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BiographyWim Botha
… Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of … He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town on the eastern side of…
BiographyChief Dalindyebo
… into St. John's, where he remained until his recalled him to study the aspirations, habits and customs of his people. …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… singularly important decision calling on all Member States to break cultural, diplomatic, economic and military … was also predicated on the determination…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… Ndlambe, who had ignored the attempts of several governors to make the Fish River their temporary boundary line. He occupied a stretch of territory south of…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day celebrations, Bisho Stadium, Eastern Cape, 27 April 2007
… parts of the country on this historic day, 27 April 2007, to hold aloft the banner of freedom that we so fondly cherish … fought so hard to achieve it,…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… Giants Castle , through rolling Hills and grassland to the thorn veld around Middelrus in the North-West. It is a well-watered landscape, most of it ideally…
Lucas Mangope
… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in … 1992.|Author\'s research undertaken for the Institute for a Democratic Alternative…
BiographyPercy Fitzpatrick
… leaders of Johannesburg's Reform Committee which conspired to overthrow Paul Kruger's Transvaal republic government in … he got imprisoned and was released…
BiographyMrs N. S. Lachimi Pillay
… of Veerammal Naidoo, went with Veerammal and her mother to Natal during the third phase of the Satyagraha . She was … also part of the 1913 Indian miners’…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as 'Long Cecil' is test fired for the first time
… of the British garrison. He extended an invitation to Lt-Col Chamier, as the senior gunner, to fire the first … had turned down Rhodes' invitation on the…
BiographyClifford Bestall
… on major group exhibitions of the period and was invited to hold a solo exhibition at the DAG in 1974. He is a film maker who lives in Cape Town. He is…
BiographyLucky Sibiya
… by Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie. In 1974 he travelled to the USA, Paris and London. …
BiographyDr. Susan Vosloo
… heart transplant when she was 33 years old, and went on to work at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, focusing …
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Country (Wynberg Boys), … its beautiful grounds stretching…
BiographyThomas Trevor (Tommy) Motswai
… Although he was born deaf he ultimately became a prolific and successful artist portraying the world around … him on paper with pastels. In his own words, “I…
BiographyVincent Tshabalala
… also grew up. Tshabalala became politically influenced at a young age by the Bethal Trial in 1977 where a number of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… Rocks, Ballito and Shaka's Rock Village, which date back to roaming Bantu civilisation in the period from 400 A.D. The site of a later iron-age village of…
BiographyNorman Catherine
… found objects. The following year he began his career as a commercial artist in Johannesburg. Shortly after his first … Dam, designing murals and…
BiographyJohn A. Mavuso
… Born in 1926 Mavuso worked at different times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee…
BiographyMilner Langa Kabane
… studied at Healdtown. He was one of the first students to enroll at the University of Fort Hare, earning a bachelor's degree in 1925. He was a president of…
BiographyMkhuseli Joseph Kettledas
… He was arrested on 8 April 1963 for sabotage and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served his sentence on Robben …
BiographyJames D. Ngojo
… James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection … he attended the 1927 Non-European Conference…
BiographyBarney William Ngakane
… Township, Johannesburg , Barney William Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in the early 1960s. In December 1960…
BiographyNorma Kitson
… Norma Kitson (nee Cranko) was born to Jewish parents in 1933 in Berea, Durban . She was one of … and had an elder sister Joan and brother Ronnie and a…
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
… The name is of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. … lies the rural village of Hlobane – little more…
PlaceSlangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
… The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be completed. When World War … mast! The…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… for border security operations, before being handed over to Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). The Airport has undergone a number of upgrades in recent…
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
… the Country's busiest National road, sets its own pace as a prosperous sheep and cattle farming centre. The Town was … 24 February 1862 when the farm…
BiographyMagdalena Gertruide Sauer
… of W. Sauer, Cabinet Minister, was the first woman to practice as a qualified architect in South Africa. She mainly practiced … and preserving old buildings…
Chief Vuna Miya
… in the Bergville area, [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal]. As a result, four people were banished. One of them was Chief … Chief for seven years, and then banished…