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EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… and that Jehovah had instructed him to remain there. On 24 May 1921, close to 200 people lost their lives and 100 were left injured after a clash between…
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… Zolla Budd was born to an Afrikaans family on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein. She was one of five children. … Newspaper advised Budd to apply for British…
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… in the town of Awash which is located above a ravine on the Awash River. Seven of the train’s coaches plummeted … of the train was arrested for failing to…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… who from age 16 or 17 had to leave Owamboland to work on various English, Dutch, Scottish and German-owned farms. … more about labour rights and gained a…
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… Michael Kitso Dingake was born on 11 February 1928 in Bobonong Village, Bechuanaland … (ANC) in 1952 during the Defiance Campaign and went on to serve in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… the most terrible oppression was justified by some people on the basis of their Christian faith. Other living faiths … all have the freedom and opportunities…
Fenuel Mogatusi
… student,was detained in July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested…
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
… believed to be the first boy who was shot dead by police on that day, sustaining an injury to his head from which he … head, blood and brains spilling out of…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… Natal in Durban. In 1956, he joined other African writers on the staff of Drum magazine , which was founded in 1951. In … to study at Harvard University, and…
Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane
… of the De Beers-Lesotho Mining Company,was detained on 9th December 1976 at Rand Airport,Johannesburg.He was held under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. On…
BiographyPeter Mokaba
… Peter Mokaba was born on 7 January 1959 in Polokwane, where he did both his primary … from school. He nevertheless managed to complete matric on his own in…
BiographyJohn Thomas Baines
… SA Painter John Thomas Baines was born on 27 November 1820 in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (often … left England for South Africa and arrived in Cape Town…
BiographyTony Sithembiso Yengeni
… a result of government’s determined effort to crack down on anti-apartheid movements, Yengeni voluntarily went into … in 1991. The case, which involved 13 co…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… photographs fulfill both of these expectations. On the one hand, they speak of individual and collective … which people had to adjust in order to make sense…
BiographyJ B Marks
… John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North … assassination in 1929 when a fascist opened fire on the…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
… Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern … local high school, until Standard Six when he left to work…
BiographyMary Agnes Stainbank
… Mary Agnes Stainbank was born in 1899 on the farm Coedmore in Bellair, Durban. She was educated at … discrimination. In spite of such difficulties, she went…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… Evelina de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of … common purpose . De Bruin appeared in court amongst others on 13…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
… Edwin Cameron was born on 15 February 1953 in Pretoria. He completed his schooling … and Classical Studies before he left for Oxford in 1976, on a coveted…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
… Devikarani Priscilla Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ), … the University of South Africa (Unisa) [vii] , but went…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. … was released from prison in 1988 ,after a…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… of the conservative wing turned down requests to serve on it. However in 1968 when the Council was given statutory … of public relations officers in the NIC…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… wa Bantu between 1920 and 1929. In a poem published on 2 December 1922, lamenting the death of her mother, she … to the King William's Town newspaper Imvo…
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
… to Durban to be part of the Passive Resistance Campaign . On 13 June 1946, resistance group members set up camp on the plot at the corner of Umbilo Road and…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… Navanethem (Navi) Pillay was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban, Natal (now … practice and effects of torture and solitary confinement on…
BiographyMafolisi Mabiya
… the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Mafolisi was killed at scene 2 after being … death. According to his wife, Phumeza…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, born Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah on 21 September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, … a Catholic mission school in Half…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… the Bapedi people were forced to seek employment on white farms, in factories and mines as migrant labourers. … by the simple tactic of establishing his…
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
… the establishment of the Stellenbosch Gymnasium in 1866. On 6 November 1886 the Victoria College, a new college … Victoria College became Stellenbosch…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… and Political involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single … was officially accepted. He mentioned…