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BiographyMolly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked as a truck driver, a union organiser for sugar…
BiographyMagnus Malan
Magnus Malan was born in Pretoria on 30 January 1930. His father, Avril Ire de Merindol, was a professor of biochemistry at the university of Pretoria, and…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
IntroductionNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the …
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1904. She was a member of…
BiographyJohn Thomas Baines
SA Painter John Thomas Baines was born on 27 November 1820 in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (often reffered to as Thomas Baines). His father was a master…
BiographyLouis Luyt
Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the 1940s Luyt was employed as a railway clerk. During his rugby…
BiographyLeo Rbc Francois
Leo Francois Rbc was born in Chemnitz, Germany, 1870. Francois, a long serving President of the NSA, was a protagonist with SASA in his quest to unite the…
BiographyIsmail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert
Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents…
BiographyLord Kitchener
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you", as secretary…
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
Paul Mashatile was born on 21 October 1961 in Geraldsville, Pretoria (Tshwane). Mashatile was an active participant in the liberation struggle from his student…
BiographyHelen Kies
Helen Kies (née Abrahams) was born around 1926 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape. Despite a very poor childhood, her father ensured that she received an…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… air when he started firing." "As I dived under the pew for cover I heard two grenades explode. I looked up and saw pews …
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka was born on 16 March…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical 'TIME' appeared on news stands
… charcoal sketch of Congressman Joseph Gurney Cannon on the cover. It was the United States' first, modern news magazine. …
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
… seed-eating birds and plenty of insects. Kudu prefer the cover of wooded bushveld and bushbuck and bushpig move …
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… convinced the owner of a travel agency to temporarily cover the expenses of a family holiday to Mauritius and when …
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… Inc. Barron, C. (1999). 'The Judge was a pawn in PW's cover-up bid", Sunday Times, Insight, 25 April. Available at: …
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… adapted for the big screen. In 1929 he was featured on the cover of Time magazine. He participated in the production of …
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
BiographyHilary Mutch
Hilary Mutch (née Hilary Claire) was born on 4 November 1941 in Erith, south-east London into a Jewish family. Her father, a South African worked as a doctor…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… “regularly leaving in the evenings in disguise under cover of dark to meet the ANC leaders and members in … poor and it was only a matter of time before…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… repression. As will be seen from Table 1, these groups cover almost every aspect and sphere of our society, with … full-scale invasion and occupation;…
BiographyLindiwe Mazibuko
Lindiwe Mazibuko was born on 9 April 1980 in Swaziland. At the age of six she moved to KwaZulu-Natal with her parents. Her father was a banker and her mother a…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical doctor. He attended the…
BiographyBarend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus
Barend Jacobus Erasmus was born to Barend Jacobus Gerrit Wessel Erasmus and Susara Catharina Elizabeth Horak on 29 December 1918 in Johannesburg. His father…
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg. She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
In 1982, Raditsela became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation…