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BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
… control over their own experience and observations, how to link these with the struggle for liberation and a just …
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… Progressive Party's sole MP, he acted as Helen Suzman's link with extra-parliamentary activities. He also held a …
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old, due to the Group…
BiographyEllen Elmendorp
Ellen Elmendorp was born in the Netherlands and is a freelance documentary photographer based in South Africa.She has lived in Poland, Spain, Argentina,…
BiographyDali Tambo
… CEO of the National Monument Company. It is projected to feature over 500 bronze life-sized statues of post-colonial, …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… stability of the colony and attracted trade. He sought to link a railway system to the rest of the country but it took … But in 1888 the chair of the Raad…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… and ethnic differences, she has taught the world this lesson: It is more blessed to give than to receive," Sodano … Teresa visited South Africa in 1988…
BiographyJabu Sithole
… Natal Chairperson of Operation Vula , an ANC initiative to link the ANC leadership in exile to the internal mass …
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… Africanus genus. This was a new species, a new link in the chain, which ends with modern humankind - Homo …
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… Department of Bantu Education. There is no doubting the link between Tiro’s expulsion and the emergence of the South …
Siphiwe Nyanda
… cemented his political views. In 1973, Nyanda tried to link with the ANC and travelled to Botswana to attend the …
BiographyEsther Barsel
… been working tirelessly for the underground , serving as a link between the banned liberation movements and activists …
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… Sydney and New York. In 2008 the play was turned into a feature film. Kani was awarded an honorary doctorate by the …
BiographyDennis Brutus
… Brutus went to trial, the magistrate rejected a supposed link with communism, but Brutus received 18 months hard …
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
Professor Pieter Steyn was born in 5 January 1940 in Vryburg in the North West. He is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer…
BiographyAlbert Newall
Albert Newall was born in 1920 in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Newall enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, where he trained and later served…
BiographyJane Alexander
… and place. This is described by Anna Tietze: “A notable feature of Alexander’s work is its self-referentiality: an …
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… he learned what he describes as his single most important lesson – to take responsibility for his actions. Gradually, …
The Lessons of the Transition Era, Inequality and the Politics of Universal Health Care: Re-visiting the Proposals of the Macro-Economic Research Group (MERG) and the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Robert Van Niekerk
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The paper offers a reflection on the macro-economic policy debates…
BiographyJack Monamudi Matsepe
Jack Monamudi Matsepe’s banishment appears to be linked to the Maleuskop between Groblersdal [Limpopo Province] and Middelburg [Mpumalanga] to Tafelkop…
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… as Andrew Motjuwadi, Abe Nkabinde and Louis Maqhubela. A feature that became his signature was his symbolic and …
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… basis, and from this the SABC emerged. Lionel Ngakane[Link to 1951, 1966] - besides being a filmmaker in his own … anti-Apartheid films: Place of Weeping …
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
… injustices of Apartheid through engaging with the SACTU.A feature of working life at Atlas Screw was long hours and low …
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… inundated with calls from various companies in order to feature him in advertisement to build up their profiles, as …
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
Marion Monica Sparg was born in East London and was one of six children. She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… to oppose such oppressive mentality. He gradually saw a link between this tragedy in European history and his own …
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… return regularly to his home country. He re-established a link with South Africa in 1995 when he joined an advisory …
BiographyDavid Bruce
David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years in…
BiographyMark Shinners
Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…
BiographySolly Mokoetle
Solly Mokoetle was also known as Solly Mpoli in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) circles, Solly Mokoetle left the country during the first half of 1976. As the influx…