AGRICULTURAL UNION Pietermaritzburg, 24 April 1997
… BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE LAUNCH OF THE KWAZULU/NATAL AGRICULTURAL UNION Pietermaritzburg, 24 April 1997 …
Dick King returns by boat to Natal after his ten-days horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown.
… Dick King returns by boat to Natal after his ten-days horse-ride of 960km to Grahamstown. …
Three children die near Ladysmith, Natal, as pleasure-seekers without warning open the floodgates of the Windsor Dam.
… Three children die near Ladysmith, Natal, as pleasure-seekers without warning open the …