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Address at the Opening of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, 31 August 2001
… Members of the mass media, Friends, ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of the people of South Africa and our government, I … there are others who are as human…
BiographyGerard Moerdyk
… Monument in Pretoria, some churches and public buildings. On churches he replaced the traditional crucifix with an … and Cape Dutch gables. He is well known…
The Open School childrens art calendar 1990:
… artwork by children and stories of difficulties in their lives. Calendar for 1990. …
ArchiveThe Open School childrens art calendar 1990
… 1990 Calendar. Artwork and accounts of problems in the lives of these children. …
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two … up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. Bonteheuwel is a township on the Cape Flats…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
… out of sight, even for those who would have liked to go on living in it. Historical coordinates don’t fit life any … the premise on which the white segment…
BiographyDr. Susan Vosloo
… first heart transplant when she was 33 years old, and went on to work at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, focusing on paediatric heart surgery. …
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… A.N.C. National Conference, due to begin at Durban on December 16, President Lutuli says that the occasion … provides an opportunity to show "that the bans…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… car wash is one of his hangout spots as it becomes vibey on Sundays with motorists coming to ‘Splish Splash’ their … cars to get ready for the week ahead!…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… genocidal regime seems to have enabled human rights abuses on the part of French troops, who have been accused of … accusations, the French claimed to have…
ArchiveWelcome Home Comrade Oscar
… photo Oscar Mpetha; text: Welcome Home Comrade Oscar; ANC Lives …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… (SADF) Military Intelligence Headquarters in Pretoria on 20 May 1983 killed 19 and injured over 200 SADF and South … military wing, MK attacked apartheid…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… (SADF) Military Intelligence Headquarters in Pretoria on 20 May 1983 killed 19 and injured over 200 SADF and South … military wing, MK attacked apartheid…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo was born on 25 November 1928. His father died suddenly some five … court and forced the issue. He was duly circumcised, and…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… Stanley Mmutlanyane Mogoba was born on 29 March 1933 outside Polokwane, Limpopo. He was the last … for a Teacher’s Diploma. At the college Mogoba served on…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… Liz Adriana Abrahams (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl , in the Western Cape . She was … at age 14 in 1940, after finishing standard 6. …
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
… was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served eight years on Robben Island. He died in detention on 11 April 1986, a day after he was detained in Lebowa. He …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik … ondersoek van koerante-advert" (1928) (…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… settled in the Transvaal. The main reef was discovered on the farm Langlaagte and many of the surrounding Farms were … Braamfontein. This may relate to…
Leonora van den Heever
… in 1926 but attended school in Bloemfontein . She went on to complete her MA in English at the University of … to the Bench in Kimberley . In 1979 she began…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… Jameson Gilbert Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a … a local ICU leader in Vryheid. But Kadalie's star was on the wane…
Introduction
… a weapon for those in search of truth. The defiant spirit of the Empire Theatre mass meeting reflected the …
BiographyBaden Powell
… BP was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, … about the outdoors, built boats and…
Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo
… he was one of the first MK members to be imprisoned on Robben Island. Imprisonment did not deter Masondo from … his second honours degree while serving a…
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
… Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady … for him to continue with his education whilst in exile…
BiographyHelen Elizabeth Martins
… Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in … spent her childhood growing up in Nieu Bethesda. She went on…
BiographyJames Mata Dwane
… strong personality. In 1894-1895 he was sent to Britain on a fund-raising tour, but on his return he quarreled with his church over how the money … in South…
BiographyRicardo Rangel
… Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the … La Tribune in 1961. Rangel’s photographs largely focus on urban life in…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… of Race of Relations (SAIRR) collecting information on trade unions and leaders of the labour movement. After the … as he felt it would be safer than living…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa … struggle. She devoted most of her time to…