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BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… of Stellenbosch for their work. Their dedication to philanthropy left its mark. Turning 80, Steyn recollected … as an advocate at the Cape Bar in 1950, after…
BiographyJackson Mthembu
… where he went with his grandmother Sarah Mthembu to work in the mealie fields, at age seven. His grandmother … during school he was "chucked out for not…
BiographyShirley Gunn
… in social work in 1977 and after completion proceeded to study for her Honors degree. While studying for her Honors … (ANC) in 1980 and became an active…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
… Church.He attended the University of the Witwatersrand to study architecture and then dropped out to take up a position as paymaster at Simmer and Jack, one…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… mock stick fighting of an initiation group. We'd got used to not hearing all sorts of things through the tension. This … and singing for a change. Things are…
Archive1995 - President Mandela: State of the Nation Address, 24 February 1995 (after National Elections)
… of the Assembly and Senators; Ladies and Gentlemen. It was to be expected that in a society as politically vigorous as … Ramabulana, Sekhukhuni and…
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… people of the village of Kranspoort that also contributed to her political awakening. The dispute centred on whether … be buried in the mission graveyard. …
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… are few countries which dedicate a national public holiday to reconciliation. But then there are few nations with our … still, which have undergone such a…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
… in 1944 when the business college she attended sent her to work as a bookkeeper at the South African Typographical … a year she quit her job as typographical…
BiographyPiet Retief
… bought a farm near the Koega River and eventually moved to Grahamstown, Eastern Cape where he made his fortune. He … lost his money in a bad business…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… a shipbuilder’s office. He became a reporter before moving to the Cape Colony in 1858 because of health reasons. He … was situated at the frontier, in…
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and his wife Dhanalutchmee Pillay. The … in South Africa when Monty's grandfather…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… Cornells Struik and AA Balkema. But the one who was to transform that industry single-handedly was Balkema. August Aime Balkema (Guus to his friends) was…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… Thambi Naidoo , was four years old when her family moved to the Tolstoy Farm. Gandhi, with the help of Hermann … could stay. Eventually, Thambi Naidoo took…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… Congress (ANC). In March 1913, Ndabezitha was a delegate to the SANNC Annual Conference, which campaigned against the … of 1913 . At this conference, a…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… grandfather, Myamana Buthelezi, was the Prime Minister to King Cetshwayo . From 1934 to 1943, he attended Impumalanga Primary School in Nongoma, Kwazulu. He…
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
… on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he … his M.A. in 1948 and a D.Phil in…
BiographyGoolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad
… Pahad left India for South Africa in 1919, but returned to India with his father in 1922 to continue with his educational studies. When Dadoo came to India…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… his mother died. Since his father Amarien, was not able to care for him, the latter’s childless sister, Maryam, … influence felt during his teens. She…
BiographyPatrick Holo
… the Community Arts Project in Woodstock, and continued to communicate the distress felt by his people, who were … The Centre had provided artists with…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… staring at a Hitler Youth magazine. He balked and wrote to the Prime Minister, Jan Smuts , refusing to learn German and demanding to be taught Hebrew…
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… (PAC) in 1957 and went into exile in 1963, returning to South Africa after the unbanning of the organisation in … many years there was a concerted…
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
… four children at the time. In 1961, Joe Matlou was sent to establish an ANC office in Botswana as a transit point for … liberation fighters. When the ANC…
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
… old. He opened a law practice in Cape Town, but decided to move to Pretoria , where he became a respected barrister. Roos' … of the party in the Transvaal…
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
… When government police ordered Mgijima's followers to remove their settlement from crown lands, they resisted … 200 people. Mgijima was subsequently…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… Congress in Northern Rhodesia. Both have been unable to attend our convention, for both are now, in the language … assunder, with dramatic suddenness, the…
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth and excelled at sport. Later in … jumped years and he matriculated at 15…
BiographyMoses Kottler
… Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. As a child, his parents moved to…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… Congress in Northern Rhodesia. Both have been unable to attend our convention, for both are now, in the language … assunder, with dramatic suddenness, the…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
… born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1904. She was a member of … the 1930s, and together with Senator…