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BiographyDonald James Woods
… Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers … While he was banned he began authoring Biko…
BiographyBrian Percy Bunting
… Brian Bunting was born on the 9th of April in 1920, at the buntings Regent St home … SRC.After graduating he worked as nightshift sub-editor on the Rand…
BiographyLeonard (Len) Lee-Warden
… protest against Ray Simon’s removal, whose name appeared on the Liquidator’s List. Lee-Warden was also a founding … for the Western Cape. Lee-Warden was…
BiographyFlorence Elizabeth Mnumzana
… Florence Elizabeth Mnumzana (née Mhinga) was born on 21 February 1919 in Mhinga Village, Northern Transvaal … in 1943 and a Midwifery Certificate in 1944…
PlaceSt. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda
… stone was laid in 1921 and the tower was dedicated on St Andrew’s Day in 1923. St Andrew’s College is an … Schools in the Country. St Andrew’s College model…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… Holland, and New York, gaining a PhD, in ethics,in 1975. On his return to South Africa in 1976, to his parish in Cape … Reformed tradition. The alliance…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… Adams was born At the Crown Gold Mine near Johannesburg on 23 June 1929. Adams was a child of Indian and Cape … Guernica’ and was influenced by Sir Francis…
BiographyOmar Badsha
… black publications. Ebrahim Badsha had a major influence on Omar's interests in the arts and his political activism. … Badsha to work with her to produce a…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… by Shoshangane’s force and he was forced to retreat. On his retreat he learned about the assassination of the King … Mpande was faced with both British and…
BiographyEdgar Dumile Ngoyi
… Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. He worked as a … ANC. In 1963, he was arrested and sentenced to 17 years on Robben…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
… Kwa-Dambuza, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 14 April 1958. In the 1980s, he was a member of … of Parliament and Chairperson of the Portfolio…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan … in PAC plans for a popular uprising, he spent ten years on…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… offers an insight into the influence of maritime culture on local life while also reflecting on the rigours and romance of lives lived at sea. Amazing…
BiographyNorman Levy
… Born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, … April 1955, Levy, along with Helen Joseph represented COD on a regional committee of the…
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… Neville Wilson Curtis was born on 16 October 1947, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng). … Curtis attended Jeppe High School in Johannesburg. He went on to…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… College in Natal, where Albert Luthuli was his colleague on the staff and his students included Anton Lembede and … exercised a major guiding and…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… would like to contribute to this biography please click on the contribute tab. Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma was born in Port Elizabeth on 12 May 1957, the…
Letter to Farzanah
… images and twenty- seven newspaper articles, focuses on the lives of both Black and White South African children. Through …
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… meant that both the Khoikhoi and the San found their lives severely compromised. When the settlers arrived in the … the Khoikhoi or the San would not…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… neighbouring countries for weapons at the cost of civilian lives. The seriousness of the situation prompted the United … casualties that they had suffered,…
BiographyZanele Muholi
… Muholi’s work has been recognized for its radical emphasis on marginalized communities in South Africa, exploring … to document, photographing friends,…
BiographySibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… Rivonia Treason trial . Mbongwa was sentenced to 12 years on Robben Island , and completed his law degree during this … institutions after his release in…
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… Rivonia Treason trial . Mbongwa was sentenced to 12 years on Robben Island , and completed his law degree during this … institutions after his release in…
BiographyDerrick Vusimusi Nxumalo
… waiter in a private hotel in Scottburgh and as a gardener on the Berea in Durban. He first went to the African Art … from Jo Thorpe for his felttip pen…
BiographyMzukisi Sompeta
… the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2006. On 16 August 2012 Mzukisi was killed at scene 1 after being … building us a house, which he would…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… short story writer, Pascal Mafika Gwala. Gwala passed away on Sunday. "It is with deep sadness that we learned of the … vision for a new society and…
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, 1908. From relatively humble beginnings as a … daughter in Lovedale, Monica Hunter Wilson…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… late 1959, they had eleven children and lived in a cottage on Barbarossa Street, Paarl. She worked in the industry … of the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL). She…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
… Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. … that he inadvertently failed to report…
We Shall Win - Statement at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to launch the International Anti-Apartheid year by O. R. Tambo, New York, 21 March 1978
… minority electorate voted the present regime into power. On the other hand, thirty years ago this year, the Member … rulers of our country had for many years…