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BiographyS. S. Tema
… S. S. Tema was a Dutch Reformed minister who was a founder and later president of the quasipolitical … National-minded Bloc, led by Selope Thema . As a…
BiographyCharles Makhohliso
… Charles Makhohliso was born in 1918. As a trade unionist he was responsible for organising better … of the African National Congress (ANC) , Makhohliso had…
New tactics in the revolt
… of the labour force away from work, the SSRC was forced on to the defensive. There were large-scale arrests, and the … that opposed their apartheid plans…
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… these ' Mass Democratic Movement Organizations ' marched to Bisho, the then Capital of the ‘Independent’ or Bantustan … Cape Government Offices (including…
PlaceKokstad
… charitable foundation, Oprah’s Angel Network , designed a school for Kokstad's Shayamoya Township. Kokstad lies surrounded by mountains in a predominantly…
PlaceMacfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
… the power of the Xhosa chiefs and the Xhosa nation as a cohesive force. There was little resistance to setting up these villages under the regional authority…
PlacePort Nolloth, Namaqualand Northern Cape
… What today is essentially a fishing village, Port Nolloth lies on the bay known by the … before he and his ship were blown off course and out to sea for…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba's mutilated body is found
… According to Coleman (ed.) in A Crime Against Humanity, the mutilated … responsible for the abduction and killing. On 27 August, a petrol bomb was thrown at…
Alfred Nzo Lecture in memory of Comrade Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo delivered on 28 June 2014 by Dr Zwelini Mkhize Treasurer General of the ANC in Mount Ayliff ; Alfred Nzo District in Eastern Cape Province
… the fact that the people of the Eastern Cape decided to honour this hero of our struggle by naming this municipality in his memory. It is indeed a singular…
Restrictions on the media
… A reflection on journalism There is nothing, amid South … radio and television. Particularly as it was possible to establish that the ageing prisoner had not…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
… the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no … university courses through private…
BiographyDaniel William Alexander
… was born on 23 December 1883 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an … in America. he later resigned as…
BiographyEllen Lambert
… the United Democratic front (UDF) , in which she also led a number of campaigns against the tri-cameral system of … Park, Actoville, and Eldorado Park …
BiographyThe Taung Child
… In November 1924, a fossilized child's skull was found in a quarry at Taung in the present-day Northwest Province. … Man in 1912 supported this view – until…
BiographyFlorence Matomela
… Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising five children. In 1950, angered by … new influx control regulations in…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
… activist and first African National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by the apartheid state. Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born into a politically active…
BiographyAndrew Tshabangu
… (now Gauteng), South Africain 1966. Andrew has studied at a number of institutions, amongst them at the Institute of … residency at the Gasworks Art Studio,…
BiographyMark Shope
… the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no … university courses through private…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… Mofokeng’s initial experiences with photography were as a teen when one of his sisters gave him his first … he began his career as a street photographer and…
POLICY AND POLITICAL PROCESSES TOWARDS 51ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Parktown, 13 August 2002
… movements in the country, and on the African continent. A key feature of the ANC over the 90 years has been the … positions. This derives from an unswerving…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… 1652 Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape with 90 soldiers to establish a refreshment station for the Dutch East India Company. … institutions and places from…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
… Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km … an impressive list of former students who have gone on to become icons in the…
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
… Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got … variously classified as boeremusiek or jazz, and he made a name for himself…
BiographyChristopher Nceba Faku
… in Alice. He completed his matric in 1978 while serving a thirteen years’ prison term on Robben Island . Following … II of Britain whilst she was on her…
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Webster
… March 1942 and educated at Selborne College. He obtained a BA Honours degree and University Education Diploma from … Philosophy and Economics from Oxford…
PlaceOld Durban Brook Street Cemetery
… Street Cemetery, lying in its far Western corner, closest to Berea Station. What makes it so interesting, besides its … of the oldest Cemeteries in the City,…
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
… unemployment, taxi disputes and poverty still remain to be, major challenges. But they’re tackling them with the … but the IFP’s ardent nationalism soon…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… Founded as a Missionary Station in 1826, King William’s Town later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria and as a centre ……
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… the end of the 1970s. They had both dedicated their lives to the struggle for freedom, "sparing nothing of their strength or courage . . ." Mary Moodley, a…
BiographyHerschelle Herman Gibbs
… position in the national team. He established himself as a hard hitting and quick scoring righthand batsman. Gibbs' timing is exceptional and he is a highly…