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PlaceSaint Helena Bay
… Towns of Stompneusbaai and Britannia Bay. Preferred by yachtsmen and canoeists, each Bay has its own attractions, … Point, with a second Port at Laaiplek…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… died from a disease called scurvy. Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C. The VOC decided it would be a good … more settlers to leave Holland and settle at…
PlaceWinburg
… Winburg was founded in 1837, by Voortrekkers at the beginning of the Great Trek . It was … in South African History and Culture!" The Town’s rich Historical…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
… social work after a year. She was offered a scholarship by the Institute of Race Relations to do a postgraduate … to the Order of Simon of Cyrene, the…
BiographyEzrom Legae
… his art, Legae acknowledges that he was greatly influenced by both Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo. Both these teachers … together through the heaviest time…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
… inimical to African progress.Jabavu was highly respected by White and Black alike throughout the country. He played an … of being a puppet and trying to…
BiographyBarbara Anne Hogan
… a year. While in detention she was assaulted and tortured by security officers during interrogation. The officers were … Pretoria Central Prison. While in…
BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
… for the National Executive of the ANC, then led by Dr A.B. Xuma. He was also involved in early ANC Youth … is buried in Evaton. At his funeral, tributes were…
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… call of the Black Consciousness movement as articulated by Steve Biko: ‘”¦ black consciousness has to be directed to … stars, dandelion seeds or seeds of the…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… In 1985 she was being paid approximately R100 per month by the Steenkamp family in Upington; a family she had worked … of 5000 demonstrators were chased from…
BiographyMotsamai Keyecwe Mpho
… South Africa for Botswana after he was forced to do so by prison authorities. Upon arrival in Botswana, Mpho entered … was awarded the Presidential Award for…
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
… Party in 1950, Arenstein was declared a listed person by the state. Between 1953 and 1956, she was a member and … Arenstein. A quote from Helen Joseph ’s…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
… of a Commission to investigate illegal arms transactions by President Mandela. He was then appointed on a permanent … University of Stellenbosch - Alumnus…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… South African Communist Party which was forced underground by the apartheid state. Lilliesleaf Farm also became the … 24 May 2011 in Tel Aviv, Israel, aged…
BiographyKing Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
… ceremony at Nongoma on 3 December 1971, attended by 20 000 people. The country's constitution made the King's … in South Africa. King Zwelithini's finances…
BiographyDavid Hartman
… secondary schooling. He was deeply emotionally affected by the 1976 Soweto students uprising and as a result he … expression. However he became increasingly…
BiographyAaron Mosibudi Mangena
… of his political involvement, Mangena was arrested by the Apartheid government in June 1973 at Johannesburg … stepped down as President of AZAPO and was…
PlaceNamibia
… north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib Desert. The Orange River marks the border … Pan filling with water from northern rivers…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… was first discovered on the farm Eersteling in mid-1870 by farmer-turned- prospector Jacobus du Preez. It was … So, having heard about a small group of…
Archive“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife
… first two years in London, he recounts being interviewed by a “man from the newspapers” (Matshikiza 1961a, 38) about … A “very public figure” in search of an…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… fools easily. She was remembered years after her death by Tony Weaver, then Assistant Editor of the Cape Times, when … on food and wine matters and became…
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
… in The Sunday Independent January 4 2015 at 10:37am By Sam Mathe Johannesburg - Pianist, singer and composer Pat … when township jazz had declined…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… interests. While considered cautious and conservative by some of his more radically inclined students, he never … of the ANC's 1949 Programme of Action …
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… slogans which he believed had been overtaken by events, and commit to negotiations'. Its withdrawal from … attempts to change its thinking led to his…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… in Basutoland was possible because the note smuggled out by Ganyile was taken to him. The expose was responsible for … the new South Africa for which he…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France. They are captained by Joseph Twayi who becomes the Treasurer of the South … 1931. 1935 The Transvaal Inter-Race Soccer…
Address at the Opening of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 February 8, 2003
… like to thank the global cricket community, as represented by the ICC, for the honour bestowed on our countries and our … during the magnificent performance…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… powerful enough to lead to his arrest and imprisonment by the Kenyan government in the 1970s. Chinua Achebe … Wiwa was arrested and eventually executed for…
BiographySaint Mokoena
… he won an award at the Festival of African Art organised by the University of Zululand. In about 1988 he injured his …
BiographySamuel Makoanyane
… He later began modelling from life and was encouraged by C. G. Damant, who discovered Makoanyane's work in 1931, to …