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BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… back to the Transvaal. For most of the 1930s he was on the party's political bureau, serving as general secretary … party's Johannesburg district committee…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… immediately recorded and released the album Unbroken Spirit . In 1989, Mbuli helped welcome back prisoners … a variety of people who have passed away and…
BiographyVuminkosi Zulu
… Vuminkosi Zulu was born on 24 November 1948 in Mapumulo, KwaZulu-Natal. From the age …
BiographyClifford Bestall
… the Natal Technical College during the 1970s. He exhibited on major group exhibitions of the period and was invited to … solo exhibition at the DAG in 1974…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… was increasing pressure, both internal and international, on the apartheid state. The riots also played an important … should be scrapped. Riekert made a…
On trial for treason
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner 'Before dawn on 5 December, 1956, the security branch of the police … and…
BiographyBabette Brown
… in Cape Town , Cape Province (now Western Cape) in 1903 on a ‘poor ship’ from Lithuania, escaping the Russian pogrom … before going to the University of the…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… William H."Bill" Andrews was born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left … Party and three years later was elected to…
ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… 1913 Land Act and the increased demand for cheap labour on farms, black squatters faced increased pressure in the … The impact of the War on Agriculture and…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… Arthur Goldreich was born in Johannesburg on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the … Youth magazine. He balked and wrote to the Prime Minister,…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
… The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District Six , Cape Town, Cape Province … with writer Alan Paton , Rubin attempted to persuade…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka was born on 16 March 1892, in Thaba-Nchu. He attended the Wesleyan … his resignation to the last day of…
Dr William Nicol, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Administrator of Transvaal from 1948-1958, is born in Robertson, CC
… Dutch Reformed Church and Administrator of Transvaal from 1948-1958, is born in Robertson, CC …
BiographyGavin Jantjes
… Gavin Jantjes was born in Cape Town in 1948. He studied at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art until 1969. On 1970, he received a DAAD…
BiographyBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala
… Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala was born on 21 April 1937 in Bloemfontein. As a young boy Macala tended cattle on a farm in the Orange Free State and passed the…
BiographyAlan Wieder
… and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid. Although he lives in the United States, he has been on the faculties of both University of Western Cape and …
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
… Bunting and then in a minority, which favored emphasis on the recruitment of blacks. After completing an honor's … 1926-1929 completing a Ph.D. degree and…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… Act, Gender Equality Indanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa Inanda Seminary played an … was not just a career as it consumed the…
Jan van Riebeeck nominates the first Burgher Council in Table Bay, consisting of four freemen.
… Jan van Riebeeck nominates the first Burgher Council in Table …
Maria van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and his wife Maria, is born at the Cape.
… Maria van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and his wife Maria, is born at the Cape. …
Dr Jan Bouws, Dutch and SA musicologist and composer, is born in Purmerend, the Netherlands.
… Dr Jan Bouws, Dutch and SA musicologist and composer, is born in …
Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, is born in the Netherlands.
… Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, is born …
Joanna van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and Maria van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape.
… Joanna van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and Maria van Riebeeck, is born at the Cape. …
Dr Jan Schutte (79), author and former director-general of the SABC, dies in Johannesburg.
… Dr Jan Schutte (79), author and former director-general of the …
Johannes Henricus (Jan) Brand is inaugurated as the fourth president of the Orange Free State.
… Johannes Henricus (Jan) Brand is inaugurated as the fourth president of the …
Gen. Jan Kemp (74), SA warrior, politician and minister of defence, dies in Piet Retief.
… Gen. Jan Kemp (74), SA warrior, politician and minister of …
BiographyAlex Hepple
… Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His father, Thomas Hepple (1869-1942), an … Member of Parliament for the…
”India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South … Again Before The United Nations…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… On 4 January 1948, the National Flag of the Union of South … The British worked with the South African government under Jan Smuts who was the Prime Minister…
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in … in 1945 and then the African National Congress (ANC) in 1948, and the…