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EventA coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills over four hundred workers
… Over four hundred mine workers lost their lives in Rhodesia’s (now Zimbabwe) worst mine disaster ever. … by a cold- dust explosion. A monument has been…
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… a purpose of giving exposure as well as having a lively spirit. Bill Ainslie was a key person in the founding of art …
EventLady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris
… Diana was loved all over the world for her charitable spirit and her philanthropic work. She was involved in causes … [online ] Available at: www.biography…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… Born on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the … the Royal Navy, he trained at HMS Collingwood and served on HMS Tenby (F65), and passed…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner … Africa De Beer, he read every book he…
Janet Burnside Soga
… Janet Burnside Soga was born on 18 March 1827 in Hutchesontown, Glasgow. She was the … were married by Revd John Kerr at Ibroxholme, Glasgow on 27 February…
BiographyGeorg Schmidt
… Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was … to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt set off…
ADDRESS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 24TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARICOM CONFERENCE, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2 July 2003
… Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Delegates and friends: On behalf of the African Union and your brothers and sisters … of our peoples, we know the…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… Close to 20 million lives a year are lost to cardiovascular diseases world wide. … organizes awareness events in over 100 countries worldwide on this day…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… pronouncement, that the Coloured people should be placed on a footing of equality with Europeans educationally, … and Coloured education will languish and…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… ‘slaves’. The abolition of slavery by Britain in 1808 was, on the face of things, a good and noble deed. However, while … stated: If Mr Blair had been…
BiographyElmon Malele
… and banned from attending any gatherings or meetings.On 5 December 1956, Malele was charged with treason and detained at the Fort, and released on £50 bail…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… attempt by a South African artist at the time to comment on the Sharpeville massacre. The works are striking for their … dark and oppressive photographs of…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… or Boer War), the British began focussing their attention on rebuilding the country, in particular the mining industry. … to their country in 1907) were…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia was born on 28 March 1924 at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban, Natal … the newspaper with Riot Mkwanazi who was later…
BiographyFred Carneson
… Fred Carneson was born on 13th January 1920 in Goodwood, Cape Town to Anthony and … duty in East Africa and Abyssinia (Ethiopia). While he was on leave, he…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… a small village-like settlement, Phoenix Settlement, on the northwestern outskirts of Inanda. Boasting residences, … can be visited Mondays through Saturdays…
Names of Slaves and Free Blacks
… Coromandel Michiel of Paleacatte (1675) - i.e. Pulicat Jan of Tuticorin (1675) Jacob of the Coast of Coromandel …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.1 1992
… Time by Helen Sibidi, Ivory Towers by Jonathan Comerford, Jan with Crosse by Carel-Brink Steenkamp, Traitors by Lauryn …
BiographyAndries Raditsela
… this period he was working for a Dunlop factory in Benoni on the eastern Witwatersrand. In 1983, he was elected to the position of a shop steward based on…
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… and so much love of our country. To impose your world on us, you killed, maimed, tortured, kidnapped, bombed, … and the killing is still with us today. I…
Open Talk with Grada Kilomba
… origins in São Tomé e Príncipe and Angola. Her work draws on memory, trauma, race, and gender, and has been translated … wants to take time to reflect and…
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… which raged from 15 to 20 July 1916. Thousands lost their lives in a fierce battle in the woods, dubbed by South … coat of arms was unveiled at the South…
BiographyGeorge Naicker
… George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 … and became an executive member in 1956 until…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South … would make the world a better place by example, with the lives of her…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… of every country between India and Europe charged a tax on the spice shipments as the goods passed through their … sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The…
EventThe Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
… and has been highly praised for her work in uplifting the lives of Basotho women. The Queen Mother Mamohato Bereng Seeiso died on 6 September 2003. … [online…
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… Cloete was born in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 26 August 1978. She began high jumping at the age of 13 … after the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… process more difficult and may lead to the loss of further lives. Annexures A-F contain observations relevant to issues raised in your memorandum and…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
… came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley diggings. He never returned to England. Pre-Raphaelitism was a formative influence on…