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According to W. Steenkamp in his book SA’s Border War 1966-1989, the final death toll at this date was as follows: 715 SA secur
BiographyDumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula
He was born in 1960 at KwaMashu, Durban. He passed his matric in 1978 at Isibonelo High School in KwaMashu. He is a graphic artist who studied at Fort Hare…
Christianity
… New Testament. The Old Testament is made up of the same books as the Jewish Bible, but Christians have a different … talks about Jesus and his life and has…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education This chapter will examine the…
BiographyGabriel Kee Kuboni
He was born in Durban. From 1950 to 1959 he attended the Lourenco Marques High School, which changed its name first to Sibonenlo High School, and which is…
BiographyRonnie Levitan
Levitan was born in Johannesburg where he graduated as an architect in the 1950s. He moved to Cape Town in the late 1970s where he worked as an architect in…
Gary Hirson
… I’m a photographer, writer and author of 2 children’s books, I’ve been shooting for about 13 years my passion is …
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
Daniël Francois Malherbe was born on 28 May 1881 in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners …
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… charge office sergeant who would put it into the official books and then hand it into the safe and lock the safe.’ [4] …
P.J. van der Merwe, writer of the book “Ons halfeeu in Angola 1880-1928” is born on the farm Die Hoek near Humpata, Angola. (St
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… her realize that people who look like her could exist in books (Hellstern, 2015). As a feminist, her writings deal …
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
… Side by Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph . Zed Books, Ltd: London.|Naidoo, P. (2006) 156 Hands that Built …
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… control over men, women, youth, newspapers, radio, art, books, music, universities, schools, police, army, law courts … act of the Third Reich. Source: www…
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… as one of the seminal photographic exhibitions and books of the 1980’s. The exhibition and book was a product of …
BiographySamuel Makoanyane
Samuel Makoanyane was born in 1909, Parys, Orange Free State. For most of his life Makoanyane lived in the village of Koalabata, in the Teyateyaneng district…
Wendy Schwegmann
Wendy Schwegmann was born in 1954 in Zululand, where she spent her youth. She has a diploma in Interior Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate…
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
Julian Cobbing was born in 1944 in London. He studied at the University of London where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD…
BiographyBenedict Wallet Vilakazi
Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was born on 6 January 1906 in Groutville, Natal. Vilakazi was appointed bantu languages assistant at the University of…
Ruth Alexander
Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was educated at schools in Cambridge, England and New York, United…
BiographyDora Taylor
Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded her as an…
BiographyMargaret Mary Smith
Margaret Smith was born Margaret Mary MacDonald on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei. [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald,…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
Joseph Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…
PlaceSouth African Library, Cape Town
… a wealth of information, including rare manuscripts, books published in South Africa, periodicals, government … National Library's collections include: 'rare…
South African Labour history
… a full list of resources including links / timelines / books / articles. "Bound To Strike Back" Those who became …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… the king. He greatly honours learning. Many hand-written books imported from Barbary are also sold. There is more … shores and salt were traded in Timbuktu…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… would for the first time be required to carry reference books. Women were enraged by this direct threat to their … government announced that it would start…
BiographyKim Ludbrook
Born on 9 June 1969, in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Kim Ludbrook grew up in Kwa-Zulu Natal. After completing his national service he moved to England in 1990 and…
ArticleAllison Drew Collection
… in the South African context. This is a collection of books and documents that explains the link between radical …
BiographySelbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi
Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa Mvusi (known as Selby) was born in Richmond, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 18 June 1929, to Vunina (born Nxasana) and Jotham Mvusi,…