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BiographyNell Kaye
… 1912. Nell Kaye's reputation rests on her work within a single genre with specific challenges and limitations - the … sculptors, aside from Ivan Mitford…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… and soon became one of its vice-presidents. He was a treasurer of the Cape Native Voters' Convention, a founder and official of the Location Advisory Boards…
BiographyIsaac Zakes Nkosi
… Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township … early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
… where he matriculated in 1950. After working some time in a Durban textile plant, where he became a trade union spokesman, he entered the University of Natal…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
… Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Source A: Author Unknown, “The World’s Plunderers: It’s English, you … below. [1] 1. Define the concept…
PlaceZambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… or known as the Victoria Falls , was considered a sacred site on the Zambezi. The first known European to come across it was Vasco da Gama , in January 1498,…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… (Alec Erwin) was born on 17 January 1948 in Cape Town to Dennis and Rosamund Erwin. Alec, as he became known, … then went to study at the University of Natal…
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
… in the Cape in 1875. Mqhayi studied at Lovedale, worked as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo … African history was presented…
BiographyDavid Lurie
… Economics) and taught (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research and … in photography, Lurie began doing…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
… collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle in a…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… For each individual photographer, there was the struggle to overcome the blind spots resulting from an internalised … ways of articulating through the medium…
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… Congress and the majority of the people of South Africa to express our warmest appreciation to the Socialist … International and the people of our region -…
ArchiveReflections on life in a rearview mirror by Jo Ractliffe, 27 Jun 2011
… photographer Jo Ractliffe about his journey. I’d like to start with your 80th birthday—that Sunday morning when a group of us were summoned to your house at…
PlaceUbuhlebezwe Municipality (previously Sisonke District Municipality), Highflats
… Ubuhlebezwe Municipality is a local Municipality within the Harry Gwala District … Paton's novel:' Cry, The Beloved Country'. Highflats, is a small…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a South African Republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner … the National party, broken down into…
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… The IEC announced that a record 48 political parties have successfully registered to contest the 2019 general elections. Most have been formed … and BEE…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… 1980 25 January, Three MK cadres, on their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton … Mosololi and Thabo Motaung convicted of…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… among themselves and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France … strengthen its trade relations with…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa's richest businessmen, is born
… Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC), Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban Foundation and the SA Foundation. … grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He…
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
… court was based. It opened on 21 June 1990 but closed a few years later due to damage to the property. The museum was reopened by Police … two coins from…
BiographyEric Molobi
… during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of South Africa … recruited by the South African Council of…
BiographyKagiso Patrick Mautloa
… in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal. Mautloa's family moved to Soweto in 1954. He attended Mehlaleng Lower Primary … in 1978. In 1980 he began working for the…
BiographyJudus Mahlangu
… in Springs in 1969 where he first studied art. From 1972 to 1974 he studied at Rorke\'s Drift and in 1975 he opened a graphic studio in his house in Kwa…
BiographySylvester Stein
… serving in the Royal Navy. After World War II he became a reporter for the Rand Daily Mail . After serving as … of Drum magazine , where he spent three years…
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
… in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He attended school at Welsh High in East … worked. After school Ntsangani worked in P…
Sizakele Sigxashe
… ANC ranks of those who were already exile. Sigxashe went to Russia where he received military training and also pursued his studies for a PhD in Economics. …
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
… Southlands Secondary School in Chatsworth from 1972 to 1976. After completing a B.A. (Hon) degree in Drama from the then University of …
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
… Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of a Methodist minister, Reverend Modisagarekwe Michael and … Hospital (now Chis Hani Baragwanath)…
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… From one of South Africa’s oldest Churches to the delight of wine tasting and delightful Cape cuisine, … the Cape, Willem Adriaan van der Stel decided to…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… River, in Basutoland, and beyond the Vaal River, presents a complicated picture. Here the missionaries played an … Inter-tribal strife, fomented by the…