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Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… empowerment of ordinary people to take care of their own lives. But the way in which professional skills are … deracialising of land ownership. All people…
BiographyWangari Maathai
… She was born in Nyeri, part of the rural region of Kenya on the 1st of April 1940. Maathai was of Kikuyu ethnicity. In … Kansas in the United States of…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… People (COP), Ronnie was involved in report back meetings on the Freedom Charter to the people of Ermelo. Ronnie … during his spare time, he worked…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
… had to take place following the death of the trial judge on 7 November. The re-trial took place between 16 January and … persons for military training. He…
BiographyRev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse
… Helenard Joe Hendrickse (better known as Allan) was born on 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth … exemplified in 1987 when P.W.Botha…
BiographyPaul De Groot
… Paul de Groot was born in Surabaya, Indonesia on 11 January 1878. Paul de Groot received training for the … Ruys), were productions performed in the…
BiographyLetta Mbulu
… became a rewarding musical venture that took Letta on several world tours. She married a fellow South African … and historical theme with Letta in the…
BiographySylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa
… to the International Children’s Jazz Festival in Canada. On her return she was awarded a scholarship by the … her album African Diva, Live in Africa which…
BiographyJune Rose Nala
… the Frame Group textile plant. She described her first day on the job in The Road to Democracy in South Africa : We were … going to be about R6 to 8...The…
BiographyFrederick John Harris
… Olympic Committee (SANROC) started by Dennis Brutus. On July 24, 1964, he planted a bomb in the Johannesburg … amongst the white population.Harris was caught…
BiographyFatima Seedat
… Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to … Rahima Moosa she became politically active as…
PlaceRustenburg
… But he also began to engage in Missionary work, calling on Chief Magato, a move he was asked to explain at the second … were put up in Drieriviersbom in 1938…
BiographyJames la Guma
… James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now … adopted by an uncle, James Mansfield, who lived in Parow on…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… organised boycott of Indian traders failed to crush the spirit and will of the Indian people. The policy of … and more particularly by the Asian peoples. No…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… with which you rose to the challenge and drew on hidden strengths to beat much higher-rated teams. You did … soccer as South Africa's most popular sport…
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… said; 'there's nobody here' it was so hot, that we slept on the blanket. So it appeared that no one had slept on the … about 1980, it was Sasha that gave the…
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
… was the first Black person to present a radio broadcast on the then SABC’s English Service on Saturday midday in the sixties. He was a sports journalist on…
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… Mamphela Ramphele was born on 28 December 1947 in Bochum District, Northern Transvaal … to her political awakening. The dispute centred on whether the mother…
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
… Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg . She started her schooling in … Matlou to Tanganyika ( Tanzania ) in 1963, she had to…
BiographyBen Baartman
… in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on 1 March 1924. He worked on the mines around Johannesburg, joined the African … in Worcester…
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
… Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban . She spent her … lost his position when the government imposed a crackdown on all…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… didn’t define people. Mr Sedick and Mrs Zainab Davidson on their wedding day in Simon’s Town For Mrs Davidson … sold their house in Athlone and at the same…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… against the inhumanity of discriminating against people on grounds of race. While we believe in the extension of … of apartheid as it affects the different…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… National Congress) broke out a lot of people lost their lives in this street; that was the tragedy faced by the … where the situation was tense between the…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… The South African War Memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1910, at 360 University Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War . It was…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
… Neil Hudson Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy … for 62 hours before his death. He died in…
BiographySamora Machel
… The new revolutionary government, led by Machel, took over on June 25, 1975. Machel became independent Mozambique's … was strangled by these depredations and…
BiographySheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
… no interaction with Black people, therefore, her opinions on Black people were largely based on what she had been taught. It was at the liberal Wits … from…
BiographySadie Forman
… – five days after the birth of their third child, Sara – on the operating table of heart transplant pioneer Christiaan … her the job. Although the police…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… from 1929 to 1932, when in 1931/32 he worked as an editor on the staff of the Aryavarta in Bihar. Dayal represented … to be admitted to the Order of…