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13,870 records
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| B-0009237 | biography | Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood | 1874-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0008696 | biography | Richard Msimang | 1884-1933 | ✓ |
| E-0011282 | event | World’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0007816 | biography | Richard Granville Baloyi | 1897-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0009149 | biography | Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro | 1947-1974 | – |
| B-0074108 | biography | Dullah Mohamed Omar | 1934-2004 | – |
| E-0011627 | event | Jacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born. | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| E-0013656 | event | Severed human leg drops off SAA plane | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0009017 | biography | Pixley ka Isaka Seme | 1881-1951 | ✓ |
| P-0066213 | place | SA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria | 14 Jul 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0125910 | place | Zululand District Municipality | 11 Apr 2019 | ✓ |
| P-0125654 | place | Regina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto | 18 Jan 2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008512 | biography | Eric Mbatha | 1948 | – |
| B-0075872 | biography | Lesley Hastings Ndlovu | 1961-1976 | – |
| B-0008343 | biography | David Lurie | 1951 | – |
| B-0007951 | biography | Jameson Gilbert Coka | 1910-1960s | ✓ |
| B-0008589 | biography | William “Bloke” Modisane | 1923-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008203 | biography | Wopko Jensma | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0008046 | biography | Captain Lancelot Andrew Ariba | 1891 | – |
| B-0122038 | biography | Diane Case | 1955 | – |
| B-0008568 | biography | Justice Sfiso Mkame | 1963 | – |
| B-0008481 | biography | Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima | 1915-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0064871 | biography | Suliman “Babla” Saloojee | 1931-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0009003 | biography | Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi | 1943 | ✓ |
| B-0008976 | biography | Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs | 1935 | – |
| B-0079929 | biography | Achmad Cassiem | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0008455 | biography | Dikobe Ben Martins | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008719 | biography | Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi | 1929-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0068475 | biography | Maniben Sita | 1926-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0125539 | biography | Jeremy Vearey | 1963 | ✓ |
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
… from there as well. During the first year she raised funds by selling her own sketches and paintings, while well-wishers … the library. The Union Castle…
BiographyRichard Msimang
… among the first pupils of the Ohlange Institute, founded by John Dube in Natal and later attended the Healdtown … the organization from 1917 onward. During…
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… few kilometres outside Pretoria in South Africa's mineral-rich Gauteng province. The diamond weighed a massive 3.106 …
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… them into competition with bus companies controlled by whites. By 1940 the Alexandra Bus Owners' Association was forced out of the market by a combination of…
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… Testimony”. Authorities at the university were angered by Tiro”²s outspokenness and following the speech Tiro was expelled from the University. Despite…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… of apartheid. In September 1981 his passport was withdrawn by the apartheid government three days before he was to leave … activities, Omar was placed under…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… was elected President of the ANC in Polokwane in December 2007, and President of the Republic of South Africa on 6 May …
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… Dakar, Senegal last night". In another similar incident in 2007, Andrei, a 15-year-old boy from the Urals in Russia, … Rianovosti , (2007), ‘ Boy survives…
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… accounts of what is widely considered a dismal performance by the SANNC in its first decade often fail to reflect on the … The Founder’s misfortunes in the…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… a so-called block-house style and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It originally served as a … is lost forever. To give an idea of…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… interior of Natal had been occupied since the 16th century by the Nguni branch of the Bantu-speaking peoples. When the … , who fought for this land. It is…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the largest Catholic Church in … of the Church, on the July 24 1962, was…
BiographyEric Mbatha
… mezzotint. Students were also encouraged to experiment by printing etchings in colour, as opposed to colouring prints by hand. Mbatha’s African queens is…
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
… is widely believed to be the first boy who was shot dead by police on that day, sustaining an injury to his head from … in his throat." Klein was initially…
BiographyDavid Lurie
… [US tour, with 'Life in the Liberated Zone', commissioned by the Getty Museum, Los Angeles] 'Struggling to Share the … 2001-2 [UK, Germany, Bahrain, South…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… his schooling to junior certificate level. Attracted by the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), he … star was on the wane, and Coka was soon…
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… life for her children, a kind of insurance against poverty by trying to give me a prestige profession, and if necessary … started working at Vanguard…
BiographyWopko Jensma
… , but his studies were temporally interrupted by a motorcycle accident. However, from 1961 to 1964 he … he spoke openly about the injustices that were…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… -25 Sep. 1944: 41st Annual Exh. o/SA Contem); Art, org. by SASA with other Societies, SANG, 25 Feb. Curriculum vitae 1945: 42nd Annual Ed ofContemp. SA Art,…
BiographyDiane Case
… Cape where life is cheap and childhoods are stifled by poverty and desperation. Case’s grasp of the social ills caused by Apartheid and its intergenerational…
BiographyJustice Sfiso Mkame
… He is largely self-taught but his career was promoted by participation in Community Arts Workshops, Abangani Open School and the Thupelo workshops started by…
BiographyKaiser Daliwonga Matanzima
… the Bunga to accept the Act in 1955. The Act was intended by South Africa to give chiefs more local power, but at the … refusal to give in to several…
BiographySuliman “Babla” Saloojee
… escaped from detention despite a massive manhunt launched by the security police. Babla was detained on the night of … most emotive and heartfelt tribute to…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
… sense of creativity. One day her work was discovered by her employer, who was astonished by her talent, and encouraged her to paint. Sebidi soon … in…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… the death sentence. As a result of his work, he was raided by the security police, subjected to banning orders … 7 April 1988, a bomb that was placed in his…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
… Day detention law , during which time he was interrogated by the security police and denied access to a lawyer or his … exams and earned a bachelor's degree…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
… ‘baptism of fire (1984) and ‘prison poems (1992) published by Ad Donker press are published under name Dikobe wa Mogale. … kept for seven months in solitary…
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
… however, he attended a short course on graphic art run by his English Professor Donald Stuart, who was an … formed Ndaleni Teachers Training College. Started…
BiographyManiben Sita
… Nana Sita , who had met and been greatly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi , joined the Transvaal Indian Congress … the march to the Union Buildings in…
BiographyJeremy Vearey
… of animals in the area, a skill which he learnt by helping them.His grandmother on his mother’s side lived … him about black consciousness and were heavily…