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BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
… leadership position in the region, allowed him to serve on COSATU national structures. In August 1997, in … he served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio…
BiographyDr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
… Mathume Joseph Phaahla was born on 11 July 1957 in Ga-Phaahla, Limpopo. Phaahla studied for a … and Finance. Other capacities that Phaahla has served on…
BiographyNomvula Paula Mokonyane
… Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was born on 28 June 1963 in Kagiso on the West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She is the … Management and Community Development, and…
BiographyBen Mclennan
… as a reporter and photographer for the Rhodesian Herald. On returning to South Africa in 1979 with his wife and young … Switzerland in 1983. Part of Mclennan…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a … activities to raise money for the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… are, how we do things, what programs we adopt to make our lives worth living, who we relate to and how. Our discussion … of the struggle for, and the…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… are, how we do things, what programs we adopt to make our lives worth living, who we relate to and how. Our discussion … of the struggle for, and the…
EventSASOL plant explodes again
… from a gas leak which ignited. The explosion claimed the lives of six people and more than 100 were injured. …
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… once been a proud struggle for liberation. May his passing on the 3rd July 2018 be marked as a moment of contemplation … be forged anew. Petrus Mashishi was…
BiographyThemba Daniel Mbongwa
… He continued with his primary education at Mkhomazi on the Natal South Coast and then at Umzomuhle L.P. School, … He has never received formal training in…
BiographyMary Fitzgerald
… store armed with pick handles. She also led a sit-in on the tramlines during the same year. In 1921 Fitzgerald became the first woman on the City Council in…
BiographyGarth Erasmus
… Garth Erasmus was born on 12 April 1956 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Erasmus was … prompted him to begin painting seriously. Erasmus worked on his art…
Jacob Abraham de Mist
… De Mist was born on 20 April 1749 in Voorburg near The Hague in the … Morre and he had no further children. His career took on new heights in 1795 when the…
BiographyTikkie Sibisi
… a welder at Union Carriage and did freelance photography on weekends. He attended Sizwesethu primary school and later … Freelance Photographer Club,…
BiographyLorna Peirson
… Africa and from 1951-1952 at the L.C.C. schools in London. On her return to South Africa in 1953 she taught art at the … Indumiso College of Education,…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… Gaborone Cemetery, Botswana. His remains were only exhumed on 13 January 2006 and repatriated to South Africa for … Nkadimeng was buried at West Park…
BiographyIlse Naude
… Ilse Naude was born in 1913 and grew up on the Moravian mission in Genadendal near Caledon . After … but she did not fully recuperate. Illse Naude passed…
BiographyRonnie Levitan
… to research people and their spaces. He then moved on to work at the urban problems research unit at UCT and … buildings, places. The special edition they…
BiographyHein du Plessis
… Born on the 13th February 1967, Hein matriculated at Sentraal High … Department of Technikon Free State whilst working on a number of personal documentary…
BiographyIssy Heymann
… Issy Heymann was born on the 24 December 1910 in Lithuania. At the age of nineteen, … Heymann was detained for 90 days. Heymann was arrested on 10 September…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… leaders of the ANC and allied organisations were arrested on 5 December 1956, Canon Collins received a request for help … became the AAM’s secretary),…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… Francois Pienaar was born on 1st January 1969 in Vereeniging into a working class … He featured 100 times for Transvaal and captained the team on 89…
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… unit then moved to another safe house in Kloof. Eleanor, on her way back from Johannesburg, again on another errand for Ronnie’s unit, learnt of the arrest…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa , Cape Town , Western Province … in Sea Point . The couple moved to an informal settlement…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… is owned by whites or Blacks, neither does it give details on individuals, trusts and companies. Until an investigation … in southern Africa forcibly and…
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of the inquest into his … us to Newlands police station. We were…
BiographyArchie Mafeje
… as ‘Archie’) Mafeje was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in … Mafeje wrote various texts. In 1963, he wrote…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. He attended the … Movement and became involved in student…
The ANC and the Women’s League
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner … the women especially, so that the women could organize on their own about…
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… It is estimated that 11 South Africans lost their lives during the devastating Tsunami that lashed large parts … unaccounted for in Thailand. Most of the…