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EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… Minerals and Energy Affairs, was unanimously elected the new leader of the National Party (NP) in the Transvaal. His … F.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected…
BiographyTodd Tozama Matshikiza
… the Matshikiza household were taught music from an early age. Grace had great (but unrealised) potential as a soprano, … with Henry Nxumalo, one of the…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… an MP in 1991, a role she diligently continued until the age of 82. She typed Wal’s many letters to the Guardian and … Walter was sacked, they were…
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… Africa’s intellectual legacy (writing extensively on the New African Movement) and most importantly, archiving South Africa’s intellectual heritage. His…
BiographyKaizer Motaung
… of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing soccer at a young age and turned professional at the age of 16 when he joined Orlando Pirates. He entered the …
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… institute, but left in Standard 4 (Grade 6) at the age of 15 after his uncle died. To help support his family he … and agreed to sabotage the railway line…
BiographyRebecca Malope
… little is known about her early childhood. At an early age she was confined to a wheelchair after an illness and for … Tladi as her manager. The pop debut…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… television and stage. He made his acting debut at the age of 22 in 1964, when he appeared in the feature movie … a combination of South Africa’s official…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… around 1940. He later became sports editor of the New Age and wrote for The World . He joined the African …
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… the Communist Party, ANC and FEDSAW, Unions, SWAPO and the New Women's Movement. In 2004, the ANC's National Executive … Ray Alexander Simons died on 12…
BiographyRobert Carl-Heinz Shell
… liberation of South Africa and the establishment of the new democracy, Robert returned home, taking up a post as … of African Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
… overcrowded schools, he only began his schooling at the age of ten at the Hindu Tamil Institute in Durban, Natal. In … volunteer were refused by the…
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… 1990, with Justice Minister Coetsee having released the new guidelines for the release of prisoners, the trialists … in Correctional Services. Her father,…
South African politician and author of "Jock of the Bushveld," Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.
… "Jock of the Bushveld," Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69. …
EventSouth Africa gets a new R5 coin with distinct security features designed to outsmart counterfeiters
… counterfeiters. By 28 July 2004, South Africa had a new R5 coin. The new coin was bi-metal, with a silver coloured border and a … South Africa.info South…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… to form Fosatu and shows how seriously we take the new challenges that face us three years after that decision. … changes taking place in capital have…
BiographyAudrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
… they settled in Kingston, Ontario, she started serving her new community working for disadvantaged children on the board … Cobden died on 29 March 2016 in…
ArchiveTeaching South African History in the Digital Age - Collaboration, Pedagogy, and Popularizing History by Jill E. Kelly & Omar Badsha
… Teaching South African History in the Digital Age - Collaboration, Pedagogy, and Popularizing History by …
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season an occasion for … whole country has shown itself. Let us…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
… challenge exclusion, but also queried the fact that the new cricketing era is symbolised by the forces of … are tearing up cricket’s old ethos and replacing…
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
… small towns in Orange Free State. His writing began at the age of nine with a poem, A little Terrible Thing. In 1958 he … the government announced that all…
New Year Message to the ANC External Mission by O. R. Tambo, 1 January 1971
… Dear friends and fellow countrymen, The opening of a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From … New Year Message to the ANC External…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… of facts before rushing to judgment. Witness the new politics of grief. In the aftermath of state violence, it … Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20…
BiographyStephanie Urdang
… if she did not have a place in then-South Africa. At the age of 23, Urdang and her then-fiancé decided to leave the country and start a new life in New York…
Unbowed, Winnie Mandela Endures by Sheila Rule (The New York Times), August 18, 1985
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) … Unbowed, Winnie Mandela Endures by Sheila Rule (The New York Times),…
BiographyNöel Robb
… remained involved in the Legiwatch group, monitoring the new Parliament as they had done the old. She retained her … stand on principle. Right back in 1989…
BiographyJoseph Ramapulane Maseko
… Joe Maseko, died in Johannesburg in May 2008 at the age of 71. Maseko is best known for his vibrant paintings of …
BiographyLucy Buyaphi Mvubelo
… ), where she completed standard eight (grade ten). At the age of eighteen, she began teaching. Six months later she … Award. Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo died on 30…
BiographyPatricia Jobodwana
… university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at the age of 14 for a BSc in medicine in 1955. …
BiographyAlfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo
… on 4 January 1879 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. At the age of four his parents moved to Amajuba in the southeast of … in 1961. Kumalo showed a talent for…