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BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… allegations of political activity and treason levelled by the Bophuthatswana government. Bopalamo, one of a family … She was born in January 1939 in Polonia,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in … countries played an important role for the ANC in exile by allowing the organisation to…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… of the Kulturkammer. These books included not only poetry by major Dutch poets like A Roland Hoist and Marthinus … and French authors, both languages being…
EventAnnouncement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension
… Agency's (Wada's) side. Sepeng was reinstated on 15 May 2007 for all athletics competitions with immediate effect. …
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 he moved to the Danish side, Brondby. He later moved to …
Hinduism
… devotion. This is to develop and express a love for God by praying and through service in different ways. Why are … a very good person you might come back as…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… Mass Mobilisation to Build a Caring Society January 8th, 2007 - The Year To Intensify The Struggle Against Poverty As …
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on 06 September 1966 by stabbing him four times with a dagger during a … independence hero. Tsafendas was deeply influenced…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm … and was followed soon thereafter, in September, by…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… activists in October 1935. He was brought to South Africa by his father to live with relatives in Prinsloo Street, … being undertaken. Among these was the…
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… On 2 February 2007, First National bank cancelled its R 20 million … Staff Reporter ( 2007) FNB backs down over anti-crime campaign from The Mail & …
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… residence at the University of Queensland in Australia. In 2007 the Department of Arts and Culture honoured Gray with a …
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… as we are today. The best known theory was presented by Charles Darwin and is called “Darwin's Theory of … people, iron objects to the middle class and…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… Thabo Mbeki dismissed her from office on August 8, 2007, after which she was reduced to a member of parliament … on 29 June 1952 in Magog, Umzumbe, KwaZulu…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… 23 to 27 February 1917. [1] Russia before the Revolution By the 1800s a number of countries in Western Europe had already industrialised. They had rich,…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… The Namib Desert is yet again occupied by hunter-gatherer communities and evidence of food remains … and northern sectors, with the…
EventOliver Kraas, the South African cross country skier is born
… 38th in the World Cup’s inpidual sprint event hosted by Germany in 2006.[vii] Oliver represented South Africa at the 2005 and 2007 Rollski World…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… during the student strikes. The constant harassment by the Ciskei security establishment compelled Mhlauli to … continued with his political involvement…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… halves of the Cape, arguing that they be administered by their own authorities. Despite disagreements with the … but when Henry Bartle Frere was made…
BiographyHector Pieterson
… in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima - of the dying Hector being carried by a fellow student - was published around the world…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
… and folklore. So much so that she was often consulted by experts in these fields e.g. Jake Frige, Peter Becker, … Eileen Krige and John Blacking. She was…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… 1953 at Emsizini in Durban at a meeting that was addressed by the then ANC President, Chief Albert John Luthuli . He … to Tanzania went awry and all the…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
… won the trust and respect of both staff and patients alike by his enthusiasm towards his job. In an attempt to … Town had been dismissed for choosing to be…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… This impressive building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the Minister of Railways & Harbours, Mr…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… atmosphere for visiting teams the Wanderers has a rich History. It was the third Test ground in Johannesburg … In October 2003 the Clubhouse itself was…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… to Amsterdam in 1966, and lived there until her death in 2007. Her poetry was mainly written in Afrikaans, although …
BiographyPeter Clarke
… parents read you can’t help being curious about this”. By the time he was four the family moved to a two bedroomed … to Arsenal Road School in Standard 3. …
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History … to differentiate the love and attention shown to him by his parents from…
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
… from the Hertzog Native policies. He caused a stir by calling the NRC a toy telephone. His national prominence … after he was appointed to the Atlantic…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… trees and sun-kissed beaches; Robben Island’s allure lies rich in History. South Africa’s first democratically elected … famous of the island’s political…