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BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… 1973 he was released with a two-year ban and restricted to Mdantsane. While working in East London factories and … released in mid-1979. Two years later he…
Diana (Di) Bishop
… became a republic. During the celebrations, she refused to attend a military display, influencing her other siblings to do the same and this was punishable…
BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
… lifting of the emergency, he was 'restricted' and confined to the magisterial area of Johannesburg. In early 1964, he … and the Middle East in 1973. In 1978,…
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… exile with her husband and children, moving from Swaziland to Zambia and finally settling in England where she worked as … of rural life. “Rural women…
BiographyFabian Defu Ribeiro
… the Jane Furst School in Glen Cowie, and from standard six to standard nine attended school in Lesotho in preparation … a devoted practising Catholic and…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
… Thank you very much for your presence here today to support an important project - the South Africa-Mali … of South Africa and Mali as part of our…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
… journalists from southern and eastern Africa making my way to Harare – to report on the coup and the “fall” of Robert Mugabe. But … scarce and thousands are…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… Bartholomew Dias and the Padroes The first European known to set foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or … of an expedition sent by Portuguese King…
BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
… Kendall was an architect whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in … He was educated at King\'s College in London…
BiographyLionel Davis
… Cape Town in 1936. He was arrested in 1964 and sentenced to seven years on Robben Island between for committing acts … toward a Diploma in Fine Arts. His…
Samuel Malinga
… at his home in Soweto on 31 January 1977 and taken to Pietermaritzberg where he was held in terms of section … trial in Bethal in 1978. Mrs Malinga was…
BiographyJuda Ngwenya
… was approached by the renowned news wire services, Reuters to join the organisation. In a career spanning over two and … Between States of Emergency in 2015…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… Province Workers’ Advice Bureau. The aim of the Bureau was to help workers with labour problems but it became the basis … evolved into the General Workers’…
BiographyBrett Murray
… Foundation Public Sculpture Competition for a work soon to be erected at the St. Georges Mall in Cape Town. Murray explores mixed media like steel and…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… decades. The “Treason”, “Fischer” and “Rivonia” trials, to mention the most prominent of these, were among the most … which tried to find a formula to bring…
BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
… the 1960 state of emergency . In March 1961 he was elected to the Cape Town City Council. In 1962 he was jailed for two … his involvement in a sabotage plot…
BiographyHyacinth Joseph Bill Bhengu
… attended school in Catholic mission and then he went to study private to finish his matriculation exams.He was a farm … the Liberal Party and became the vice…
BiographyBrigitte Sylvia Mabandla
… English and Law at the Botswana polytechnic and from 1983 to 1986 she taught Commercial Law at the Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce. From…
BiographySelby Bangani Ngcobo
… but soon afterwards withdrew from political activity to concentrate on his academic career. He taught economics at … he worked for the World Bank. In July…
Edward Mzolo
… 40, who died on 9th October 1976,was the third person to die at the Johannesburg Fort in 2 weeks. No details are … on whether a post-mortem or inquest were…
BiographyJean van der Poel
… van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the … Royal Empire Society prize. In 1929 Van…
BiographyLucas Seage
… at the Open School under Nats Mokgosi and from 1978 to 1980 studied under Bill Ainslie, Ricky Burnett and Jenny … at the Bill Ainslie Studios, where he was…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the Transkei Regional Authority appointed a committee to investigate the…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… endowment of the chair of Fine Art in 1920. In addition to his patronage of the oldest Fine Art Department in South … Dutch and Flemish art (bought from Sir…
PlaceMarikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
… a single commodity, South African gold mining , company to become an multinational mining and metals processing Group …
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… so he and his mother and brother (Hilary, born 1894) went back to England for a change of climate in 1895. His father stayed …
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… Committee of the African National Congress, reporting back on a meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia, in February 1990 … current government has not yet created a…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
… through standard six (now Grade Eight) before leaving to work. He was employed at several jobs and spent some years in prison until around 1976, when he felt…
BiographyCecilia Makiwane
… she and the other student she enrolled with were sent to Butterworth Hospital for further training to prepare them for the Colonial Medical Council…
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
… She was released at the time of her baby's birth, only to be re-arrested nine weeks later and jailed again with her … first democratic elections in 1994…