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BiographyPaul Konings
Paul Konings was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand in 1958. Konings came to South Africa in 1975 to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University of…
Govin Reddy
… by the security police and the seizing and banning of books meant that as a business it was no longer viable, and … for the Ministry of Education rewriting…
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… us more about these ancient ancestors and their lives. Books There are many books in libraries that explain the life of the San: Klein, …
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… the abolishment of apartheid. She wrote major articles and books that would aid anti-colonial and anti-apartheid … laws being broken, police claimed to have…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he…
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… Books Berens, P., J. Gurney & Rob Siebörger. (1996). Making … (see also: Women Owned Business ) Further reading list Books Dalton, D., (2012), Mahatma…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education Thenineteenth century, leading…
BiographySicelo Shiceka
Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
The youngest child of Mozambican immigrants, Sibongile (Bongi) Susan Mkhabela (nèe Mthembu) grew up in Zola, one of the poorest areas in Soweto, Transvaal…
South African author J.M. Coetzee wins England’s prestige book prize, the Booker prize for fiction, for the second time, this t
Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
Dalene Matthee (66), laurelled Afrikaans writer, dies of heart failure in a hospital in Mossel Bay. Her best-known book, Krin
Dalene Matthee, laurelled Afrikaans writer, is born in Riversdal, CP. Her best-known book, Kringe in ‘n bos (Circles in a for
Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, is born in Indwe, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof. J
World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the
BiographyOlive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a pacifist. She did not agree with British…
BiographyAntjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English at…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
The nineteenth century in South Africa is noted for the revolutionary processes that resulted in the formation of new states. State formation in nineteenth…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There had long been a feeling among some,…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
Harold Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and…
BiographyHugh Lewin
Hugh Lewin was born in 1939 in Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, to English missionary parents. At university he joined the…
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube, the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC- later…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
… Apartheid . Available at https://books.google.co.za/books?id=pie3DwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s . Accessed on 12 …
Sisulu is arrested on a charge that he does not own a reference book. He is confined to his house for five years.
Jan Willem van der Rijst (’Oom Willem’), activist for Afrikaans and author of the first Spelling and Reading book for Afrikaans
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… At the University library, he discovered a shelf of banned books by Lenin, Marx, Engels and other such authors. A …
BiographyDr Silas Modiri Molema
Dr. Silas Modiri Molema (Silas Modiri) was born in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923,he was one of seven children in a rural family that was later…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
David Livingstone was born on 19 March, 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a committed Protestant Sunday school teacher and probably…