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BiographyMotsoko Pheko
… family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came to South Africa to live with their aunt, … a member…
The Rhodesian Supreme Court rejects Queen Elizabeth’s ‘reprieve’ of two Rhodesian Black men sentenced to death.
… ‘reprieve’ of two Rhodesian Black men sentenced to death. …
Death in Black and White: Suicide, Statistics, and Race in Natal, 1880-1916 by Julie Parle
… Death in Black and White: Suicide, Statistics, and Race in …
APDUSA Views No. 66: Claurina Mokone – Worth Something in Death, but Nothing in Life, November 2002
… APDUSA Views No. 66: Claurina Mokone – Worth Something in Death, but Nothing in Life, November 2002 …
Political assassination: Michion Mkhize, IFP student leader at the University of Zululand, is stabbed to death.
… leader at the University of Zululand, is stabbed to death. …
Twelve Blacks are shot dead by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death.
… by police in Soweto, and a town councillor is hacked to death. …
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… James Kantor was a lawyer who owned a law firm and employed his brother in-law Harold Wolpe. Unbeknownst to Kantor, Wolpe … arrested. Kantor was arrested…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
… grew up in the Pietermaritzburg area. After completing his teacher's diploma at Adams Colege, Amanzimtoti in 1941, … taught at Slangspruit, in the…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
… a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the … by the Biko family, all of whose findings were…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Cape Province) and lived in Mowbray until he finished his schooling. His mother, Rose Emma, was born in Cornwall, England and his … 28 May, 1969 and held…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… President Kaiser Matanzima of Transkei announced his intention to retire from the Presidency in February 1982, … to retire from the presidency. He was…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… and it was a hopeful point of view. He wished to serve his people, of this there was no doubt. But he saw very … of the possible". He was, as I have said,…
BiographySir Sydney Kentridge
… than 30 years at the South African Bar, during which time his clients included Nelson Mandela and the late Chief Albert … was instrumental in exposing the…
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
… of Bantu Affairs. Kgosi Moiloa described the meeting and his reaction in the following way: ‘We were called to … A week later, Kgosi Moiloa was summoned by…
ArchiveTill Death Do Us Unite, IOL, 27 June 2011
… Till Death Do Us Unite, IOL, 27 June 2011 …
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
… Louis Saks was the first son of Sidney and Deborah Saks. His family emigrated to South Africa from England in 1905. … the old Masonic Hotel in Pretoria…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in 1990. In 1969, his family relocated to KwaZakhele Township. He received his primary education at Phendla Primary…
BiographyFlorence Louise Zerffi
… in 1924 also drew her into joint exhibitions with him. His premature death in 1929 was a profound blow. She later taught painting …
BiographyLionel Rusty Bernstein
… inauguration as president and then return to Britain until his death.In 1999 he published an autobiography,Memory Against …
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… in life – and the ban on anything he said continues after his death. I cannot tell you what he said to me or anyone about … sure would have irritated Sam, as…
James Tyita
… under the 90-day detention law.The official cause of death was suicide by hanging.He was reportedly found in his cell hanged with his scarf.The period of…
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… Kasrils , later, her husband, visited Durban, to visit his relative Jacqueline Arenstein , a member of the Communist … dynamite. Eleanor drove the getaway…
BiographyBenson Tsele
… spelled either a lifelong sentence in apartheid jails or a death sentence. Tsele deliberately entered military … for a society free of racial injustices…
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… 1619 in Culemborg, Netherlands to a surgeon. He spent his youth in Schiedam, Netherlands where, on 28 March 1649, … from the post, when he was found to be…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife NaMahlangu, a member of the Ndzundza tribe. Van … and therefore suggested that Lebelo leave…
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
… who came to discuss their problems with the King. When his father was approached by the Pretoria government to … but threatened to burn any trucks attempting…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… present during the Boipatong massacre as false. During his testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation … group of residents started throwing stones at them…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… Early Life Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in … kwaZulu-Natal ). He is the first born of five…
Commander Simon van der Stel departs on his long journey to Namaqualand.
… Commander Simon van der Stel departs on his long journey to Namaqualand. … Commander Simon van der Stel departs on his long journey to Namaqualand. …
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in his formation as an artist. She kept alive their traditional … religion alongside Christianity…