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BiographyBabalo Mtshazi
… in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2006. On 16 August 2012 Babalo was killed at scene 1. He was in the …
BiographyLionel Forman
… and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed the …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… the daunting task of eradicating poverty and improving the lives of our peoples. The ties of brotherhood we forged … country will succeed in breaking out of…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… or the threat of such. Areas of African (Xhosa) occupation on the eastern frontier however, although annexed by the … more enterprising and resourced…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Therefore, what happens in the 'North' has a huge impact on what happens here. For this section, it is important to … (UDHR) was adopted by the United…
Timol: Salim Essop testifies of beatings, torture following arrest, News24, in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during the first sitting of the inquest into his … us to Newlands police station. We were…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Pretoria, 4 December 1997
… endeavours. The choice is not between freedom and justice, on the one hand, and their opposite, on the other. Peace and prosperity;tranquility and security ……
BiographyNeville Allan Lewis
… girl I decided would be a lovely subject. She had on a short skirt, her dark brown skin was shining in the sun. … Augustus John’s inability to capture the…
BiographyDavidson Don Tengo Jabavu
… before numerous government commissions,and wrote pamphlets on a wide variety of subjects,including education,religion … in 1936.Rhodes University conferred…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In … Bank National Arts Festival. He died suddenly in late on 27…
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
… ‘Zim’was born in New Brighton a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children, … to Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital…
BiographyAnna Zieminski
… the international press. At the same time she also worked on personal documentary projects including the 'Women's … Migrants' from neighbouring countries. In…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
… Head of the ANC Department of International Affairs. On 24 December 1989, sent by the ANC, Mabizela and Chris Hani … the meetings, Mabizela revealed the ANC…
BiographyMadimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
… Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka was born on 10 June 1938 in Raphahla Village in Sekhukhuneland, in the … African National Congress (ANC) Executive Committee…
BiographyAndries Johannes Botha
… studied at the UN(P) obtaining a BA (FA). He has served on a number of important committees and in 1983 was …
BiographyBhekisani Manyoni
… Bhekisani Manyoni was born on 6 September 1945 in Greytown, Natal. After Manyoni …
BiographyErnest “Ernie” Theodore Els
… is affectionately known in the sporting circles was born on 17 October 1969, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the …
BiographyPetrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers
… Fanie de Villiers was born on the 13th October 1964 in Vereeniging. In 1985 he started …
BiographyCebisile Yawa
… in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Cebisile was killed at scene 1 after being …
BiographyTiyo Soga
… He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, he became the first black …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… 30 April, Pupils at Orlando West Junior School go on strike against the use of Afrikaans in education. 12 May, A female teacher is attacked by two robbers on…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… entire history of social frustration by a violent attack on Indians, the question of Indo-African relations has … and provided the most popular vote-catching…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… President Samora Moises Machel , was killed in plane crash on 19 October 1986. The death of the President sent … of the apartheid government. Of thirty-four…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… Master’s degree Hellman decided to do research into the lives of urban African slum dwellers and it was this exposure … [online]. Available at https://jwa…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… prisoners. She was also involved in campaigns to save the lives of African National Congress(ANC) members sentenced to …
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… to accept a system for which they had laid down their lives to reject in 1976. The minister rejected the allegation …
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… After the South African general election in 1948, the National Party , an Afrikaner political party that … and interior operations in South Africa were…
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
… oldest Town in the North-Eastern Cape, it was founded on the Farm Klipfontein in 1846. The inhabitants became the … The first lecturer of the initial five…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… designed in a neo-Gothic style, was laid by Lord Milner on 15 March 1905. It was officially opened on 8 October 1905 by Lord Selborne, High Commissioner for …
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… severe. [iii] The impact that these forced removals had on identity was profound and manifested itself in a myriad of … Act became at once defining and…