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| B-0008267 | biography | Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0080383 | biography | Zolile Hamilton Keke | 1945-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008179 | biography | Dulcie Howes | 1908-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0066513 | biography | King Cetshwayo | 1826-1884 | ✓ |
| B-0008601 | biography | Bishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba | 1933 | – |
| B-0008546 | biography | John Xavier Merriman | 1841-1926 | ✓ |
| B-0008327 | biography | Norman Levy | 1929-2021 | – |
| B-0065251 | biography | Luis Inácio Lula da Silva | 1945 | – |
| B-0008360 | biography | Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma | 1957 | – |
| B-0123170 | biography | Aubrey Levin | 1938 | – |
| E-0120742 | event | One of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place | 11 Apr 2016 | ✓ |
| E-0065152 | event | Former SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies | 1 Jun 2011 | – |
| E-0012108 | event | Equatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| P-0125933 | place | Stutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape | 12 Apr 2019 | ✓ |
| P-0061814 | place | North West | 31 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0125946 | place | Amathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape | 16 Apr 2019 | ✓ |
| B-0089634 | biography | Dora Taylor | 1899-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0122744 | biography | Buchi Emecheta | 1944-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0008478 | biography | Dorothy Masuka | 1935-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008432 | biography | Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi | 1967-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0008859 | biography | Frederick Hutchinson Page | 1908-1984 | ✓ |
| B-0007830 | biography | Barney Barnato | 1851-1897 | ✓ |
| B-0008223 | biography | Clements Kadalie | 1896-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0065030 | biography | Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert | 1920-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0067726 | biography | Lord Kitchener | 1850-1916 | – |
| B-0068252 | biography | Sifiso Nkabinde | 1960-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0122126 | biography | Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi) | 1974-2016 | – |
| B-0007807 | biography | Jim Bailey | 1919-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0068424 | biography | Chief Kgosi Sekonyela | 1804-1856 | ✓ |
| P-0065734 | place | UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives | 14 Jul 2011 | – |
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… Heinrich Kleinschmidt in 1842. The family was deeply split by the racial practices that prevailed in both the London and … Colonial administrations in…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… African Congress (PAC) as a 15-year-old in 1961, attracted by the vision of a black-ruled South Africa. Arrested in May … on Robben Island. In prison, he…
BiographyDulcie Howes
… was only realised in 1998, some years after her death. By all accounts never more than a competent performer, … perhaps not an outstanding teacher of…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… into the Zulu Kingdom. Mpande’s forces were defeated by Shoshangane’s force and he was forced to retreat. On his … he learned about the assassination of the…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… primary school education very early in his life and by the age of 12, he had completed Standard 6. After … in 1949 he became politically aware. He was…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
… Merriman embarked on a tour of the Cape, and was welcomed by the Afrikaner Bond in Graaff-Reinet . The welcome address … about writing a tract against the…
BiographyNorman Levy
… and participating in the Young Communist League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) . … of the South African Congress of…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… Social Democracy Party), defeated him in 1994 and again, by an even wider margin, in 1998. Lula finally achieved … term, which ended on 1 January 2011. He…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… rather than through mother tongue medium as prescribed by Bantu education, Macozoma attended mission schools in the … his political awareness. This was…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… University of Pretoria where he was awarded a scholarship by the South African Defence Force (SADF). Levin was vocally … as a student. This broadly involved …
EventOne of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place
… while Choegoe was Coloured). Endnotes [i] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper History of South Africa. Wynberg: Don … Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper History…
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… ,[ Last accessed: 09 May 2011] Van der Merwe D. (2007), ‘Transcripts from plane crash will reveal how Cronje …
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… first President. References: Boddy-Evans A. (12 October, 2007), ‘Equatorial Guinea Gains Independence from Spain’ from …
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… region of the Eastern Cape province. Stutterheim has a rich history that makes for fascinating reading. From the … houses a wide collection of steam engines…
PlaceNorth West
… possibly the most accessible. Situated in the ecologically rich transition zone between the Kalahari and the Lowveld, … like you’re in a scene from The Lion…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… and towns that line the valleys of an area not only rich in history but in incredible scenery too. This is … rather rough, untarred road - past incredible…
BiographyDora Taylor
… of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded her as an illegitimate child. … Consequently, she suffered physical abuse…
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
… when she was eight years old but Emecheta was discovered by a benefactor who saw her potential and she was given the … and in 1962 she joined him there with…
BiographyDorothy Masuka
… and immediately she signed up at Troubadour Records. By the time she was sixteen, Masuka had become a top … several times, she was released. She left for…
BiographyBuyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi
… through the community arts sector in the 1980s. Viewed by some contemporaries as a teen prodigy, Mandindi’s … prophecies led directly to the subjugation of…
BiographyFrederick Hutchinson Page
… 1948. He held his first solo exhibition in 1960, followed by many others. Most of Page’s paintings feature spaces defined by architecture, usually using the…
BiographyBarney Barnato
… and Barnato set out to dominate the diamond industry by trying to buy up all the shares that came onto the market. … prices soared as Rhodes tried to outwit…
BiographyClements Kadalie
… or shortly before 1896, his education was overseen by an uncle after Kadalie's father in 1904. In 1912, … he was a qualified teacher, and he was already…
BiographyIsmail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert
… him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … in England in 1940. Almost the entire…
BiographyLord Kitchener
… in chief of the Boer War, where he fought the guerrillas by burning farms and herding women and children into … opinion, he warned that the conflict would be…
BiographySifiso Nkabinde
… allegedly spent time in Zimbabwe doing some work tasked by the African National Congress (ANC), but the … of the organisation's Richmond branch. This was…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… to Lusaka. Fezekile claimed to have been abused and raped by ANC members starting at the age of five when she was in … dismissed. During the trial, Fezekile…
BiographyJim Bailey
… the Second World War was declared in September 1939, by the Royal Air Force. He flew Spitfires against the … South Africa to take care of the business…
BiographyChief Kgosi Sekonyela
… people. His father was Mantatisi, who was expelled by King Shaka Zulu from the area he had conquered. In 1821 … tribe and killed their headman and…
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… The Robben Island World Heritage Site has rich archival resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, …