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BiographyNkosiyabo Xalabile
… at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and … were interfering in the strike and had…
BiographyCharles Makhohliso
… in 1958, the New Age reported that Charles was sacked by his employers, Messrs Hume Pipe Company of Koelenhof, for whom he had worked since 1939. He was…
BiographySolomon Kerzner
… South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Published by Human and Rousseau. Pp275-278. South africa, 1979. Spread … across the map like fragments of buckshot,…
BiographySir George Grey
… in the 83rd Foot in 1829. He left the army in 1839, by which time he had achieved the rank of captain. In 1836, … to promote goodwill among the Xhosa and the…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… Acts for ‘campaigning to overthrow the Government by violent revolution and for assisting an armed invasion of the country by foreign troops’. The charge…
”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…
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…
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
… after the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) had been taken over by a radical leadership under young militant Dr Monty Naicker … with the local African National…
BiographyElsa Joubert
… travelogues and plays. Joubert’s works are mainly inspired by the continent of Africa, in which she has travelled … her novel Die Swerfjare van Poppie…
BiographyAllison Wessels George Champion
… of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by American Body Missionary and was given the surname, … where he rapidly demonstrated his…
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
… and the May “stay-at-home” campaign called by the ANC. In the early 1960s, Dlamini was detained under … for six months in a tiny cell,and severely tortured…
BiographyJosiah Khiphusizi Jele
… apartheid at an early age. His home-town was characterised by grinding poverty, police harassment whilst enforcing … laws, unemployment and many other social…
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
… operating from Swaziland . She was in the unit headed by Ayanda Dlodlo that was responsible for the infiltration of … (ANC) cadres into Natal. In October…
BiographyJean Clarice Middleton
… of 14 defendants, all white people, in a trial defended by Bram Fischer , then the leader of the SACP. Middleton … of her comrades. Some of the evidence had…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… Mr. Dickenson, a white assistant magistrate. He was raised by his grandmother and uncle and only moved in with his … ceremony at Cofimvaba in the Transkei…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… her for not reporting her "change of address" as required by the banning orders. She hoped that the restrictions would … the “exit permit” though she had…
PlaceLibya
… Libya, a mostly desert and oil-rich country with an ancient history, has more recently been … was toppled in 2011 following an armed rebellion assisted by…
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… facilities, supply routes, and two training camps, one run by Chinese instructors, the other by Russians. She underwent military training and learnt how ……
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… move to Reservoir Hills as their property was taken over by the then Department of Community Development. He first … here in South Africa, the Natal Indian…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… to Natal and the Zulu people. The collection started by her father, Sir Marshall Campbell, a friend of both … death. Muckleneuck also houses several museums…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… bankrupt. His mother then supplemented the family income by undertaking embroidery work. From an early age, Isaacs was … infractions of prison rules. Isaacs…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… 1984. 1984 was the ANC's Year of the Woman. Photograph by Gille de Vlieg, supplied by African Media Online Her political career grew … Cape spokesperson…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… on their right to own land, which were imposed by the Pegging Act (Trading and Occupation of Land (Transvaal … Indian politicians such as A. I. Kajee and…
BiographyDavid Hemson
… 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson … a substitute lecturer. During this time,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… Kerk) and the Bosman Street Church. Both were designed by architects J.G. Kraan and J.B. Weijers, but Klaas van … settled in Sunnyside and the church was…
Maggie Smith
… kaftans, was not someone to be trifled with and led by example. A highly political person and an outspoken critic … in London, England on 18 November 2015…
BiographyEthel de Keyser
… and Langa massacres of 1960. Jack had become politicised by his experiences in the air force in the Second World War , and by his discovery of the horrors…
BiographyDaniel William Alexander
… Church(AOC) that was founded in 1921,in the United States by George Mcguire and which had its headquarters in America. … was made a archbishop and Primate of…
BiographyEllen Lambert
… underground. Consequently, she was constantly harassed by the South African security police. Lambert was also … Lambert passed away on 11 April 2012. She is…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
… African National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by the apartheid state. Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born into a … with nine others, three of whom were…