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BiographyOscar Mpetha
… freedom in his lifetime was fulfilled. He voted in South Africa’s first democratic elections in April 1994 to win a …
BiographyAdams Farid Ahmed
… Born in 30 November 1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South …
BiographyZainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
… “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned female political leaders, … Step of the Way: The Journey to…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Addis Ababa or Lusaka or somewhere. He was being paraded all over (the world). We’d set a date and then we’d have to …
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Addis Ababa or Lusaka or somewhere. He was being paraded all over (the world). We’d set a date and then we’d have to …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… An ultimatum was addressed to the Government to repeal all discriminating Legislation before or/on 29 February 1952. … of a prohibited organisation (The…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… South Africa is a country of relative prosperity, with vast … women. According to the South African constitution , all people have the right to have access…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… who played a great role in bringing injustices in South Africa to light. She is widely recognised for being the first … that same year, Steve Biko founded…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… as representatives of the apartheid government. The 1976 All Blacks (New Zealand's national rugby team) tour of South Africa, which occurred shortly after…
BiographyAllina Ndebele
… Gowenius, Swedish Missionaries who had been sent to South Africa to start a weaving workshop. She also assisted them as …
BiographyMichael Gagashe Zondi
… 1974 UNISA (solo), 1975 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgiun (Zulu Art). Nedbank Gallery, …
BiographyMoebien Wadee
… where he served his internship. He returned to South Africa and opened a general practice in Kliptown. Later he …
BiographySylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa
… year (1998) she released her album African Diva, Live in Africa which focused on her performances at the Standard Bank …
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
… Prestigious Award; the Bertrams V.O. Literature of Africa Award; the African Achievers’ Award from Ekhaya …
BiographyJune Rose Nala
… her first day on the job in The Road to Democracy in South Africa : We were taken into our departments...and told that … the Workers’ Movement” in The Road…
BiographyFatima Seedat
… on noticing the impact the segregation laws had in South Africa. She joined the Communist Party in Cape Town, and it …
Diana (Di) Bishop
… first political statement at age eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic. During the celebrations, she …
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… for his dissertation ‘Inconvertible paper money in South Africa’ in 1922, and a PhD in 1924 for his thesis ‘Currency development in South Africa’. In 1925…
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… exile, he spent most of his life living outside of South Africa, leaving the country when he was still a teenager. As … was in the USA, his academic focus…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… Tiro, Mashinini started reading about the history of Africa’s struggles, American slavery, the Human Rights … and international boycotts against apartheid…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… expose corruption in the controversial Arms Deal in South Africa ultimately leading to the investigation of government … ranked 22nd and in the same year,…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Hertzogian Segregation VERSUS The Cape Native Policy
… Segregation as a solution of the 'Native question in South Africa has for fifteen years been associated with the name of … Policy the object is to eliminate…
BiographySheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
… Movement (UCM) , the Christian Institute of Southern Africa (CI) , and the South African Institute of Race … of the Cape Town branch of the Gay Association…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… struggles in two countries, namely, India and South Africa. In 1936, faced with economic hardship, his family … Babenia passed away in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… and forty-six delegates, representing 230,000 women from all parts of South Africa, attended the founding conference and pledged their … the nurses and…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… left Latvia in 1929 and arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on 9 December 1929. Until his exile to Dar es Salaam, … with anti-Semitism imparted him with a…
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… National Symbols since 1994 In South Africa, we have a perse number of people and cultures, but we are all South African. National symbols such as a national…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria , South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s … 1956, thousands of South Africa women – ranging…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was … Party (IFP) to destabilise the country…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… the South African government was bound by the Chicago Convention to investigate the crash. A team of inquiry … after complaining of demeaning treatment by…