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Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli
Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli was born on 18th of Septenber 1928 in Steynsrus,near Kroonstad in the Orange Free State,where his father had a brick…
BiographyOscar Mpetha
Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a dock worker, waiter, hospital…
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
… Julius Saks completed his primary schooling in Pietersburg before obtaining a scholarship that enable him to matriculate … this honour. His successful…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… on police stations in Kliptown and Orlando Magistrate Court. These attacks on police stations elicited a response … to deathon 6 August, 1982 . On 7 June…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… In June 1963 Masemola appeared in the Pretoria Supreme Court along with 14 others and was charged with conspiracy to … The police intervened and ordered the…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… in 1991 [xiv] . In 1987 Hofmeyr brought a successful court application on behalf of the UDF demanding the … November, [xvii] when it became clear that he…
BiographyNorman Levy
… Thirteen Others’ began on 16 November 1964 at the Regional Court in Johannesburg. Along with Esther Barsel , Eli … Levy was sentenced to three years…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… in northern KwaZulu to the Swaziland government. The court decided in his favour on the ground that the government … erupted once more between IFP and ANC…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… breadwinner, Abrahams dropped out of school at age 14 in 1940, after finishing standard 6. She went on to work with … She was the last of the Western Cape…
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… Alan Keith Brooks was born on 18 May 1940 in Bristol, United Kingdom. His father was a doctor by … people's uprising of 1976, which was entitled Whirlwind…
BiographyPaul De Groot
… in 1935 and later returned to the Netherlands. Until April 1940, when De Groot left the Netherlands for the Dutch East …
BiographyThembekile Enoch kaTshunungwa
National organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) in the mid-1950s and later a prominent figure in Transkei politics, Tshunungwa was born in 1923 in…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… for their entire lives. His maternal grandfather was a court interpreter. His father, Jack Dorasamy Govender, was a … Africa attending universities here…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… Scholar. Some years earlier Bram had met and begun to court Molly Krige . Distantly related to the wife of Jan … briefs coming to Bram, outstanding lawyer…
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia appears before the League of Nations to appeal for help following Italy’s invasion of Ethiop
… Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia appears before the League of Nations to appeal for help following …
The chimes at the Union Buildings is broadcasted before the early morning new bulletins of the South African Broadcasting Corpo
… The chimes at the Union Buildings is broadcasted before the early morning new bulletins of the South African …
Testimony of the Rev. Z. R. Mahabane, President, Cape Province Native Congress, before the Select Committee on Native Affairs, June 15, 1920
… Z. R. Mahabane, President, Cape Province Native Congress, before the Select Committee on Native Affairs, June 15, 1920 …
Testimony of Martin Lutuli of the Natal Native Congress, before the South African Native Affairs Commission, May 28, 1904 [Extracts]
… Testimony of Martin Lutuli of the Natal Native Congress, before the South African Native Affairs Commission, May 28, …
The Prime Minister states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978.
… is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978. …
Henry Brown Marshall asks Kidger Tucker to plan a new residential area for Johannesburg even before the planning of the mining
… to plan a new residential area for Johannesburg even before the planning of the mining …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Louis Botha visits Johannesburg two days before British occupation and asks the residents not to resist
… War 2: Gen. Louis Botha visits Johannesburg two days before British occupation and asks the residents not to resist …
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is placed before the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party opposes it, while
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is placed before the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party opposes …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battles of Belmont, western front, and Willow Grange, Natal front, started on the day before, continue.
… front, and Willow Grange, Natal front, started on the day before, continue. …
Cecil John Rhodes gives evidence before the South African Committee of the House of Commons on the Jameson Raid enquiry.
… Cecil John Rhodes gives evidence before the South African Committee of the House of Commons on …
Bulelani Vukwana (29) shoots and kills his girlfriend and nine others before killing himself in Mdantsane suburb of East London
… (29) shoots and kills his girlfriend and nine others before killing himself in Mdantsane suburb of East London …
Paramount chief in KwaNdebele, Chief David Mabhoko, is restricted to his kraal shortly before he was due to address thousands o
… Chief David Mabhoko, is restricted to his kraal shortly before he was due to address thousands o …
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
… as a legal adviser to the OFS forces in Kimberley. Just before the Boers' could lose the war, he was appointed … forerunner of the later National Party in…
BiographyJohn Marinus Ferus
… an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) soldier, was born on 8 February 1940. He joined the South African Coloured Peoples Congress …
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… General and left Xolobe for Johannesburg in January 1940. Career South Africa in the 1940s was defined by … had never been exposed to racism and racial…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… refused leave to appeal his sentence by the Rand Supreme Court, and on 24 July 1978 he was refused again in the … the state time to fabricate a case against…