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Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… Abstract : Many South African Jews such as Eli Weinberg were heavily involved in … born in 1908 in the port city of Libau, Latvia to a Jewish family. Growing…
Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana
… in Keiskammahoek in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the …
BiographyPatricia Jobodwana
… first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South African university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at … Youngest Black women to graduate from a…
BiographyA. B. Nogaya
… Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance …
BiographyLawrence Folley
… productions Lawrence Folley held his own as the only South African in a cast of international luminaries. He is widely … greatest single inspiration to…
BiographyBantu Holomisa
… He was one of the first blacks to undertake the South African staff and management course at the Army College in … which in turn led to 1994 elections. He…
BiographySoromini Kallichurum
… task of transforming the previously White oriented South African Medical and Dental Council into a Health Professions … diseases in the Black population and…
BiographyStella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
… student at the University of Fort Hare, Sigcau joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . She … (Contralesa) , was nominated. She also…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… move away from the radical National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In 1969 Cooper was suspended from … Cooper could not take part in the launch…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… of a railway, but eventually decides in favour of using African labour. 22 January, The Immigration Trust Board is … Town, taking up employment in Cape Town…
BiographyJane Gool
… called the the All Native Convention it became the All African Convention (AAC). Jane, joined by political figures … Jane and her comrades moved for the…
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… Communist International (Comintern) Executive and South African delegates at the Sixth Comintern International … in August or September 1934, he found both…
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
… Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress . Leader of the Korsten ratepayers … Member of the Industrial and…
BiographyAmichand Rajbansi
… on 14 January 1942. At the age of 14 he attended every African National Congress (ANC) rally addressed by Chief … Gastrow, S. (1985).Who's who in South…
Sparks Mahamba
… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe … African National Congress. (1996). List of ANC Members who …
BiographyMbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
… Stanley Vanqa was born in 1923. Inspired to join the African National Congress by the Defiance Campaign. Took an … Member of the African National Congress …
BiographyArnold Selby
… the early 1940s. Arnold Selby was elected Secretary of the African Textile Union, a post he held until his banning in … for both of them. Arnold, as General…
PlaceBoschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
… under the stars, have picnics and sundowners in exclusive areas, fly-fish in the dams and swim in pristine mountain … bought by Abraham de Villiers in 1715…
BiographyJulius Phumelele Busa
… in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National Congress (ANC) organiser for the Congress of …
BiographySiphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu
… His political activism began with him joining the South African Student Movement (SASM) in 1977. … Blacks Civics Organisation (PEBCO) 3 and Congress of South…
PlaceAngola
… line of succession. Two feuding branches of the royal family would battle for the kingdom after this. The Kimpanzu … most of the Portuguese outposts and…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… to the workers of our country and the world. While South African workers first celebrated May Day in 1904, it was only … all the children of the Western Cape…
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
… time and that would have been an insult to one of South African greatest cricketers. Instead he was appointed as a … a career, spanning almost four decades,…
BiographyThulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
… term. She was the only full-time commissioner in the South African law Reform Commission at the time. Of all her … the advancement of women, Madonsela is a…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… 1959. Ganyile’s interest in politics was sparked by the African National Congress (ANC) 1952 Defiance Campaign . In … a first year student at the UFH,he…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… The Bloemfontein Bank, Standard Bank and the London South African Bank. 1862 De Tijd , a German newspaper, begins to … system is put into place. 1912 8…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… vulnerable and poverty stricken children in rural and urban areas. “We are embarking on various holistic programmes … as a whole includes Old Alexandra and…
Apartheid power in crisis
… great promise for a negotiated transformation of South African society to a democratic order, are described in … purposes, barring access to the courts,…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… Shot in 1966/7, the series explores Goldblatt's key areas of interest: architectural structure (The Mostert … in his work. The disgraces and dilemmas that…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… Hallett—More than Mandela Abstract George Hallett, a South African photographer is an artist who spent several decades … and rebuilt into a white area…