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BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… along ethnicity. Politics gained the upper hand in Cooper's life as he soon found himself liasing with other students … ethnic perspectives. At the launch of…
BiographyKing Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
… Chiefs and then privately tutored. He lived at his father's official residence at Khethomthandayo and received formal … ceremony at Nongoma on 3 December…
BiographyDavid Hartman
… she was an active member of the Black Sash (a white woman’s organisation). Hartman attended St Andrews College in … the political environment continued to…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… mother Nosebenzile worked as a helper at a white family’s house in East London and had little to no financial means … and political activist Thozamile…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… of mixed descent arrived in the vicinity of Moshoeshoe's kingdom. As they were mounted on horseback and armed with … Senegal). During this war, the Boers…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
… (now Polokwane). He grew up shepherding his father’s and the farmer’s livestock, growing maize and processing fruit. Bopape's … primary education started at…
BiographyJane Gool
… At his insistence Jane and her sisters were removed from a mission school because he considered the education that they … Isaac Bangani Tabata, met with…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… Francina Pretorius, who was also from Ladybrand. Francina’s mother was an Afrikaner and the children were brought up … African because of their father…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… own gain. The second development was the establishment of mission stations with schools which provided education meant to serve … was active in areas such as…
BiographyPenny Heyns
… some signs of her slowing down from her previous form. On 20 September 2000 she announced her retirement from swimming …
BiographyJackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane
… Nkosiyane was fuelling Paramount Chief (PC) Dalindyebo’s ‘misconception of his position and powers.’ It was alleged … over the PC. Separated from his partner…
EventRuben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill
… for missions in Natal. Xulu eventually left Hlabisa mission station, where he had learned to carve and moved to several mission stations in Natal. He died on…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… government in North West, where Chakela, who was the group’s first artistic director, wrote, adapted and directed an … MAWAFO, he was invited to the board of…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… school, he worked as a waiter and manual labourer.Mabhida’s two early political motivators were his father, a dedicated member of Clements Kadalie's…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… such. But a guy would come and say: “Listen, I came on a mission. I want transport to take me to the border”. My … • E.S.Reddy. (2012). From an email to…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… Pradesh while continuing his involvement with the ANC Mission in India and the ANC representatives in India. He was … family. In 1986, Dr Ponnusamy graduated…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… Big Debate, “We must transition to renewable energy. It’s our members who are affected the most by pollution and … we issued a case of why our paycheques…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Cape. Thabo Mbeki was named after one of his father’s best friends, Thabo Mofutsanyana , a leading member of the … as Nelson Mandelaother political activists…
BiographyDeborah Jean Budlender
… banning order in late November 1976 alongside more than 20 other people working in the nascent black trade union … Unit at UCT, the national office of the…
PlaceBethal
… large amount of mining activity in and around Bethal, with 20 coal mines and 3 gold mines in the region! The town … state and has been declared a national…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… Prison, the same prison in which Thayanayagie’s mother and Seshammal had been detained in 1913. When the … Her brother-in-law, Sooboo,and mother-in…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
… braille volumes, canvas bags for mailing, and the names of 20 people interested in borrowing books to read. All … substantial contributions for books for the…
Nicholaas Frederic de Waal
… He took over a newspaper owned by Heathcote on December 20 1881, renaming it De Middelburg Getuige, and increased … and treasurer in March 1882. He supported…
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… family immigrated to South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and he grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State … began his career the following year in…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
… League. He was elected as secretary for the Evaton People’s Transport Council, and together with Joe Molefi, the … against Make in the Treason Trial, and…
BiographyBabette Brown
… she moved to Johannesburg where she would marry Babette’s father who worked in the coal delivery business. Brown … on 11 August 1963, much to the apartheid…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the headmaster of a high school in … for a small profit. Later he also sold…
ArchiveColoured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961
… The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good …
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… on whether the mother of a villager could be buried in the mission graveyard. The Dominee refused to allow the burial … of Blacks’ defiance to the apartheid…
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… packed with government supporters. The College of Medicine’s Council was split down the middle. In 1968, a patient was admitted to Cape Town's Groote Schuur…