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BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
… son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin … University College Hospital. After…
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… up in the copper belt mines of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family later immigrated to South Africa, where David … of a park, which…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… We meet here today to commemorate the death of an outstanding young South African patriot, Stephen … of the 19th Century US poet, Walt Whitman, expressed in…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… on 5 August 1976, Mohapi died in police custody. Upon his death, police produced a "suicide note", claiming he had committed suicide in his cell. An inquest…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
… the Brick and Tile Workers Union, offered her work in his office. In this way she began to learn about trade … which the couple moved to Soweto . Her husband…
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… to the liberation of all mankind, most passionately in his homeland. He spent virtually his entire adult life working full-time for the Communist … Review…
BiographySamora Machel
… He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel parents were forced to grow … than food such as corn which they could eat. In…
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
… as they felt that the informers were responsible for her death. Her funeral was highly publicized as it was broadcast … an opportunity for her nine-year-old…
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
… on 21 July 1921 in Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). His father’s first wife with whom he had three children died … of influenza. Mutwa’s parents met in…
BiographyErnest Mamashila
… 16 November 1976 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act.His wife was told that he was being held at the Brakpan … a successful coal merchant and owned a…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… Matshikiza. They were a family of renowned musicians; his mother was a noted soprano, and his father played the organ in the Anglican Church. … to produce a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… of the greatest sons of our nation, Stephen Bantu Biko. His hope in life, and his life of hope, are captured by his resounding words: "In … to bring to life…
BiographyCassim Mahomed Lakhi
… Mahomed Lakhi was the youngest son of Mahomed Lakhi and his wife, Hawa Bibi, who were both born in India. They … but had to return to South Africa around…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… place at Protestant mission schools in central Angola. His secondary school studies began in Angola. In 1958, he was … to attend university in Lisbon,…
Statement on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… Statement on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto …
Magistrate L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza
… L.A Coetzee rules that no one is to blame for the prison death of Lungile Tabalaza …
Official estimates put the death toll at 503 people killed during the ten previous days of violence.
… Official estimates put the death toll at 503 people killed during the ten previous days …
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,
… in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, …
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,
… in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, …
A military court in Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists.
… Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists. …
Barend Strydom receives eight death sentences as the result of racial murders in Pretoria the previous year.
… Barend Strydom receives eight death sentences as the result of racial murders in Pretoria …
Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre.
… Twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the Lari massacre. …
Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an
… succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an …
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… 2), General De La Rey released General Lord Methuen after his wounds were treated. After only travelling 29 kilometres … once again taken - De La Rey had…
BiographyBertram Buxton Xiniwe
… Representative Council in 1937 and remained a member until his death in 1949. He was educated at Lovedale was a law agent by …
BiographyCaleb Mayekiso
… 6(1) of the Terrorism Acton 14 May 1969 immediately after his release from Robben Island. He was held for 14 days and … Elizabeth police station cells.The…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… War with two army buddies . Raymond Ackerman re-invented his father's industry around a philosophy of consumer … the sack, and Pick 'n Pay, which he founded…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo addressed 20 000 of his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu: "I am … of no less a person than Paul Kruger…
Dr Paul Bosman is murdered in his home in Shelly Beach, KwaZulu Natal, ten days after his retirement as head of the SA veterina
… Dr Paul Bosman is murdered in his home in Shelly Beach, KwaZulu Natal, ten days after his retirement as head of the SA veterina …
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… of the Apartheid banning order that restricted him to his hometown of King Williamstown by traveling to Cape Town , … 1970s one English speaking white South…