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BiographyMohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, (now…
Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i
Nearly 60% of South Africans think race relations are improving, according to a survey released today. The scores show a signif
Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
BiographyBen Baartman
The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on 1 March 1924. He worked on the mines around…
African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s
Lucas Mbembe (60), ANC official and chair of the Western Cape Hostel Dwellers Association, is gunned down after coming from a c
Grintek of SA, Saab of Sweden and British aerospace sign a historic contract for supplying military equipment worth about R60 m
Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
Motisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala (60) was from Bophirima Setlagole in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 August 2012 Mr Sagalala was killed…
‘The conscience of white South Africa’: Celebrating the Black Sash, 60 years later by Marianne Thamm (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
John William Burchell arrives in England from an expedition to SA and St Helena, with 60 000 natural-historical samples and 500
The number of men required for military training in 1964 is to increase by 60%, i.e. from 10,368 to 16,537.
Sir George Cathcart (60), former governor of the Cape, is killed in the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War in which the
Pierre Jacy Fourie, boxer and winner of middle and lightweight SA titles in the 60’s and 70’s, is killed when his car strikes a
Pierre Jacy Fourie, boxer and winner of middle and lightweight SA titles in the 60’s and 70’s, is killed when his car strikes a
BiographyJoey Fourie
Joey Fourie was born in Oudtshoorn in the then Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a traditional Afrikaans family. She was educated in Wellington, Cape…
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
BiographyStephen Zelwane Nkadimeng
Stephen Zelwane Nkadimeng was one of the founders and key leaders of Fetakgomo (an organisation of migrant workers and peasantsof Sekhukhuneland). On the last…
BiographyChauke Family
The Chaukes live in Blinkwater, near Msengi in the Limpopo Province, but very little is known about this family of carvers. They have neither been prolific nor…
BiographyRaymond Mhlaba
Raymond Mhlaba was born in Mazoka village at Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. Five of his siblings died in…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
Pierre Jacy Fourie was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt was born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg where he grew up…
BiographyStephen William Black
Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in Claremont, Cape Town and was brought up and educated under extremely poor…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. Slabbert attended…
BiographyJoe Slovo
Joe Slovo was born in Lithuania in 1926. He moved to South Africa with his parents at the age of nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg. Slovo…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
Frederik Bester Howard (Erik) Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests…
BiographyJoseph Manana
Manana was born in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal. He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received an…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
AbstractThrough the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic transition in South Africa has enshrined gender equality within the…