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PlaceMac-mac falls
… dynamite to divert the river in an attempt to work the rich gold-bearing reef over which it plunges. Toilet …
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… for its political history which has overshadowed its rich art and cultural history, beautiful scenery and …
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…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… a common challenge. The world and all of us, are defined by the divide between rich and poor, the haves and the haves-not, the developed and … South. As we…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… 1994 after lengthy and protracted struggles and sacrifices by our people is a true testament to that, and MK was at the … more specifically the 52nd…
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…
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
… Dibetle Johanna Mamogobo. The family lived on a farm owned by an absent ‘white’ farmer, where Manabeng was a farm … Mamagobo was fortuitous in being offered…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… In March 1978, Schreiner’s brother Oliver was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the streets of Cambridge where he … accountability in, and the payment of,…
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
… become the greatest force for widening the gap between the rich and the poor, the developed and the developing … of production. Similarly the current…
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… has been conferred with the Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the University of North West, the University of … USA (1989-1990) the Women’s Law and Public…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… this university in his first year after being inspired by South African writer Peter Abrahams to return home. Back … the second South African political party…
BiographyMaggie Resha
… home. The school only had two rooms, shared simultaneously by five classes, where they were taught reading, writing, … Sunday at Freedom Square in Kliptown,…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… Kani, Fugard and Winston Ntshona. This was followed by The Island in 1973. Sizwe Banzi is Dead addresses the … restrictive pass laws while The Island is…
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… home. The school only had two rooms, shared simultaneously by five classes, where they were taught reading, writing, … Sunday at Freedom Square in Kliptown,…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
… When she was sixteen years old Sara’s fiancé was murdered by Dutch colonists. Soon after, she was sold into slavery to … and unusual colouring made her the…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… she may well have been educated in the Eastern Cape by the Moravians, probably at Shiloh, which is in the Hewu … of this stanza could be a remark made of her…
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
… club, St Augustine’s on an open field which was shared by twenty five other teams. He would walk about 10 miles … time he had ever received formal coaching…
BiographyGraham Goddard
… component of the Visual History course presented by Drs. Patricia Hayes and Gary Minkley. As well as a number … Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, Photographic…
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… and Communism. Thompson was extremely influenced by religious life and the church. Consequently, in 1928 he … in Kliptown, but the meeting was disrupted and…
BiographyManonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
… the South African Indian Council , a puppet body created by the Apartheid regime. When the Transvaal Indian Congress … and had to give up his job. Ama…
BiographyReverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
… in the formation of Faith in Action, established by a group of young Anglican cleargy who were dissatisfied … Committee, formed to oppose the increase in bus…
BiographyBaden Powell
… of 10. Baden Powell and his brothers were encouraged by their mother to make their own fun. They learned about the … was encouraged to sit Army Exams, he…
BiographyAllerley Glossop
… she had taught. She farmed at Klapmuts, and was described by some journalists as "an English lady who has long resided … relatively academic, but she…
BiographyElizabeth Drake
… held an exhibition at the Maskew Miller Gallery, opened by Dr J.R. Derbyshire, Archbishop of Cape Town. Press reports … –25 Sep. 1944: 41st Annual Exh. of…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
… grounding. Laubscher’s early paintings were influenced by Post-Cubist trends and the School of Paris. His studies … author of Erik Laubscher: A Life in Art…
BiographyQaqawuli Godolozi
… Godolozi and his comrades led to his continued harassment by the security police. On the 8 May 1985 he received a call … Elizabeth, which turned out to be a…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… 1978 their first child, Katryn was born. She was followed by her bother Fritz in 1981. Marius moved the family to … June 1984 , a letter bomb was delivered…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… the South African Council of Churches . Nash was driven by a combination of her formidable intellect and her … Europe and Britain in 1984 shortly ahead of a…