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BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a Mission school, was the…
PlaceTsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
The Tsitsikamma National Park is situated at the heart of the picturesque tourist Region known as: 'the Garden Route'. This region is found in the Southern…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa's northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
Minister of Defence, PW Botha disclosed that South Africa's northern borders are protected by a radar complex constituting an early warning system, and that…
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… (smaller families}. Many women have discarded the head cover (except for ritual occasions) and I have not seen women … the women’s wishes whether to discard…
BiographyMaxwell Mduduzi Malinga
Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga, was one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved fighters in the 1970s and 80s. He was born on 09 November 1947 at Steadville,…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of…
BiographyBettie du Toit
Bettie Du Toit was born on 15 July in 1910, on a farm in the former Transvaal Province. She was orphaned at three when her father died. Her mother had passed…
BiographySandile Ngcobo
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo was born on 1 March 1953 in Durban, South Africa. Ngcobo was the beneficiary of a scholarship from Barclays Bank between 1973 and…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
Topsy Madaka was born in Gratten, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in 1990. In…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her family moved around…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated at St Oswald's School…
BiographyDr. Leander Starr Jameson
Leander Starr Jameson was the son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin in…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana (nèe Mbanjwa) was born in Melmoth, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
… sniper with his tommy-gun as his companion ducks for cover. The division is working to take Wana Ridge before the …
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… Workers Benefit Fund). So the committee functioned as a cover for what was really ‘trade union activities’(The …
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
David Webster was born in 1944, and grew up in the copper belt mines of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family later immigrated to South…
PlaceMadagascar
… the site was improved. As a result, 63% of areas of forest cover loss have been restored, illegal logging and …
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… We are extremely excited at the proposed provisions to cover these vulnerable workers. 4. Working time We are …
Amos Ndwalane
Struggle veteran Amos Ndwalane, who escaped the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990, was allowed out of his…
Jacob Monakgotla
Mr Jacob Monnakgotla was detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 29 January 1969 with nine other Bakubung tribesmen on charges of assault with…
BiographyVincent Mbamama Hlamandana
Vincent Mbamama Hlamandana, Magade Madapu and William Tyabashe, from Tsolo District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], were issued with banishment orders on…
BiographyJoseph Hugo Saliwa
Joseph Hugo Saliwawas dismissed from the Native Affairs Department (NAD)in Lady Frere Eastern Province, [now Eastern Cape] ‘on account of unsatisfactory…
PlaceMaluti-a-Phofung Municipality, Free State
The Maluti-A-Phofung Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Thabo Mofutsanyana District in the Free State Province. It is bordered…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… revolving light and peer out at the restless waters that cover the remains of the famous Birkenhead wreck. After a …
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
John (Jack) Curtis was born on 31 August 1912 in Geelong, Australia, the third of nine children. He left school at 14 to start work and help provide for the…
BiographyAmbrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in 29th of November in1921 near Cala in the Transkei. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student…