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BiographyConnie September
… was born 26 June 1959 in the Western Cape and grew up on the West Coast where her mother would send her for …
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…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a … receiving his junior certificate…
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 ……
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…
BiographyGordon Mbatha
… form to decorate with figures and animals. His work shown on the 1970 exhibition entitled ELC Art and Craft Centre, …
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
… and ironical. For example, his Sammy Davis Junior placed on a radio achieved critical acclaim after the Tributaries …
BiographyLucky Philip Dube
… Lucky Dube was born on a small farm near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now …
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
… place. In 1956, 156 Congress leaders were arrested and put on trial for high treason. The accused faced charges which … • Information from an exhibition on…
BiographyDr. Pholile Mpofu
… working at the Chris-Hani Baragwanath Hospital, and went on to become the first black woman to qualify as a …
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… secretary of the Transvaal ANC in 1955, he also served on the national executive committee in the mid-1950s and was … of 1952. Elected secretary of the…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… queens are crowned, these words sounded almost as a credo. On Sunday 20 December 1987, opening the exhibition The Hidden … cultural workers striving for a…
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…
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 …
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
… far I was born in 1925 and grew up near Hermitage Street, on the hill in Paarl. We were four brothers and four sisters. … and bioscope. I was very interested…