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EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South Africa. Gampu was the first South African actor to act in…
ArchiveAfrikaners moet "hul plek ken"
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
Born in the Ogani District of Nigeria, Ken Saro Wiwa studied English at the Government College Umuahia. He took up a post as a Civil Administrator during the…
BiographyTrineke Weijdema
In 1961 Weijdema, together with Sietse Bosgra and others, formed the Angola Comite (AC) in the Netherlands to support the freedom struggle in Angola. The whole…
Nigerian author Ken Saro-Wiwa is executed.
Khaya Ngwenya
… Competitions: Won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year, KZN region. Special achievement: Journalist of the month (Independent Newpapers KZN). …
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
… of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet and unassuming person, Rabilal was a brilliant …
BiographyDennis Brutus
Dennis Brutus was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
… originated from Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal – KZN) before moving to settle in the Eastern Cape in what is …
BiographyMaritz Barrymore
Maritz Barrymore was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape,…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you may wonder why they are so titled. They…
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
John Mowbray Didcott was born on 14 August 1931, Durban, Natal. After matriculating at Hilton College, outside Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She attended the University of Natal (now University of…
PlaceUniversity of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN)
Founded in 1910 as: 'The Natal University College', in Pietermaritzburg. The University of Natal was granted independent University status only in, 1949 and…
The Hour has come by Vasu Gounden, 2016 UKZN Graduation, 11 April 2016
Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman in eighteen tests during 1950s is born.
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary School…
ArchiveDe bevrijding van de arbeidersklasse kan slechts het werk van de arbeidersklasse zelf zijn
White poster with red and white artwork of a hand holding a wrench. Title in black lettering across artwork.
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… last remaining fragments of protected mangrove habitat on KZN’s Coast and is one of the most polluted rivers in the … whelks were out in full force. The…
BiographySandile Dikeni
Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… Education and Training (TVET) College in Richards Bay, KZN demanding financial assistance. They damaged campus …
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
BiographyDavid Hemson
David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up in a…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… Steve Biko Transformative Educational Project and broader KZN civil society, I greet you in the name of the oneness, …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN), on the eastern seaboard of South Africa. The second of …
BiographyGovin Reddy
… outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). The seeds of Reddy’s activism were sown as a youngster …
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
“The ‘baasskap’ cookie must crumble” Mafika Pascal Gwala and the quest for a humane society If Mafika Pascal Gwala, the combative, quiet, loud, tender,…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
Dawie de Villiers was born on 10 July 1940 in Burgersdorp, one of three children of Elsa and Coenie de Villiers. Dawie’s father was a railway clerk, organiser…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the…