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BiographyThandi Klaasen
… song and dance in the churches of her community.Inspired by blues singer Emily Kwenane and The Jazz Maniacs, Klaasen … violence against Black citizens was…
BiographyDolly Rathebe
… bands in neighbourhood clubs. In 1949, she was spotted by a talent scout and was offered the lead female role in Jim … line-up. That production eventually…
BiographyBasil Paul Petersen February
… MK. He put his intellectual and writing skills to good use by contributing several articles to the MK Journal Dawn. On … and in the process risked his life…
BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
… Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli (the Craddock Four) attended by approximately 50, 000 mourners to mark the death of activists who had been murdered by the…
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
… 1962, Tefu gave up his job to work full time for the PAC. By the end of the year he was promoted from being a cell … to a Task Force leader. In June 1962…
BiographyAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
… from entering the country, as he was not accompanied by any one of his parents. He smuggled his way into the … meetings of the Liberal Study Group that was…
BiographyEric Mtshali
… recruited into the South African Communist Party (SACP) by Stephen Dlamini , M.P. Naicker , Wilson Cele and Harry … section of the Luthuli Detachment that…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… with their families. They had to carry passes issued by the Indian Immigration Department. His father previously … worked on the sugar estates and was…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… primary school when he was six or seven years old. By the time he was 14, he had already passed standard five … their point. Xuma’s father brought him back…
George Montsioa
… and soon became a successful lawyer. He was much respected by the chiefs of the Transvaal, and by the community of the Pietersburg, both white and black. In …
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
… Khoi and mixed Khoi / European people referred to by the British colonial government as ‘bastards’, as a buffer … mixed Khoi and European descent, referred…
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… 11 languages in South Africa. The Village, which was built by locals, is situated midway between the Blyde River Canyon … in the Chief's Kraal. Shangana has…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
… when she directed a choir of 1,000 children, accompanied by the children’s orchestra. In 1947 a mass choir sang under … in Johannesburg during the British…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… CD for children with Ladysmith Black Mambazo - released by Music for Little People in America, 1993. She has written … publication of her book and CD,…
BiographyDr. Connie Mulder
… hopes of becoming the next Prime Minister were dashed by the Information Scandal , which was nicknamed Muldergate, by the English press he was trying to…
Jacob Zungwane Mashabane
… about 4.30pm on the same day he found Mr Mashabane hanged by his shirt from the wire mesh roof of the cell. During cross-examination by advocate E. Dane…
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
… discovered an isicathamiya group, The Highlanders, led by his hero Galiyane Hlatshwayo. Hlatshwayo was the man who … brother and fellow member Headman…
BiographyThulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
… 19 October 2009 Madonsela was appointed Public Protector by President Jacob Zuma for a non-renewable seven year … her efficiency and professionalism,…
Cornelius Petrus Mulder
… hopes of becoming the next Prime Minister were dashed by the Information Scandal, which was nicknamed Muldergate, by the English press he was trying to…
BiographyJeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul
… University of Technology (DUT). In 1993 he was approached by David Goldblatt to teach photography at the Market Photo … 1985 Staffrider Vol. 5 No. 2 , 1982 …
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… on the continent before it was dissolved and succeeded by the African Union in 2002. However, the OAU did make a … communities (RECs). The Abuja Treaty was…
EventHenri Edouard Prosper Breuil (84), French archaeologist who did research with Dr Robert Broom in SA, dies in Paris
… and reproducing them in colour. It is Southern Africa’s rich rock art that lured him to the sub continent. Not only …
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… gives us a sense of identity and belonging. South Africa's rich and diverse forms of heritage have made its people … The way the past is represented is…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… he became involved in labour-related formations [vi] . By 1975, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the … board of Abasebenzi, a monthly newspaper…
BiographyJock Leyden
… Durban, and he decided to advance his studies in Britain by taking lessons in drawing and painting at Heatherleys … for his theatre and political cartoons…
BiographyAndrew Clement Verster
… Competition in 1992. For instance, he was commissioned by the BBC to write a play, Future Past and in addition a short story which he wrote was broadcast by…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… met his death in a fierce pre dawn cross border attack by the members of the South African Defence Force ( SADF) … Africa for reburial. The exhumation…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… [2] . The Kingdom of Ndongo was established by the Mbundu people living on the Western coast of Central … lasting conflict between the Ndongo and the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
… From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing must be to … to accept that to be like a white South African-rich,…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. The first church building (1857-1882) … much appreciated. In September 1882…