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BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… Phillip Valentine Tobias was born on October 14, 1925. He went to St Andrew School and later … in the country, a position he held until 1993. He went on to…
Mbongeni Clement Khanyi
… Khanyi Mbongeni C. was sent to prison on Robben Island. He was given prison number 0/0071 and was released on February 20th 1981. …
BiographyJulius Nyerere
… Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake … Julius studied in missionary schools in Tabora and later on went to…
BiographyRaymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri
… the ban in fact contributed to the group’s popularity. On Singajindi Majita , he urged; “Don’t dare give up,” a … Phiri later earned a Grammy Award for his…
BiographyMatome Maponya
… Matome Maponya was born on May 14 1949 in the Thabakgone village of Lephapane in the … of Tzaneen, where his parents eked out an existence on their small…
BiographyJoseph Manana
… with Community Mural Projects and his art can be spotted on various walls in the city. In a solo show held at the … takes centre stage in the burdensome role…
BiographyRobert Gwelo Goodman
… that were sent to the Cape from London. A local report on the exhibition, while full of praise, also noted his … personality by various societies, including…
BiographyBulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka
… Bulelani Ngcuka was born on 2 May 1954 in Middledrift, Eastern Cape. His early … Democratic Front . He was later arrested for three years on charges of high…
BiographyPortia Modise
… Portia "Bashin" Modise was born on 20 June 1983 in White City Soweto , Transvaal (now Gauteng … women in the game in the world. She also played a key role on…
BiographyDr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
… open to Indian women in South Africa, she went to Scotland on 8 March 1928 to study at Edinburgh University. Her father … their franchise. She led the second…
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
… that of her sister Katie, who was born in Fort Beaufort on 28 July 1873, according to 'The calling of Katie Makanya'. … born in Ramokgopa in the Polokwane …
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… that way to avoid being captured. Men, women (with babies on their backs), boys and girls, aged and infirm, were all … slaves, trembling with fear, were…
Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile
… the son of Simon Stofile and Miriam Ngcongcobela, was born on 27 December 1944, in the Winterberg District of Adelaide, Eastern Cape. He was raised on a farm…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
… of Ernestinah and Matthew Simelane. She graduated on 15 October 1983 from the University of Swaziland with a … (ANC) . Her parents suspected that she was…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town . At a tender age, he worked on a vineyard, cleaning…
BiographyAnne-Marie Wolpe
… Ann-Marie Wolpe was born on 1 December 1930 in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng … of the ANC’s military wing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) – on August 11. Had…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… The Poet in Love by Nape 'a Motana, The Slumbering Spirit by Jayapraga Reddy, Two Dimensional by Ahmed Essop, …
We Shall Win - Statement at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to launch the International Anti-Apartheid year by O. R. Tambo, New York, 21 March 1978
… minority electorate voted the present regime into power. On the other hand, thirty years ago this year, the Member … rulers of our country had for many years…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner I have already spoken about the boys on the potato farms at Bethel, how they…
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
… Tielman Roos was born in Cape Town on 8 May 1879. He was educated at the South African College … candidate who strayed from the official party line on many…
BiographyVictor Sidney Norton
… with the idea of earning their passage to South America on a cattle ship. When this plan was thwarted by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, both found…
BiographyFrank Chikane
… Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in Johannesburg . His father was a … as a pastor. Chikane was detained and released…
BiographySelby Bangani Ngcobo
… Convention (AAC) meeting of December 1935. He later served on the Africans' Claims committee but soon afterwards withdrew from political activity to…
BiographyEric Ngcobo
… group compositions. In both media his work was based on a mixture of tribal mythology and urban life. He won the … Art Festival in Bloemfontein in 1961; his…
BiographyS. S. Tema
… Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the periphery of organised politics over many years, Tema … opposed joint African-Indian organisational…
Maria Wilman
… McGregor Museum in Kimberley . The museum focused on researching Griqualand West , and Wilman focused on the preservation of San and Khoi artefacts. Various …
BiographyBen Khoapa
… he began working for the YMCA. In 1968, the YMCA sent him on a trip to the United States where he learned about the political conditions of African Americans…
BiographyMohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
… in January 1958. Following the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960, Bob was detained for five months, without … again released with no charges being…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… suggesting that many see an opportunity to capitalise on voter uncertainty after the Zuma years. Noteworthy, too, … the dictum that “the land belongs to…
BiographyThabo Motene Marera
… Thabo Marera was born in Soweto on 18 September 1972 and matriculated at Anchor Orlando North … and worked himself into a senior crew position, mostly on…