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EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days … he was released from prison. It was this passport (with his…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… to Carnarvon in 1855 without compensation for the loss of his wheat crop [i] . Her paternal grandmother (Ellen Joel … was a friend and Olive helped Eddie…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
… some fifteen years, Dawood Barmania returned to India with his family. The young Mahomed Barmania attended City College, … after graduating he returned to…
BiographyZolile Malindi
… village ,a 14 miles from Tsomo in the former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death of his father, Mbulawa Malindi, an elder in the Bantu …
BiographyCharles Nupen
… Science as a major in 1968/1969. Nupen states that his lecturer Rick Turner “Had a huge influence on my … the Statutory Wage Board. Around the same time…
BiographyDavid Stuurman
… meted out to Stuurman by Vermaak led him to abandon his role as a farm labourer. For instance, on one occasion, … and left in the sun for hours after a…
BiographyJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
… in 1916 at Maruping village in Ga-Segonyana, Northern Cape.His father was a migrant mineworker. He left a mission-run … the unity and collective strength of…
BiographyMagwaza Alfred Maphalala
… in Natal. He was an only son. Maphalala completed his schooling and matriculated in Bergville. He then moved to … Durban strikes. As a result he spent a…
ArchiveStatement by Moltino Mtantalala on his employment and subsequent resignation at Lyndhurst Farm
… by Moltino Mtantalala about circumstances surrounding his resignation and eviction from Lyndhurst Farm … Statement by Moltino Mtantalala on his employment…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… create a closer bond with her father, who was known for his aloofness despite wielding a great love for his children. Colombus, to all intents and purposes,…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
… After he studied medicine at the University of Cape Town, his first practice was at Ceres, also in the Cape Province. … 5:52 a.m. on Sunday 3 December 1967,…
BiographySipho Mutsi
… to Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein, where he died. His family called for an inquest, as they did not believe the … Spoor, announced a state autopsy showed…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… and multiple honorary doctorates bestowed on him, his role as Ntate-moholo (grandfather) to young artists was … South African artist Louis Khehla Maqhubela,…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
… driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first …
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
… private boy’s school. Hansie graduated as the head of his class after completing his matriculation in 1987. An excellent all-round … for his role in a match…
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… in 1942. At the age of 15 even before he finished his schooling, he decided to study medicine after his sister, Val, who was 21, died of diabetes. He asked…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… that she first met people such as Dr Kenneth Abrahams, his fiancée, Ottilia Shimming , Neville Alexander , Marcus … George offered September a position as a…
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
… a plan to kill President Kruger. When Joel rejected his proposal, he was shot and killed. Von Veltheim was later … Woolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to…
BiographyGünther Komnick
… events of World War II , digging anti-tank trenches in his youth, to spending the end of the war in a Russian labour camp, from the ages of 15 to 18,…
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… village near Zeerust North West Province, South Africa. His parents, now late, were Nkokwe Peter and Moleseng Anna Tiro. Tiro had two brothers and one…
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… this opposition to the government as dangerous and warned his people not to get involved. Read more about the Defiance … Chief Cyprian Zulu warns his people…
Esmé Berman
… art historian Giorgio Vasari’s (1511-1574) approach in his book, translated as Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, … Los Angeles but returned to…
Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty
… was elected as shop steward. He was dismissed because of his trade union work. He subsequently joined a cigarette … the Northdale Branch and which he…
On the morning of Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned down as he steps out of his car in the driveway of his Boksburg home.
… Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned down as he steps out of his car in the driveway of his Boksburg home. …
BiographyBoy Mvemve
… Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at … representative in Lusaka. On that fateful day, Mvemve…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek his fortune in South Africa in the 1920s. … the…
Sindiso Mfenyana speaks on his new book 'Walking with the Giants'
… Sindiso Mfenyana speaks on his new book 'Walking with the Giants' …
ArchiveBlessed Joseph Gerard - his relevance for the Church in South Africa
… Blessed Joseph Gerard - his relevance for the Church in South Africa …
Tribute To Comrade Moses Kotane On His Seventieth Birthday, June 1975
… Tribute To Comrade Moses Kotane On His Seventieth Birthday, June 1975 …
”His Spirit Lives On”: Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi, January 30, 1948
… ”His Spirit Lives On”: Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi, January 30, …