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BiographyEbrahim Rasool
… Ebrahim Rasool was born on 15 July 1962 in District Six , Cape Town. At the age of nine in 1972 his … teaching position at Spine Road High School. From 1991…
BiographyBheki Cele
… Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near Port Shepstone in Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal) [1] . When he was only … along with other political prisoners…
BiographyLorna Peirson
… She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a BA(FA) in 1950 from UN(P). From 1941 to 1950 she taught at…
ArchiveBuilding a new delivering pensions to the people: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1994
… Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 30 July 1994 discussing human rights, poverty, child welfare, marital … Report Presented at the Black Sash…
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
… ties were signed between South Africa and Vietnam in 1993. In July 2000, Vietnam opened its embassy in Pretoria , while the SA embassy was opened in Ha Noi…
BiographyThamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali
… of Art Communications, 1983-84. He has participated in several group exhibitions in SA and in Swaziland. In 1982 he was awarded First Prize in …
BiographyAndrew Clement Verster
… Andrew Vester was born in Johannesburg in 1937. He obtained a National Diploma in Design (1959) from … work is represented in public and private collections…
BiographyDr. Phuthuma Seoka
… (also documented as Phutuma and Phatuma) Seoka was born in 1922 in Modjadji near Duiwelskloof, Lebowa. Seoka left school in … indigenous woods. Exhibitions:…
Speech at the opening of Angolan/SA Trade Conference
… Speech at the opening of Angolan/SA Trade Conference …
BiographyThemba Daniel Mbongwa
… these animals he used to construct cows, birds and people in clay. He attended school at Mkhumbane (Cato Manor) and … H.P. School. He has never received…
EventSA is banned from the Olympic Games
… In October 1963, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in Baden Baden, Germany, that South Africa would have to … in Tokyo. Though the deadline…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… for oil pollution damage. This treaty was drawn up in Brussels, to ensure that adequate compensation was … publicized oil spill in recent history took place…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… South Africa when the Transitional Executive Council in South Africa became operational. A resolution calling for economic and diplomatic sanctions against…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father worked as a shop assistant in a Chinese shop in …
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer … initiative, she was awarded the Ashoka…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied … Province. Today, the large majority of Xhosa people remain in the Eastern…
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
… Sfiso Ka-Mkame was born in Clermont, Durban in 1963. He studied art in the 80’s and gained fame in 1988 when he sold his ‘Letters … Justice Sfiso Ka-Mkame,…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). When Nkosi was three … years old his family moved to Dukathole…
Helen Beatrice May Joseph, SA political and human rights activist, dies in Johannesburg. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilia
… Helen Beatrice May Joseph, SA political and human rights activist, dies in Johannesburg. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilia …
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… On 6 June 1931 Joyce Barker was born at Mooi River in the Natal Midlands. At the age of nineteen she started training under Daisy Holmes in Durban. Barker…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… Visser was born on 1 March 1878 on the farm Zaaifontein, in the district of Fraserburg, South Africa. Visser attended the Huguenot Memorial School in the…
BiographyMichael Hathorn
… Michael Hathorn was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal in 1922. After schooling, he went to Wits University in … He then volunteered for service for three…
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… Following the outbreak of pandemonium in South Africa and the use of violence by security forces in dealing with the issues in suppressing the aspirations of…
EventOlive Schreiner, noted SA author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town
… female authors. She was only able to reveal her identity in the second edition of the book. Schreiner went on to write several novels and allegories. In 1894…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Prof. Astley John Hilary Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first…
EventInternational Conference on Sports Boycott against SA commences in Paris
… Africa started their three-day conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The conference was organised by the Special Committee against Apartheid in…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… and prosperous 'non-Whites' should be allowed to vote in the country's local elections. In the treaty, Britain promised to return the two former … African…
ArchiveThuso ea ba sa sebetseng-ho thusa bao ba sa fumaneng mesebetsi (article written in Sotho language)
… Thuso ea ba sa sebetseng-ho thusa bao ba sa fumaneng mesebetsi (article written in Sotho language) …
BiographyDerek Andre Hanekom
… Derek Andre Hanekom was born on 13th January 1953 in Cape Town, the son of an Afrikaner clerk, he graduated … to win abroad support as minister of land…
Statement by the ANC (SA) on the situation in Czechoslavakia
… the African National Congress on unity with Czechoslavakia in their negotiations with the USSR. … Statement by the ANC (SA) on the situation in…