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Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… the out-going President, Mr. Jan Kavan. I would also like to echo what other speakers have said about the deaths of the … might define as their national…
BiographyNdeutala Selma Hishongwa
… and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She was sent to Sweden to study on scholarship from the Lutheran World Federation … in Namibia. Hishongwa was…
Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
… Bapedi parents. Studious and able, he made his way to Fort Hare, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1944, … anthropology, education, and law. In 1948…
BiographyCynthia Shange
… in Kwazulu Natal. She started modeling in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972 she won the title Miss Natal, which qualified her to enter the Miss…
William Nomodi Tshwane
… Mr William Nomodi Tshwane was reported to have been detained with other Soweto students on 25 July … handling a stolen vehicle and was shot dead while trying…
BiographyHonorine Margaret Withers
… studied at the RCA and exhibited in London before coming to South Africa in 1910. A tireless traveller, she lived in Australia between 1915 and 1920,…
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
… he experienced a Christian conversion, became a preacher to his fellow prisoners, and wrote a short book. The Battles … in 1927 he became a teacher in…
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
… schools in the 1950s, he played a leading part in efforts to organise alternative "cultural clubs" for children. He … on bail of £50 on 21 December 1956. He…
BiographyIlse Naude
… secondary education she received a bursary and went to study for a BSc at University of Stellenbosch. Illse proceeded to study for her Masters Degree in…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to control their movements. The first time…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… elections. A number of the party’s members were alleged to have been involved in the decade’s leading scandals such … is released under the theme ‘United…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… << back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF … There are! All over the world in every country from Brazil to Australia you will still find…
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… African reform process, which was set in motion by him back on 2 February 1990. The referendum date was scheduled for 17 March. Voters were expected to…
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
… at the Mpumalanga Teachers Training College, from 1980 to 1981 and taught at Ohlange High School from 1981 to 1983. Mlambo-Ngcuka obtained qualifications in…
BiographyMannie Manim
… where he worked for five years, rising through the ranks to become company manager. He left to join Leonard Schach Productions. He worked for two years ……
BiographyFreda Levson
… volunteered as an escort on a ship taking evacuee children to South Africa. In the early 1950s, she married the Russian … devoted supporters of Michael Scott…
Event300,000 refugees in camps near the Nigerian border are facing starvation
… and the Red Cross. The Red Cross had been sending supplies to relief camps in "rebel" Biafra, but had been ordered out … the Biafra War on 6 July 1967, when…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in Angola, occupied Kuxi in southeastern Kuando … UNITA's refusal…
Michael Mike Matsobane
… whereby they encouraged the appromicxated 200-300 members to live a Godly life. The brothers had been PAC members and sentenced to imprisonment for POQO…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… diamond market and amassed a fortune, he did not go "home" to England but settled in this country to be a "big frog in a … concerned predominantly with the…
BiographyJohannes (Jan) de Klerk
… de Klerk and Aletta Johannes van Rooy. De Klerk went to school at Potchefstroom and from 1923 to 1926 studied at the Potchefstroom University College for ……
BiographyHarold Athol Fugard
… of Cape Town but did not finish his studies, dropping out to travel in Africa and the world. He found work on a ship, … He found a job as a court clerk and…
BiographyLeo Rbc Francois
… of the NSA, was a protagonist with SASA in his quest to unite the various art societies in SA into a single academy. His efforts were untiring but they came…
BiographyRashid Lombard
… Cape) on 10 April 1951. In 1962, his family relocated to Cape Town , Western Cape Province. After school, he … an artists’ collective that worked in…
BiographyLennox Sebe
… at the Lovedale College. Upon his completion he went to attend a teachers college. Sebe had a love for different … at college. King Williams Towncircuit. He…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… died on 1 May 1985 when his car overturned while driving to Lusaka. Fezekile claimed to have been abused and raped by ANC members starting at the … when she…
BiographyHelen Kies
… into power. From an early age, Kies knew that she wanted to become a teacher, thus this fulfilled her childhood dream. … and other political activities. His…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… toured in Britain, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. From 1955 to 1958 he taught at the independent Central Indian High … committee in the mid-1950s. Hutchinson…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… and especially on the Coloured races. Thanks, however, to the A. P.O. newspaper, every intelligent Coloured man is … section of this country's population, we…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… of the future Swazi nation. Free burghers are permitted to trade with local Khoi-Khoi chiefdoms. The latter suffer … encounters of colonists with the…