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Twenty people are killed and 155 suffer injuries and burns in a collision between a train and petrol tanker near Johannesburg.
A cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing 255 people by the official count. The unofficial death
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was…
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.55 No.13 and No.14 Apr 1957
Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (55), Afrikaans novelist, dies in Johannesburg.
Jack Viviers (55), assistant editor of Rapport, dies in Cape Town.
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.55 No.44 and No.45 Nov 1957
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
Sir Bernard Oppenheimer (55), diamond buyer and brother of Sir Ernest, dies.
APDUSA Views - Issue No. 55: Shame on you Mr Mandela! November 2001
Henry Alexander (55), colonial secretary after Andrew Barnard, dies in Cape Town.
Prof. Ernest Hubert Schwarz (55), SA geologist and geographer, dies in Senegal.
BiographyThabiso Johannes Thelejane
Thabiso Johannes Thelejane (55) was from Pabellong, Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in October 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mr Thelejane…
Chris Heunis, minister of Constitutional Development and Planning says that R555m is owing in rent arrears, of which R452m is o
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya was born on 7 January 1991 to her parents Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child,…
BiographySuliman Moosa Esakjee
Suliman Moosa Esakjee was born in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) from its inception. He served as…
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
Arthur Elias Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school inspector. His mother, Catherine, was of Xhosa…
ArchiveTheoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences No.55 1980
Document 55 - H, J. Simons’ 14 , “Nationalisms in South Africa”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
Brian Duddy (55), victim of the Planet Hollywood bomb attack, dies in Cape Town.
BiographyLeslie Massina
Leslie Massina was born in 1921 in Pimville, Johannesburg, Massina left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective…
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After…
ArchiveRetrenchment an excuse to get rid of me says 55-year-old Brown Lung victim
If it hadn't been for the National Union of Textile Workers Brown Lung Campaign, Gretta Maphumulo wouldn't have known exactly what she was suffering from.
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
Brink is a distinguished South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is now Professor of…
BiographyWim Botha
Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town…
ArchiveMinutes of the 55th Congress of the National Union of of South African Students held at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 25th - 30th November 1977
Minutes of the 55th Congress of the National Union of of South African Students held at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 25th - 30th November 1977…
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55, prohibiting marriages between Whites and members of other racial groups, commences.
BiographyMatome Maponya
Matome Maponya was born on May 14 1949 in the Thabakgone village of Lephapane in the district of Tzaneen, where his parents eked out an existence on their…