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ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain … conquered in the…
BiographyTheophilus Dymond Field
… and settled in Fish Hoek. Between 1917 and 1918, he was on active service in both South West Africa/ Namibia and the … Prior to his departure to war in 1917,…
BiographyCharles Du Val
… Lt.-Col. G. F. Gildea of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. On 25 December 1880, a news-sheet called News of the Camp … distributed thrice weekly and the last…
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love Story This remarkable … married to the country. So began a…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… On 28 March 1658 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship the … Amersfoort was not a slaver but a merchant vessel. She was on a journey from the Netherlands…
BiographyJoe Slovo
… of Democrats in 1953 and represented the organisation on the national consultative committee of the Congress … handling of the examination, but was acquitted…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… written a multitude of articles for various journals. In 1948, the University of Pretoria awarded Albertyn with a …
Clarence Lucky Payi
… Clarence Lucky Payi was hanged on 9 September 1986, along with Sipho Xulu and Andrew Zondo … at Pretoria Central Prison. In 1984, Payi and Xulu, acted on the…
James E. Kwegyir Aggrey
… South Africa as a member of the Phelps-Stokes Commission on African Education. Aggrey's thinking on race relations reflected patterns current in the United…
BiographyJohnson Ngwevela
… in the Western Cape, and in the late 1940s he served on the CPSA district committee for Cape Town. He was one of … Cape western region ofthe ANC. He defied…
Luvuyo Mgobhozi
… became known as the "Quarry Road" incident near Durban on September 7, 1986. The men were uMkhonto we Sizwe … Laurence Wasserman and Mathys Botha intercepted…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… current events I start with domestic events. I will touch on the main points only: In the last session of parliament … the cities. Therefore even in the…
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
… John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, … father was a colonel in the army and later an executive on the mines in…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern … the Defiance Campaign in Durban and was imprisoned briefly on two…
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… Stanley Huette Uys was born on 27 April 1922, in Coalbrook, Orange Free State (now Free … vegetarian and possibly a journalist, first as a reporter on the…
BiographyMargaret Mary Smith
… Margaret Smith was born Margaret Mary MacDonald on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former … demonstrator in chemistry at Rhodes University…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… Ray Alexander Simons née Alexandrowich was born on 12 January 1914 in Latvia. While at school, she displayed … Latvian Communist Party. She arrived in South…
BiographyManiben Sita
… Maniben Sita was born on 24 December 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, ( Marabastad , … and other differences, TIC meetings had become violent and on 4 June 1939,…
PlaceRiviersonderend, Cape Overberg
… farming Village with a peaceful rural atmosphere, situated on the main Garden Route between Cape Town and Mossel Bay on the N2 - 160 km from Cape Town, and…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… the people of our country. From the two extreme locations on our respective continents, we meet here today, faced with … and countries, that were a constant…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the Seventh Provincial Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, 5 February 1954, Durban
… to Freedom, "Mayibuye i Afrika" . I am happy and proud on my behalf and on behalf of the African people I have the honour and … successful prosecution of our…
BiographyThomas Trevor (Tommy) Motswai
… Tommy Motswai was born on 27 May 1963 in Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf he … and successful artist portraying the world around him on paper with…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. … ‘native land’ later in his life. While he was at…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… Pik Botha was born on 27 April 1932 in Rustenburg, Transvaal.His father was a … Sweden, as third secretary, and in January 1960, he moved on to the South…
Siphiwe Nyanda
… BA degree. During this time he began working as a reporter on the World newspaper and joined the Union of Black … and making contacts, and then returned to…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… is a knoll? A small rounded hill. The word “knoll” only lives on in the English language because, according to … Lenin, Edward Said, or Malcolm X. I want to…
BiographyAllina Ndebele
… Allina Ndebele (nee Khumalo) was born on 10 December 1939 in Ekuhlengeni mission, on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. Ndebele attended … her Junior…
BiographyJohn Ronald Tolkien
… Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 3 January 1892. After his father died, Tolkien and his mother went to England settling in…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… the region, and Mokgatle unified the Bafokeng and embarked on what would today be called a development programme. He … and the Voortrekkers. He sent men to…
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 … 1973-1974. In 1997, he attended…