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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. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… years. No protection for those who had acquired interests on proclaimed (mining) land. Anti-Indian Legislation: The … African Teachers' Association. General…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… the first in the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees … notorious anti-gay laws was introduced…
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… previously ravaged by injustice and discrimination. Born on 18 July 1918, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is hailed as the … of sabotage and treason and received a…
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…
PlaceWeenan
… to the turbulent History of South Africa! Located on the serene Banks of the Bushman River in KwaZulu-Natal , … The Voortrekkers sought out new Land. Setting…
Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… Schuur Minute. 2. The final report of the Working Group on political offences dated 21 May 1990, as amended, was … governmental or otherwise, who committed…
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…
BiographyEnos Mabuza
… Enos Mabuza was born on 6 June 1939 at the Sheba Gold Mine. He attended the Sheba … School and got his Junior Certificate in 1957. He went on to obtain a…
BiographyOhm Collins Chabane
… Ohm Collins Chabane was born on 15 April 1960 in Xikundu Village, in Limpopo (then … in 1984, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment on charges of…
BiographyMads Nørgaard
… and dynamics that exist within that; to shining a light on the youth, and some of the challenges faced by young … newspaper), Cape Argus (South African…
BiographyThozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta
… ,an unexplained fire killed his mother and uncle,and on the day of their funerals,police shot dead Gqweta's … made several court appearances and was released…
BiographyDavid Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane
… David Hlongwane was born on 1 January 1963 in the Zwelethemba township of Worcester. … so he continued to develop his artistic skills on his own while…
BiographyLucy Buyaphi Mvubelo
… School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a private girls’ school in Natal … the Trade Union Council of South Africa …
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
… Mahomed Motala was born in Dundee on 14 June 1921. In 1938 Motala matriculated at Sastri … People, which mobilised the people to state their views on what…
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… Kalushi Drake Koka was born in Pietersburg on the 9th of June,1927. He enrolled for teacher training … country to Botswana disguised as churchgoers. Koka…
Potlako Leballo
… to appear regularly, carrying his strongly worded attacks on the African National Congress's (ANC) leadership. … view among the whites that PAC was a…
BiographySydney Brenner
… in Germiston, close to Johannesburg, to Jewish parents on 13 January 1927. His father was a shoe repairman who had … year and entered Grade 4 when he was 6…
BiographyLawrence Schlemmer
… Schlemmer was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 11 September 1936. After matriculating at Pretoria Boys … Battiss at the University of Pretoria…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… One of the most gruesome attacks on township residents was carried out by armed men from Kwa … Forty-six people including women and children lost their lives…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South African … two houses in Manzini, Swaziland. The attacks claimed the lives of Umkhonto…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina Buenos Aires, 23 July 1998
… Houses of the Argentine Congress. It allows us to reflect on the aspirations our two peoples share, and on what we … rights in order to heal our nations;and…