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BiographyMotsamai Keyecwe Mpho
Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho was born to a peasant family in Maun Bechuanaland (now Botswana) on 3 February 1921. His family came from a non-Setswana-speaking ethnic…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in Clairwood, Durban and then went to study for a B.Sc. degree…
BiographyBen Skosana
Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from the Wilberforce Training College, and later pursued further studies at St…
BiographyBen M. Skosana
Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from the Wilberforce Training College, and later pursued further studies at St…
The Great Trek by B.P.J. Erasmus - Panorama feature about the Great Trek form 1985 (PDF)
ArchiveGrassroots 83 : No to PC - forward to a unit
Calendar for 1983. Black and white photographs of President Botha and other leaders and of South African scenes. Red and white images of people protesting in…
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika…
BiographyVincent Oliphant
Vincent Oliphant was born on 8 April 1954 in Alicedale, a small Eastern Cape town close to Port Elizabeth. He completed his primary education at the Alicedale…
BiographyJackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane
Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …
President Mbeki’s Comments on Zimbabwe delivered during SA-DRC BNC, Presidential Guesthouse, Pretoria, Thursday 3 April 2008
Captain Valentine Strasser announces the overthrow of Momoh’s APC government. Most Sierra Leoneans welcome the coup.
Captain Valentine Strasser announces the overthrow of Momoh’s APC government. Most Sierra Leoneans welcome the coup.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic, which has been discovered in homosexual men, i
BiographyMartin Plaut
Martin Plaut was born in Cape Town, South Africa in May 1950. His parents were Erwin Plaut and Faith Plaut. His father was a furniture designer who had a shop…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… the circumstances while giving evidence at the SASO/BPC trial in 1975: ‘It so happened that when we got to Rhodes … result in the launch of the Black People…
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
Barend Jacobus du Plessis was born on 19 January 1940 in Johannesburg to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He was the eldest of three children and grew up in…
BiographySylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa
Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career in the 1970s when she joined Victor Ntoni’s…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… emerged from the ashes of the Black People's Convention (BPC), the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and … created by the government. AZAPO adopted…
BiographyPhikinkani Zulu
There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role…
Siva Pillay
Siva Pillay was a B.Sc. student at university in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), when he joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s…
W. van Loon establishes the “Suid-Afrikaanse Orrelbouers (Edms) Bpk.” (South African Organ Builders) at Struben Street, Pretori
Federale Volksbeleggings Bpk. (F.V.B.) and Bonus Investment Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (Bonuscor) establish the mining an
BiographyLaura Jean Levetan
Laura Jean Levetan was born in Cape Town in 1955, the third child of Lionel and Marie Levetan. Their household was steeped in Anti-apartheid politics and Laura…
BiographyMyron Peter
Myron Peter was born in 1954 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu…
BiographyBaden Powell
Baden Powell or BP was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, of Oxford University. His…
BiographyMavuso Walter Msimang
Mavuso (Walter) Msimang was stationed and trained primarily in central Tanzania, at Kongwa, an ANC military base in the 1960s. He became a leading member of…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… daughter) was active in the Black People’s Convention (BPC) from 1971-1973. Albertina was concerned with Lindiwe’s involvement with BPC because she…
Santam (Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Trusten Assuransie-Maatskappy Bpk) is founded by five men with C.F. Fichardt as chairman.
South African Student Organisation Leaders
… Black People's Convention Winnie Kgware First President of BPC 1972 Sath Cooper Dr. Mampela Ramphele She was part of the …