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EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… South African composer, choir conductor, organist and teacher, … to have his song "Zweliyaduduma" sung to the British Royal family in Umtata, during their…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… or if you have any questions. T he role of China and areas of conflict are not being examined in 2009. This …
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… labour conditions for Black workers on potato farms. In areas like Bethal in Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), … to death in 1944. In support of these…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… aligned traditional chiefs (amakhosi) had prohibited the African National Congress (ANC) from running campaigns in the rural areas controlled by them…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… in two land-locked white-ruled Republics, the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. The … in 1857 to form a Transvaal state called: …
PlaceSt. Agnes Primary School, Woodstock
… spectrum. We have learners from the surrounding areas, the townships, Nazareth House – a home for HIV/AIDS … children and a large number of refugees from…
BiographyPatrick “Bra Pat” Matanjana
… known, was a member of the armed wing of the African National Congress , Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and in …
BiographyGopal Krishna Gokhale
… Session in Benaras. He championed the cause of South African Indentured Indians. …
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… its rural character, and had been incorporated into the urban fabric of the suburb. It was declared a National …
PlaceKenya
… found throughout East Africa. [iii] The steady influx of African settlers searching for economic opportunities brought … influence, developed as the main…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… contains HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS. 1970s African doctors see a rise in opportunistic infections and … The Rwandan study concluded that, "an…
BiographyAbraham Faure
… called in 1837. Faure has been called 'the father of South African literature', because he made the first organised …
BiographyDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
… end to the Congo civil war with president of the secession African state of Katanga, Moïse-Kapenda Tshombe. End notes: …
BiographyElijah Barayi
… In December 1985 at the launch of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Barayi was elected president … Gastrow, S. (1990). Who\'s Who in South…
BiographyLindiwe Mazibuko
… to her word arose when, on 22 November 2011, the South African parliament passed the Protection of State Information …
BiographyKevin Dowling
… Dowling has also gone against the grain of the Southern African Catholic Bishop’s Conference’s decision to apply to …
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
… under the tutelage of Reverend Selope Thema , a prominent African National Congress (ANC) leader. She completed her …
BiographyDawood Parker
… in South Africa. He used a contact person at the South African customs office to intercept the books and deliver …
BiographyMichael Nkolo Maapola
… In 1970, he brought some of his paintings to the South African Association of Arts and attracted the attention of … 2015]| Nettleton, A. and Hammond-Tooke, D…
BiographyHelen Zille
… Cape, being in control of the only province not run by the African National Congress (ANC). On 12 April 2015 Zille …
BiographyDavid Perumal
… Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (Ebie) recruited Perumal into the African National Congress’s (ANC) military wing, uMkhonto …
BiographyDr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
… Australia and Zimbabwe . Dr. Goonam returned to South African in 1990, and voted in the first democratic elections … From Protest to challenge: A documentary…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… to him as a “leading force in the promotion of South African artists”. Koloane’s contribution to the visual arts … South Africa and navigating, for example,…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
… to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2-7 … organising in order to achieve its…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… the Italian colonizers. He was also the first black African King to engage in slavery of white European war … the Italians, Menelik II expanded his kingdom…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… status under the name of Lyttelton by combining the areas of Doornkloof, Irene and Lyttelton. In 1967 Lyttelton … This was after the assassination of former…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… to the natives (i.e., the vast majority ofwhite South African); and the fact that there are "100,000 poor whites" … believe that the industrial movement of…
EventAhmed Timol born on the 3rd Nov 1941
… from the 10th floor. After many years of struggle, his family managed to get the inquest re-opened, the initial …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… with him in the Old Homestead at the estate. The Kerr family used to host several parties and picnics at the estate … have been buried there. A while after…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… public memorial for Joost was televised, as members of the family, including his brother and wife Amore Vittone … the Springbok legend was another unifying…