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ArchiveDunlop worker wins history workshop prize for his writing
… Dunlop worker wins history workshop prize for his writing …
ArchiveEditorial: SA waits to judge FW - by his actions
… Editorial: SA waits to judge FW - by his actions …
ArchiveStatement of Tutu Jim Nqata about his eviction from Lindhurst Farm
… by Tutu Jim Nqata describing circumstances surrounding his dismissal and eviction from Lindhurst farm … Statement of Tutu Jim Nqata about his eviction from…
ArchiveLetter to Petros Sipho Mkhize from his father in Macambini, KwaZulu-Natal
… circa 1960s (the family attributes it to the period of his imprisonment - to be confirmed) … Letter to Petros Sipho Mkhize from his father in Macambini,…
BiographyCharles Llewellyn
… it was easier to be White in South Africa in those days. His parents were never married and he was considered an … left arm bowler (with a dangerous china…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He lost both his parents at an early age and was raised by his sister. The family moved to Marabastad and then…
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
… and gained a reputation as a powerful public speaker. In his first year he was elected to the Students' Representative … Judge Didcott served on the…
BiographyPitika Ntuli
… 1978, after having spent a year in solitary isolation in a death row prison cell in Swaziland . Ntuli was released into … South African and Swaziland…
BiographyViola Hashe
… and then became private secretary to Makabeni. After his death in 1955 she succeeded him as Secretary General. When … Act and restricted to Roodepoort where…
ArchiveWho was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
… liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A government inquest…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had … to work as a waiter and garden boy in order to pay…
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth; some give it as 11 June 1892, others as 1896. … Moses Kottler, A leading South African…
James Tyita
… under the 90-day detention law.The official cause of death was suicide by hanging.He was reportedly found in his cell hanged with his scarf.The period of…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato people…
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
… Louis Saks was the first son of Sidney and Deborah Saks. His family emigrated to South Africa from England in 1905. … the old Masonic Hotel in Pretoria…
BiographyArthur Maimane
… was born on 5 October 1932 in Pietersburg. He completed his matric at St Peter's College in Rosettenville, … by Henry Nxumalo who later became known as Mr…
BiographyRev. James Arthur Calata
… a poor farming family at Debe Nek near King Williamstown. His father James Calata was a Presbyterian and his mother Eliza, an Anglican. He trained as a…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
… as a complete re-trial had to take place following the death of the trial judge on 7 November. The re-trial took … the chief State witness in the trial, Ian…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
… a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the … by the Biko family, all of whose findings were…
BiographyVictor Sidney Norton
… of Sidney (Peter) Norton, a Johannesburg journalist, and his wife. His father's descent was English and his mother was of … he lashed so mercilessly in his…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…
BiographyBenson Tsele
… spelled either a lifelong sentence in apartheid jails or a death sentence. Tsele deliberately entered military … for a society free of racial injustices…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
… family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came to South Africa to live with their aunt, … a member…
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… the 1950s, delayed as it had been by her husband’s tragic death at the end of the Second World War. Monica and her … biography. He died in 1968 before he…
ArchiveTill Death Do Us Unite, IOL, 27 June 2011
… Till Death Do Us Unite, IOL, 27 June 2011 …
BiographySetswiki Matabata
… allegedly involved in a succession dispute following the death of a sub-Chief in Sekhukhuneland, with his campaign being championed by “leftist” supporters. …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Kajee turned from his opponents, the Europeans, to is opponents…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
… grew up in the Pietermaritzburg area. After completing his teacher's diploma at Adams Colege, Amanzimtoti in 1941, … taught at Slangspruit, in the…
Erasmus Smit, controversial preacher of the Voortrekkers, dies one day after his 85th birthday and one week after his wife, Sus
… preacher of the Voortrekkers, dies one day after his 85th birthday and one week after his wife, Sus …
SA golf player and world number three, Ernie Els, scores his second victory in seven days after his third Dubai Desert Classic
… SA golf player and world number three, Ernie Els, scores his second victory in seven days after his third Dubai Desert Classic …