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BiographyKerr Alexander
… post after graduating was at Mount Florida Public School on the outskirts of Glasgow. After two years there, he was … new bride, Mary Robertson McBride, left…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the … Natal. They had three children,…
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… van Riebeeck , was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands on 21 April 1619. An administrator for the Dutch East India … (DEIC) , van Riebeeck landed at the…
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… The United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Apartheid published its first Interim Report, satisfied … Party (NP) after it won the heavily contested…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May … to Italy. He took part in the South…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Congress’, which called for the ANC to rekindle the spirit of African political initiative in South Africa. … June 1945 to present the petitions, Deputy…
BiographyMyron Peter
… boycotts in the 1970s, and upon learning that his name was on a list of 41 students to be expelled, Peter left … in Fatima Meer's , Factory and Family: The…
BiographyLutchmee Marie
… a big meeting or a conference, the local activists called on her to cook for the occasion. The security branch … protests and demonstrations organised by the…
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
… government’s security forces, experiences that she drew on for a series of woodcuts and monoprints. Several of these … vehicles of the security forces, in…
BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
… he became the first principal of the recently founded (1948) Boitshoko Methodist Institution near Ventersdorp in the Western Transvaal. He went on to shape…
Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
… from Nelson Mandela has run in 82 countries. It debuted on April 30, 2006 in the program 60 MINUTES on CBS and is believed to be Nelson Mandela's first ever…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in … He matriculated at 15 years of age in 1926, and went on to read law at the…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He was the eldest of seven … just a few years…
SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I.
… SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation with …
General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys
… South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys …
Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat (84), first principal of the Deaf and Blind Institute in Worcester, dies.
… Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat (84), first principal of the Deaf and …
Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat, first head of the deaf-and-dumb institute in Worcester, is born.
… Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat, first head of the deaf-and-dumb …
Police baton-charge and teargas protesters at Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg. The protesters had gathered to express their d
… Police baton-charge and teargas protesters at Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg. The protesters had …
Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.
… Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two …
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… communicate and work together with the people in the spirit of Imbizo. Your democratic government will continue to … of the enormous legacy of neglect…
ArchiveMemorandum on political prisoners
… Memorandum on political prisoners submitted by Alfred Ngokong on behalf of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the United Nations Commission on…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
… Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, … tore the community apart. Her…
BiographyDorothy Shanley
… the arrest and trial of Dorothy and her husband Errol. She lives in London. …
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
… the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party on elections, on Angola, and on negotiations. Supports a single ANC electoral list and … CC…
ArchiveChildren on the frontline
… Red title on grey background. Black and white photo of children playing … children alliance. Exhibition at St. George's Cathedral on 17th December 1987. ……
ArchiveSeminar on creative writing
… Black and white poster. Notice of a Seminar on creative writing at the National Museum, Gaborone, on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November. Artwork of a…
BiographyRev. James Arthur Calata
… the ANC's election boycott decision of 1946 and of 1948. He appeared to be adopting a cautious wait-and-see … had already begun to make him a target for…
’The spirit of Bandung’, Statement by Oliver Tambo to the International Conference in support of the liberation movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
… ’The spirit of Bandung’, Statement by Oliver Tambo to the …
ArchiveA comment on the F W de Klerk address to Parliament on 2 February 1990
… Penuell Maduna's comments on F W de Klerk's address to Parliament when he announced the … A comment on the F W de Klerk address to Parliament on 2 February…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
… (ANC) after 1923). Thema acted as Msimang's secretary on the committee. This allowed Thema's opportunity to … enrolled for a course at a London school of…