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The Rev. S.J. du Toit establishes the Afrikanerbond in Paarl to encourage political awareness amongst Afrikaners.
”The Exclusion of the Bantu”. Address by the Rev. Z. R. Mahabane, President, Cape Province National Congress, 1921
”The Native Problem”. Article in The Cape Times by the Rev. Abner Mtimkulu, May 30, 1924
BiographyFort Calata
Fort Calata was born on 5 November 1956. Fort’s grandfather, the Reverend Canon James Arthur Calata, was the Secretary General of the African National Congress…
BiographyLennox Sebe
Lennox Sebe was born on 26 June 1926. He completed his matric at the Lovedale College. Upon his completion he went to attend a teachers college. Sebe had a…
Peter Oxley (58), TV journalist, dies in Cape Town.
Candice Derman, SA TV presenter, is born in Johannesburg.
BiographyAlex Hepple
Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His father, Thomas Hepple (1869-1942), an immigrant from Sunderland, was a…
BiographyLeo Marquard
Leopold ‘Leo’ Marquard was born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in numerous school…
The Rev. H.J.L. du Toit lays the corner stone of the new Dutch Reformed church in Lichtenburg.
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
St. Peter's Mission 16-6-50 My dear Chief; I am writing you a private letter. The national executive has agreed on the sit down strike on June the 26th…
The Rev. John Daniel Lindley (80), missionary and clergyman of the Voortrekkers, dies in Morristown, New Jersey.
Chief Lennox Sebe is unanimously elected as Ciskei’s president, and the Rev. W.M. Xaba becomes vice-president.
The Rev. Gideon Johannes Jacobus Boshoff, DRC clergyman and cultural leader, is born near Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal.
The Rev. T.C. Esterhuysen (Oom Essie, 66), missionary and moderator of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church, dies.
Constance Sotsu, Margaret Sotsu and Samanta Sotsu (4), relatives of COSATU official and ANC education officer Rev. Ernest Sotsu
Rev. Tseleng Namane (47), PAC member, dies in hospital three days after he was shot at his home.
Prayer delivered at the Annual Conference of the ANC Youth League, by the Rev. I. C. Duma, December 15,1949
The first congregation of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in Transvaal is instituted in Potchefstroom. The Rev. Daniel Lind
The Rev. Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, enthusiastic but controversial champion of Afrikaans, is born in Daljosafat, Cape Colony.
The Rev. Daniël Stephanus Botha, moderator of the DRC Cape Synod in 1919, is born in Goudini, CP.
The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen, founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, is born in Cape Town.
The Rev. Nomthandazo Purity Malinga, bishop of The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, is born in Ixopo, Natal.
The Rev. D. Wilcocks, lecturer at the Wellington Missionary Institute and clergyman in various places in SA, is born.
Rev. Modisele, ANC, NECC, is killed in Heidelberg, Transvaal. His burnt body is found with a Bible on it.
BiographyTheo Mthembu
Theo Mthembu was born in Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal on 27 February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…