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EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… pursued his academic studies and first obtained a B.A. (History and Criminology). He went on to attain a B. … University of South Africa (UNISA) in African…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… of Indians in Natal awakened Bassa's interest in the history of Indian immigrants in South Africa and their …
BiographySir Ernest Oppenheimer
… as Northern Rhodesia, or Zambia today. To access a social history of diamond and gold mining in South Africa, taking a …
BiographySamora Machel
… the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our …
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… but to enroll for a degree in Swaziland, majoring in history and politics. Her studies were briefly interrupted …
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… educationist, politician, lawyer and author of the history of the squalid living conditions and struggles of the …
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… He was the author of considerable books in Hindi, namely History of passive resistance in South Africa, My experiences …
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… Vlieg Photographic Collection is held by the South African History Archive. De Vlieg now lives on the kwaZuluNatal North …
BiographyLesley Lawson
… she produced a series of slide and tape shows on the history of political resistance for HAP (the Human Awareness …
ArchiveThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
… Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
The Springbok rugby team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important victory over the…
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
… Seara-Robitaille and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship … • Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… [online] Available at www.actsa.org ,[Last accessed: 01 March 2011] …
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… He became one of the youngest judges in South Africa's history when, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Cape … It grieved Steyn to see that a decade…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the University of the Witwatersrand, and … Cultural Festival" - London, United…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…
BiographyFanele Mbali
… He graduated from Fort Hare with majors in English and History and in 1961, he obtained a teacher’s diploma … Sisulu University) where he taught Economics,…
BiographyDali Tambo
… in search for knowledge about South African leaders and history. Tambo is also the founder and executive officer of … Accessed: 3 Feb 2017, http://mg.co.za…
BiographyJan van Eck
… obtaining a BA degree majoring in geography and history in 1964, a secondary teachers' diploma in 1965 and a …
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… This led him to explore related issues such as the social history of tuberculosis and the social causes of …
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… He claimed that black Americans were unconscious of their history and needed to learn to appreciate their roots of …
BiographyCedric Nunn
… 1988. Children. Johannesburg. South Africa. Group. 1987. History Workshop. Wits University. Johannesburg. South …
Janet Burnside Soga
… to be ordained to the Christian ministry. Scottish social history shows that, just prior to this period, many weavers …
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… Party on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, to write a history of the Party. The outcome, his book, Fifty Fighting …
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… first black male to hold the position in South Africa’s history. A year later, Maimane was elected leader of the DA …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Thambi Naidoo as one of the most important figures in the history of the Satyagraha Campaign in South Africa. In 1912, … Naidoo must ever remain as one of…
BiographyRobert Broom
… Africa" in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1910) "Structure of Skull in Cynodont Reptiles" in … Sites: The Cradle of Humankind from …
BiographyElliot Shabangu
… members of the youth movement in the Transvaal on the history of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the … People and Freedom Charter: Transvaal”…