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ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… And if a ninety-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your … concern for others in our…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… in its 50th year, UP unveiled the Aula, an auditorium on the UP campus which was opened by Dr. E.G Jansen, the … 6. p. 184-5 Steyn, C. (2002) "Two South…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… On 12 July 1984, a car bomb exploded in Durban, killing five … broader political objectives which did not intend to take lives. His role, although not…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… a revolution in and re-creation of their own domestic lives as a necessary basis for devout living (see Davidoff … economic survival of many Reef African…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had been … now. Division and hesitancy disappeared…
BiographyThomas Kgope
… Thomas Kgope was born on 10 April 1954 in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Kgope met Norman Catherine while he was working as an electrician on the latter's new studio…
BiographyA. J. Sililo
… Natives' Representative Council in 1937. In 1939 he was on the deputation of the joint African National Congress … Boards Congress to the minister of Native…
BiographyAndries Ntsenyeho
… for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Andries died at scene 1 after being shot … Now his oldest son, Thabang, will have to…
BiographySemi Jokanisi
… Semi Jokanisi (29) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Semi was killed after being shot twice by … nephew and mother. His death has…
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
… in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 August 2012 Mr Sagalala was killed at scene 2. He was … for his family who were all financially…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 February 1965. When Johannesburg was proclaimed in 1886 on the triangular site Randjeslaagte…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… 1988 which shocked the nation and forever changed the lives of the close-knit community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… in order to prevent the spread of HIV and improve the lives of people living with the virus. The day was also a … against this disease and aimed to focus…
BiographyJacob “Baby Jake” Matlala
… world champion ever. Matlala began his boxing career on 2 February 1980 with a fourth-round victory over Fraser … Jiminez who stopped him in the 10th round…
BiographyNoni Jabavu
… and continued to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female writers and … she felt, issues of identity and the impact…
BiographyHarold Cressy
… Harold Cressy was born on 1 February 1889 in Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu Natal. He was one … now the University of Stellenbosch, and was rejected on the same…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
… Tiyani Lybon Mabasa was born in Johannesburg on 17 June 1952. The second of eight children, his single … AZAPO was officially launched in February 1979. He…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
… Twasile Champion Galela was born in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on 24 October 1947. He received his primary education at … and had two sons and a daughter, one…
BiographyAllister Sparks
… Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a … from targeting a black readership in order…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… for him and her other children to escape their gruelling lives as farm laborers. Around 1927, she prevailed on her … "Mda found Lembede rather uncritically…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in Katama, a Jesuit mission station in … Usually friendless, Robert Mugabe spent most of his time on his…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
… Eulalie Doreen Stott was born in Fish Hoek on 4 August 1922. Stott was the only child and after her … attended boarding schools where she displayed early on,…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
… pass books that the law required all black people to carry on them. As a member of the Matopo Hills soccer team he was … Distributive Workers' Union in 1943…
BiographyNdazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
… Ndazana Nathaniel (Nat) Nakasa was born on 12 May 1937 in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape. Nakasa was the … 'how the White man can never really understand what goes…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… stay. Eventually, Thambi Naidoo took his family to live on the farm. Veerammal worked as a cook at Tolstoy Farm and … Governor-General, which entered the…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father … Soweto riots. Asked about the impact of…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… “Little Beirut”. There were constant threats of attacks on the community by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters, … apartheid regimes attempt to…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young … to German Democratic Republic by…
BiographyAdelaide Frances Tambo
… Adelaide Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal … asked by the ANC to leave the country in 1960 and…
BiographyRichard Msimang
… National Congress (SANNC, after 1923 ANC) . As an expert on law he chaired the committee that compiled the 1919 … the rural areas to investigate the effect…