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BiographyJudith Mason
… ten years during the 1970s and 80s she was represented by the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg . She was chosen to … South Africa at the Venice Biennale in…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… roles specifically for Bryceland and was also influenced by her. The New York Times called her an actress 'who reads … London in 1978 to take the lead role…
BiographyTito Mboweni
… democratic cabinet of the Republic of South Africa led by President Nelson Mandela . While Minister of Labour … He was also awarded degree of honorary Doctor…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… Primary School in Orlando West. When Soweto was engulfed by student unrest in 1986 she was sent to school in Lenasia , … range through the Ackerman’s brand. …
BiographyJabulani Sam Nhlengethwa
… year at Rorke’s Drift, swapping his own work for pieces by his schoolmates. In his own art, he drew inspiration from … in it … it entails digitalising an…
BiographyMary Maria Burton
… were against the organisation, and felt very threatened by it. Things became even harder for the organisation in the … Reconciliation for all the people who…
BiographyLeonard (Len) Lee-Warden
… story in New Age were dismissed as “communist propaganda” by C.R Swart. Subsequently various people confirmed that the … that Visser had been released from…
Address to the Biennial Meeting of the Association for The Development of Education in Africa (Adea), Johannesburg, 6 December 1999
… to produce was suppressed, Africa was impoverished by the destruction of traditional agriculture, thus reducing … of enterprises and industries. Moreover,…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… to the city. They were used to being treated as inferiors by the menfolk on the land, and this proved of great help to … world. Between the two was the…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Regarded by the local people as the heartland of the Nama Culture , … who could never find a single diamond in these diamond-rich parts. He did, however,…
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… echo to the voices of the people of Wuppertal. A place rich in culture, history and hospitality. …
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… on display at the museum, popularly nicknamed “Mrs Ples” by Dr. Robert Broom, who discovered the skull in 1947 just … The museum also has an art gallery that…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… out in numbers. That meeting was part of the tour of Natal by the Anti-Segregation Council. Dr Goolam Gool was a leading … group and was regularly visited at…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… regime. During the first years of the gallery exhibitions by several Black Modernist artists associated with the Polly … David Koloane , and Dumile Feni ,…
BiographyMadi Gray
… building and the protesting students. They were then asked by the university's vice-principal to disperse. After … actually got the Stellenbosch men away…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… run naked to the Grovenor Station in Mayfair, covered only by gum tree leaves. They then decided to go to the Bantu … upon to support and campaign for the…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
… gave birth to her son, Mark, followed three years later by her daughter Sheila, who was born on 1 October 1945. [6] … had about Black South Africans being…
PlaceOprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls, Meyerton, Johannesburg
… Founded in 2007 by the American Media Executive, Oprah Winfrey . This is a … Africa. The Academy opened its doors five years later, in 2007." The OWLAG…
BiographyJames la Guma
… old. He and his sister, Marinette, were at first cared for by a washerwoman and later adopted by an uncle, James Mansfield, who lived in Parow on the ……
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… the 800m Senior and Junior South African records held by Zelda Pretorius at 1:58.85, and Zola Budd at 2:00.90, … a visual inspection of the genitalia of…
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
… position of the provincial non-racial swimming structure. By the mid sixties he was either the president or the second … African Amateur Swimming Union …
BiographyEmily Isabel Fern
… as a child in 1890, and was taught oil painting by a nun at End Street Convent. From 1899 to 1904 her parents … to Johannesburg, she was then taught pastel…
BiographyMargaret Gazo
… different races and diverse backgrounds, brought together by their resentment of unjust laws such as the pass law, … Prime Minister JG Strijdom against the…
BiographySylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa
… in Canada. On her return she was awarded a scholarship by the Educational Opportunities Council, and subsequently … her first studio album Ingoma (Song)…
Chief Dingiswayo
… acquired his horse and gun. The Mthethwa were so impressed by the horse and gun they became certain Godongwana was a … shield. Dingiswayo's regiments were…
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
… when there was conflict between the government lead by Pretorius, and the anti- state faction lead by Schoeman. In 1877, when the British annexed the…
PlaceDrie Kuilen Nature Reserve
… stretches for over 43 square kilometers. There is a rich variety of fauna and flora to be found in this beautiful … Reserve is home to a wide variety of…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… of Hammanskraal, and 27 km northeast of Pretoria) in 1869 by P.C.C.A. Gninberger and C.P.G. Knothe, missionaries of the … to write, was baptized, and…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
… include the Premier GroupAward for prestigious service by a member of the Faculty of Lawat the University of the … Gauntlett, "Chaskalson's professional life…
BiographyAlfred Temba Qabula
… months of work, Qabula was attacked and shot in the leg by a group of men from the Russians' gang, one of who was his … fiancé, Mavis, gave birth to their…