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BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… of Interior. The Indian Opinion, a newspaper started by Gandhi, reported on 8 August 1908: When Mr. Thambi Naidoo … to go to gaol for the cause. A sensation…
BiographyJackson Mbhazima Hlungwani
… severely ill and wanted to commit suicide but was stopped by a vision of God whose legs he saw in the sky; he heard the …
BiographyBernard Gcwensa
… (second prize). Collections: KC. Information supplied by Dina Cormick …
BiographyMthuthuzeli Tom
… cancer on 27 August 2010 in East London, and is survived by his wife Ntombikayise and two children. …
BiographyDeton (Tito) Zungu
… (Festival Art Exhibition). 1982: WITS (solo, sponsored by Totem-Meneghelli Gallery and the SA Institute of Race …
BiographyMax Yergan
… Association, based at Alice in the Cape. A Communist by conviction at this time, he introduced numbers of Fort …
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
… and subversion. These charges were however withdrawn by the state when no substantial evidence was found. In 1989, …
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… of the Constitution, i.e. access to information held by private bodies required for the exercise or protection of … appeals on decisions regarding denial of…
PlacePort Shepstone, South Coast of KZN
… Shepstone boasts unspoiled sandy beaches with warm waters rich in marine life. These waters are ideal for fishing, … boat trips on these glistening waters…
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…
BiographyKerr Alexander
… Nevertheless the college was declared officially open by the Prime Minister of South Africa, Gen. Louis Botha on 8 … Kerr Memorial Fund, was constituted in…
BiographyReverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
… and Indians discussed their common grievances and ideals. By the end of the 1920s Mahabane was anxious about the … Socio-Economic Development of the Bantu…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… Khama became its first President. The country inherited by President Khama was riven with problems. At the time, it … country, greatly indebted to Britain…
BiographyMannie Manim
… In 1990, he was made Chevalier des Artes et des Lettres by the French Government, and the following year he received … 2004, he was awarded the Naledi…
BiographyFreda Levson
… Treason Trial Defence Fund which was later administered by Mary Benson , Freda Levson and Ruth Mompati . Freda … years. Freda Levson died on 7 October 2004…
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
… outright, but all their activities were in effect frozen. By 1989, the number of detainees held had been substantially … Town. In the same month, following…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… abduction and killing. Despite frantic search efforts made by families to locate both Madaka and Mthimkhulu, they … memorial service was held to honour the…
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… to leave Swaziland when his ANC activities were detected by the Swazi authorities and attempts were made to arrest him … Family Fund (catering for families…
BiographyPiet Retief
… Dingane tested the military capability of Retief's men by asking them to retrieve his cattle from Chief Sekonyela . … were all inside the kraal they were…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… the SACP, which had since gone underground (it was banned by the Apartheid government), where she actively campaigned … 1955, Thornton was part of a…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
… a policeman and her mother supplemented the family income by selling vegetables, taking in washing and doing some … August 1982. She was 56 years old at the…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… banned. The Nursing Act discriminated against black nurses by promoting segregation and the dominance of white South … she was delivering a baby and her…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… ANC , he left South Africa in July 1977 and was deployed by the organisation in Lusaka. A senior official in the … or 'revolutionary army' to seize power…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… first in the mines, with regional migration, followed by internal migration of men from the countryside to the … and manufacturing factories in South Africa,…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
… They are nicknamed: "The Greek Gods". Established in 1958 by Greek South Africans . Hellenic competed in the lower amateur leagues, of Cape Town . But by the…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… Brazzaville. The Republic of Congo is one of Africa’s oil rich states, however its economic potential is hampered by the current ongoing civil war. In 1876 a…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… and bassist Bryden Bolton remain, joined for this outing by guitarist Reza Khota, poets Vivek Narayanan, Malika … colonisation; on his stage, Caliban was a…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… km wide; its average elevation is about 1,700 meters. Its rich gold deposits, occurring in conglomerate beds known as … entire length of the ridge, and…
Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela
… An Honorary Doctorate was conferred on her in 2002 by the University of Fort Hare. …
BiographyLeslie Massina
… had calmy repudiated his own testimony when cross-examined by lawers for the strikers.In the mid-1940s,after taking a …