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PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… are about 4,000, almost exclusively English!" There are places of worship belonging to the: Roman Catholics , … are about 4,000, almost exclusively English…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… from England, Durban, Port Elizabeth, India, and other places, and have thus branches in other parts of the world … The rest are small vendors having stores…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… humanitarian action. Napoleon had an astonishing memory of places, the numbers of his regiments, the baggage battalions. …
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was born on 21 July 1921 in Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). His father’s first wife with whom he had three children died of…
BiographyRandolph Hartzenberg
Randolph Hartzenberg is a Cape Town-based artist who works with painting, printmaking, installation, video and performance. Through his paintings,…
Liberation
… wind, because we have been forced into smaller and smaller places. These are the biggest difficulties facing our country …
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… came at their own expense from India, Mauritius, and other places. However, emigration was stopped in 1914. Between …
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… successful mobile fly fishing camps that they set up in places like Kosi bay and the Mthentu river mouth on the Wild …
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… with which Goldblatt portrays his subjects certainly places his work a few notches above that of Roger Ballen. …
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… shebeen tours. Some of these tours will include visits to places of historical and political importance, as well as the …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… campaign. He addressed numerous meetings. Among other places, Sisulu visited Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Cape Town and …
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… 1901 by The Rt Hon. Lord Milner. Its academic performance places it among the best secondary schools in rankings …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… an expectation that we were not going to stay in these places for very long. Noboby even brought suitcases; it would …
PlaceNapier
… Dutch Reformed Church and a street lined with stores and places of business. Considerable quantities of strawberries …
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… information regarding the life and times of the people and places in and around Pinetown to academic and interested …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… guerrilla warfare. The surrounding areas of Pretoria were places of strategic importance due to seven passes or neks …
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
BiographyDennis Brutus
Dennis Brutus was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of…
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked as a truck driver, a union organiser for sugar…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… law no doubt, especially since the abolition of slavery, places all the Queen's subjects in all possessions of the … to the adoption of a principle which is…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… Klerksdorp, Krugersdorp, Pretoria and all other important places. The fear was widely shared that the law might have … Representatives attended the meeting…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… came at their own expense from India, Mauritius, and other places. However, emigration was stopped in 1914. Between …
BiographySparrow Mkonto
Sparrow Mkonto was born on 24 December 1951 in Cradock. He left school after Standard 8 (Grade 10) and worked for the Railways, where he joined the railway…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
BiographyThamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
"For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the country for me people. This is…
BiographyBob Hepple
Professor Sir Bob Hepple was born on 11 August 1934 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist and Labour Party…