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BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s…
ArchiveAsmal and the Irish connection to the bombing of Sasol in 1980, Saturday Star, 27 August 2011
ArchiveLondon bomb sparked by Voortrekkerhoogte rocket attack, TRC told, SAPA, 8 September 1998
ArchiveBar bombings were indiscriminate attacks, TRC told, SAPA, 29 September 1999
ArchiveMcBride & the TRC: Secrets, lies and legacy of deadly bombing by R Leslie & D Matthews, 5 June 2015
ArchiveTutu slams Witbank car bomb horror, The Cape Times, 25 October 1988
ArchiveSouth Africa Bomb Blast Kills 2, New York Times, 25 October 1988
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
BiographyGovin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…
Stephen Marais
Stephen Marais was born in Stellenbosch in 1956. My mother-tongue is English, my ouma-taal Afrikaans. He was nine when Verwoerd was assassinated in 1966 and…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski was born on 3 February 1953, in South West Africa (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried Franz and Molly…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The country frequently…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. Slabbert attended…
BiographyHotep Idris Galeta
‘Cecil Galeta’ was born on 7 June 1941 and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. However, he was more commonly known as Cecil Barnard; Barnard was his father's…
BiographyBishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu
Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu (nee Hlabisa). His father was a policeman and a farmer. His father died when he was a…
BiographySimon Nkabinde
Simon ‘Mahlathini’ Nkabinde was born on 30 November 1937, in Newcastle. He grew up in Alexander Township. His father died while he was young, and later he was…
BiographyJoe Slovo
Joe Slovo was born in Lithuania in 1926. He moved to South Africa with his parents at the age of nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg. Slovo…
BiographyErnest Cole
Ernest Cole was born on 21 March 1940 as Ernest Levi Tsoloane Kole, in Eersterust, Pretoria. He left school when Bantu Education was introduced, and…
Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, medical practitioner, former chair of the Vodacom Group and managing director of various IT companies, is bo
Glynis Johns, South African actress (Mary Poppins, The Ref, A Little Night Music, The Sundowners, Coming of Age, Glynis), is bo
BiographyEudy Simelane
Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first women to live as openly…
BiographyJudge Erns Jansen
Judge Erns Jansen was born in Pietermaritzburg on 27 June 1918. He was the son of Ernest Jansen, Minister of Native Affairs in the National Party…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led…
BiographyMaqashu Leonard Mdingi
Leonard Maqhatshu Mdingi was born on 2 February1926. He grew up at his family homesteads first near Bizana, and then in Amadiba Location towards the coast in…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart was born on 5 December 1894 in Morgenzon, Winburg district. He was the son of Hermanus Bernardus Swart and Aletta Catharina…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
Abdul Rahman Dawood or 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was brought…
BiographyBerni Searle
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI When Berni Searle was asked by the Brooklyn Museum of Art what her …
Douglas Fuchs (84), one of the first full-time Afrikaans broadcasters and former director general of the SABC, dies during a bo
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Church Street bombing, Pretoria - Explanation, SABC, date unknown
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