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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…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
… generating capacity will prove the most detrimental to the country’s long-term prospects. At the centre of those … crippling international sanctions of the…
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…
BiographyChristina Jasson
… Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union … secretary of the Eastern Cape Action Committee from 1954 to 1955…
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
… goeie naand, ndimadekwana, !gai//goes. I would like to thank the Presiding Officers for the opportunity to … the nation this evening. The year 2015 marks 60…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… goeie naand, ndimadekwana, !gai//goes. I would like to thank the Presiding Officers for the opportunity to … the nation this evening. The year 2015 marks 60…
EventAIDS activist stoned and stabbed to death by her neighbours
… On 16 December 1998, Gugu Dlamini, a young woman from KwaMashu, Durban , KwaZulu-Natal , who was dedicated to raising awareness around HIV/AIDS and fighting…
BiographyArchibald Mncedisi Sebeko
… Sibeko attended Lovedale in the 1940s. After obtaining a diploma in Agriculture, he moved to Cape Town where he began working in a laundry. It was here that …
Lionel Morrison
… Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape … he joined the Pan Africanist Congress in exile and spent a…
BiographyPious Goodman Mei
… of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the Natal executive committees of the ANC in 1955 and of …
BiographyStella Madge Damos
… Born in 1930, Damos was a trade unionist. During the government's race classification of Coloured people, she organised a protest meeting and was charged…
Sabata Manaka
… in 1978. His brother, Ezekiel Mosioa Manaka tracked him to the Dukwe camp, in Botswana, in 1982, where he was … Sabata Manaka died of natural causes in…
BiographyLucky Shabalala
… Arts Workshop in the 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of commissions from offices in the centre of Durban to carve heads. He carved sculptures for…
BiographyLungile Kepe
… Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign…
BiographyRuth Elizabeth Arndt
… for Early Childhood Educare). It is partly thanks to her that there are so many pre-schools across South Africa …
BiographyJohn Moshoeu
… Blackpool reach the JPS Cup Final where his team lost to Dynamos. He then moved from Blackpool and joined Kaizer … [Accessed 24 April 2015]| Mark Gleeson,…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Artefacts in a site known as 'Gemsbok' in the north of the Orange River near present day Oranjemund is dated to…
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
… opened on 9 February by Matshidiso Mfikoe, at the time a mayoral committee member for environment and corporate … for second or third burials. Just beyond…
PlaceLangkloof Valley, Eastern Cape
… the Cape Fold Belt, the Langkloof Valley and Mountains are a short range of Mountains that serve as a link between the Tsitsikamma and Outeniqua Mountains…
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
… the 'Mother City' , Golden Acre Shopping Centre has been a key part of everyday life in Cape Town since 1979. This … link between the CBD and is an…
BiographyMathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu
… school years, which he spent at Isaacson Primary. He had a peculiar way of running that made it look like he was about to fall over at any moment. His…
BiographyEugene Marais
… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an … became controversial in Transvaal…
BiographyNhlanhla Benjamin Nsusha
… He is a sculptor and painter who studied at Edendale Technical … and at the Slade School of Art, London, from 1983 to 1985. In 1988 he obtained a BA (Hons)…
PlaceFish River Canyon
… Ais-Ais Richtersveld Transfontier Park . Entrance to the Park is situated 10 kilometres from the well-known … within 4 to 5 days, depending on fitness. It…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… Middelburg is a modern Town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the … known as the Stainless Steel Capital of Africa. It is home to a large stainless steel…
BiographyAndrew Meintjes
… on 31 January 1955. In the 1970s, while he was working as a post office technician, he met photographer David Goldblatt … in, who took him under his wing and…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
… stay in Sophiatown lasted until 1958. He returned to Tshakuma where he started producing wooden sculptures and … tourist trade objects. He quickly…
BiographyHendrik Andries Hanekom
… training in his youth. Hanekom was first employed as a municipal official in the town of his birth and was later promoted to assistant town clerk. He was…
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
… Lawrence Nkosi was born in 1910. He was a factory worker and active trade unionist by the 1950s. In … that they had participated actively in the campaign to…