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Full speech - Mamphela Ramphele: Rekindling the South African dream
… African citizens, I am here today to invite you to join me on a journey to build the country of our dreams. I ask those … dreams and to commit to building it…
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…
BiographyBonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi
… printmaker, producing linocuts and woodcuts. He exhibited on group shows in Durban. In 2001 he held a one person …
BiographyBobby Hendricks
… Hendricks was born in Caledon on 7 February 1936. He started his music career as a member …
BiographyStephen Tefu
… he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in 1961 on a charge under the Suppression of Communism Act. …
BiographyTrineke Weijdema
… Afrika (KZA) was established in 1976, and decided to focus on the South African, Zimbabwean and Namibian freedom …
BiographyHoward S. Ngcobo
… but a speech impediment limited his effectiveness on the platform. Early in 1960 he toured the western Cape …
BiographyJulius Tokoti Mangcotywa
… the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2008. On 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being shot …
BiographyJaneveke Raphael Liau
… Maseru in Lesotho. He started working for Lonmin in 2003. On 16 August 2012 Janeveke was killed at scene 2 after being …
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
… in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after being …
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2009. On 16 August 2012 Thobisile was killed at scene 1 after being …
BiographyProfessor Raymond Suttner
… written articles for South Africa and overseas journals on: jurisprudence, African Customary Law, sociology, gender …
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…
ArticleAbout South African History Online (SAHO)
… is the largest and most comprehensive online resource on South African and African history and culture. With 3 … SAHO's Mission SAHO seeks to break the…
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
… administration, were new to government and largely reliant on those structures inherited from the predecessor state;by … we have not awaited the outcome of…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Banquet help in honour of President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi Cape Town, 2 June 1998
… our region is liberated, we can focus all our resources on improving the lives of our peoples. The challenge is to use our freedom to … If South Africa's own…
PlacePiketberg
… to the West, Redelinghuys to the North and Piketberg on its Eastern slopes - "contributing to a peaceful … tree (let’s hope there is only one up there) from…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… a majority and became prime minister with the support of Jan Christian Smuts . Their government promoted unity between … fascinating history of Kruger…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… the government responded by stepping up its attacks on neighboring states targeting mainly ANC safe houses, … Women’s League dies. 20 March, Zinzi Mandela…
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
… subcultures, so much so that his influences have lived on in the genre of mbaqanga and the jazz scene locally and … achievements and his influences will…
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… Pamele dos Santos (nee Beira) was born in Johannesburg on 19 June 1942 to Banny and Golda Beira. She attended … rallies, poster hangings, graffiti writing…
BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
… he underwent a six months military course and then went on to do a commander’s course. The group returned to Tanzania … integrated into the South African…
BiographyDaniel Sefudi Rakgoathe
… Daniel Sefudi (Dan) Rakgoathe was born on 25 February 1937 in Randfontein, Transvaal. From Standard … Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles,…
BiographyDr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe
… in the early organisation of the ANC Youth League, serving on its executive and helping to create pressures within the … to offer support to the dependents…
BiographyBhekisisa Harold Nxasana
… Harold Bhekisisa Nxasana was born on 26 September 1936 at Ixopo in southern Natal. His father, … evidence against the trialists, he appeared once again on…
BiographyMolefe Pheto
… black arts that were organised for this institute. He was on the forefront of the cause for black people to determine … in the towel” in Setswana. This farm…
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
… military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) which was launched on 16 December 1961.After the ANC formally adopted a strategy … remained a respected community…
BiographyMavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
… banning and imprisonment of many of the students on the Student Representative Council. Manzini became … about the then-banned ANC. Manzini was detained on 3…
BiographyCecil Williams
… together the Legion and the Congress of Democrats (COD). On 28 August 1953 just before the conference where these two … Williams was, very little emphasis is…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… The Nile river and its influence on settlement The tomb of Tutankhamen Way of life in ancient … he would enter the land of the sun god, while part of his…