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BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
… Johnstone “Johnny” Mfanafuthi Makhathini was born in Durban on 8 February 1932. He attended school at Adams College in … imposed Bantu Education he resigned…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
… Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South … helped to change parliamentary debate from one…
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
… Paul Mashatile was born on 21 October 1961 in Geraldsville, Pretoria (Tshwane). … by the government. During his detention he embarked on an 18-day hunger…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… the African National Congress (ANC) in Zimbabwe . He died on 1 May 1985 when his car overturned while driving to … achievement would occur several times in…
BiographyGill Marcus
… to Britain with their four children in 1969. Marcus went on to study for a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree at the … newspapers for the ANC and discussing…
BiographyBen Turok
… unopposed to represent Africans of the Western Cape on the Cape Provincial Council 1957. Turok was one of the … where he was editor of Sechaba until 1972. He…
Watson Mzwandile Majova
… (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were killed on 28 November 1985. On 17 March 1998, the Truth and Reconcilaition Commission … the bodies of Aaron…
BiographyMgcineni Noki
… working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Mambush was killed at scene 1 after being … as well as his sister and niece who…
BiographyMarthinus Hattingh
… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. … MSF in Angola, documenting the effect of the civil war on the refugees in Angola. His work is…
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…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… to coloured militancy and progressivism at an early age. On the other hand, his mother taught him to respect everyone, … Jarsa was talking to God, and surely…
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,…
BiographyHenry Bathurst
… Officer, Bathurst was born in Gloucestershire, England on 22 May 1762. He was the eldest son of the second Earl of … Georgiana Lennox, with whom he had 6…
BiographyMonty Johannes Motloung
… of a group of ten, prepared for operations in the country on the first anniversary of June 16. On June 13 Motloung and his team arrived in Johannesburg. They…
BiographyHeidi Saayman
… Heidi Saayman was born on 3 February 1970, Umtata in Transkie. She matriculated in … her studies Heidi took part in two group exhibitions, one on old age…
Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji
… Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji was born on 22 August 1922 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He … as the late Govan Mbeki .Robert Mokxotho Matji passed away…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… The National Party (NP) , after its ascendance to power in 1948, radicalised it, however. These legislations took away … by the NP. Legislations that had an…
BiographySir. Richard Bourke
… Richard Bourke was born on 4 May 1777 in Dublin, Ireland. During his army career he … well as robbery, especially round the Hottentot settlement on the Kat…
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… and, although inactive, he was later arrested with others on the committee (and released on appeal) on charges of furthering the aims of the African…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… emergency , he was sentenced to two years in prison. On his release in 1962 he attempted to flee South Africa but was caught. While on bail he made a second…
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
… Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi was born on 25 September 1959 in Gugulethu ( Western Cape ). She was … including as Chairperson of the Select Committee on Economic…
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…
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…
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying … through a national public holiday in…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… had socio-economic as well as political implications. The lives of millions were affected and resulted in the loss of … devastating drought together with a…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… of the Second Conference, held in 1944. Reporting on the Conference, Bulletin No. 30 January 19th, 1944, said: … "to view of the growing, unemployment (see …
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… Specialist Researcher (Human Rights), and also lecturing on a part time basis at the University of Pretoria, until her … mainly in sociological jurisprudence…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was … a multiracial conference held in Pietermaritzburg. On 4 July…