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BiographyMannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
Trade union leader and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna Hendrina…
BiographyHeidi Holland
Heidi Holland was born on 6 October 1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of a British father and a Swiss mother. When she was three years old, the…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her family moved around…
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
When government police ordered Mgijima's followers to remove their settlement from crown lands, they resisted and police opened fire, killing approximately 200…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
Blance la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… 1981.[ii] He won the British Powerboat Grand Prix in the 1989 World Powerboat Series.[iii] Peter won the Maccabi …
PlacePort Alfred
… bridge was demolished and a new bridge constructed in 1989, allowing for 2 lanes of traffic. The famous Nico Malan … be sought to meet the demands of the…
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Santa Maria, Sal Island, 31 October 1984, Af
Minutes of an afternoon session of a meeting between a South African delegation and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in Mozambique and Angola
EventSA artist Vincent Baloyi is born
South African Artist Vincent Baloyi was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at the Open School (1981…
BiographyLesetja Kganyago
Lesetja kganyago was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, in Gauteng Province in 1965. At the age of five, he moved to Northern Province, now known as…
BiographyWilliam Mothipa (Willie) Madisha
Willie Madisha grew up in the Atteridgeville Township of Pretoria. He completed his high school education in Attridgeville and then studied to become a teacher…
BiographyLeonard Tebogo Tume
Leonard Tebogo Tume, known as Norman Nkosi, was born on 10 April 1957 in Galeshewe, Kimberly. He attended Barkly Road High School and after he left school in…
BiographySiphiwe Tshabalala
Siphiwe Tshabalala was born on 25 September 1984 in Soweto and went on to become one of the most well-loved and best soccer players in South Africa. After…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
Contents Town & regional planning in Johannesburg Residential development in Johannesburg <a data-cke-saved-href="#Black residential development in…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the 20th century. But earlier forms of passes, had in fact been used in various instances…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
CITATION FOR SALEEM BADAT (Honorary graduand, Rhodes University, 10 April 2015) By Professor Paul Maylam Eight years ago, in 2007, Dr Saleem Badat stood on…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from these agencies do not want their stories…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
Patrick Chamusso will be remembered for his role in the bombing of Sasol’s Secunda power plant in the 1980s as a protest against the apartheid regime. But his…
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
… to accept a monetary and economic union with Senegal in 1989. A military council headed by four lieutenants, Jammeh, …
EventSASOL plant under attack
The attacks on SASOL I, NATREF and SASOL II took place on the night of 31 May/1 June 1980 in order to coincide with Republic Day. The attack was organised by…
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
Mary-Anne D'Oliveira Netto Serrano (21) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni on the East-Rand. About sixty people were…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade union meeting at the University of …
’Our alliance is a living organism that has grown out of struggle’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at meeting to observe the 60th Anniversary of the South African Communist Party, London, 30 July 198
PlaceCrossroads Township
Crossroads Township is situated in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. Crossroads emerged as a…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
South Africa was recognised as a republic and pursued a political course in which Blacks, Coloureds and Indians were denied the right to parliamentary…