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Sergio Motsoaneng, a gold medal winner in the 1999 Comrades, admits his brother ran sections of the race in his place.
… Sergio Motsoaneng, a gold medal winner in the 1999 Comrades, admits his brother …
The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London.
… The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when …
Natalie du Toit, South Africa’s star performer at the Athens Paralympic Games wins her second gold medal with a record victory
… performer at the Athens Paralympic Games wins her second gold medal with a record victory …
Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass
… Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass …
Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass
… Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass …
Plans for independence of the Gold Coast (becomes Ghana in March 1957) from Britain are approved by the Colonial Secretary.
… Plans for independence of the Gold Coast (becomes Ghana in March 1957) from Britain are …
Karl Gottlieb Mauch (37), first person to discover gold in SA, dies in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. His discoveries included
… Karl Gottlieb Mauch (37), first person to discover gold in SA, dies in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. His …
New constitution goes into effect in the British Gold Coast colony later Ghana becoming first British African colony with major
… New constitution goes into effect in the British Gold Coast colony later Ghana becoming first British African …
WW2: Five power stations are blown up by pro-Axis saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines.
… pro-Axis saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines. …
The Rand Revolt begins with a strike by miners after announcements of wage reductions on the coaland gold-mines necessitated by
… after announcements of wage reductions on the coaland gold-mines necessitated by …
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
… Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement and from his experiences in the youth movement and as a worker, he joined the progressive trade…
Document 107 - “Johannesburg Municipal Elections: Communist Party asks Labour Party for Working Arrangement”, South African Worker. 12 June 1937
… asks Labour Party for Working Arrangement”, South African Worker. 12 June 1937 …
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… of four other members, Thembi Seete, Theo Nhlengethwa and Junior Sokhela. Boom Shaka became one of the most … a hit overnight. The single became an anthem…
BiographyTrevor Andrew Manuel
… City Council.Manuel attended Harold Cressy High School and matriculated in 1973. He moved on to work for a … Committee (CAHAC). He was also appointed as a…
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
… a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at the University of Stellenbosch, … to 1988. To date Prof. Steyn has been awarded the…
BiographyJohanna Catharina Cornelius
… family was very nationalistic, with both their father and grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War , their mother being held in a concentration camp during…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were … Boy”, having been quoted…
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
… descendant of a German immigrant, Johann Barthold Hertzog, and Susanna Maria Jacoba Hamman. The first school he attended … of the world's recession, Hertzog…
CHAPTER 4 ANARCHISTS AND ACTIVISTS AND CRITICAL ART PRACTICE
… CHAPTER 4 ANARCHISTS AND ACTIVISTS AND CRITICAL ART PRACTICE …
Elias Monare
… his banishment, Monare was suspected of instigating arson and robbery, but charges were dropped due to insufficient … had started the Wattville Helping Hand…
BiographyLaurent Kabila
… bloody civil war ensued between the Marxist prime minister and his chief opposition, Joseph Mobutu . As a result, Lumumba was subsequently deposed and killed…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
… politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined the African National…
BiographyNana Henrietta Moabi
… Northern Transvaal (now known as Polokwane in Limpopo ) and the St Mountford Convent in Louis Trichardt, as well as … (ANC). Moabi participated in the 1960…
Josia Thugwane is the first Black SA athlete to win an Olympic gold medal award by winning the marathon in Atlanta.
… Thugwane is the first Black SA athlete to win an Olympic gold medal award by winning the marathon in Atlanta. …
South African swimmer Penny Heyns wins gold again in the women’s 200m breaststroke final, after setting an Olympic record in he
… South African swimmer Penny Heyns wins gold again in the women’s 200m breaststroke final, after …
Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first sub-Saharan African country to acquire independence. Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the first
… Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first sub-Saharan African country to …
Wheelchair athlete Ernst van Dyk, cut off from a certain gold medal by Mexico’s Saul Mendoza in the 1 500m final Athens Pa
… Wheelchair athlete Ernst van Dyk, cut off from a certain gold medal by Mexico’s Saul Mendoza in the 1 500m final …
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… Owamboland to work on various English, Dutch, Scottish and German-owned farms. His father provided a political education and instilled in him a concern for…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… is a country of relative prosperity, with vast resources and a modern infrastructure. In contrast to this, it is plagued by persistent and widespread poverty…
Work and education
… Primary and Secondary Education Rhulani crèche and classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest … from political battlegrounds into institutions…