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BiographyAnton van Wouw
… as the father of South African sculpture. He decided to move to the developing city of Pretoria at the age of 28 and waited for ten years to receive his…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
… Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu seaman who belonged to the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union. After … Adams College and then beginning the study…
George John Golding
… lead in challenging the government's efforts in the 1950s to remove Coloured voters from the common voters' roll. He … with the United Party but in later…
BiographyJoseph Sallie Molefi
… but they were jettisoned for political activism and ‘to become a full-time political organiser at the time of the … His banishment order, dated 1 November…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… 90-day Detention Act and the Suppression of Communism Act to legally and actively subjugate those against them. One of … political activist and a communist…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… The foundation stone of this church was laid way back in 1838. The first section of the building which … vestry was added two years later and two wings were…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… Sibusiso Vilane, became the first Black South African to reach the top of Mount Everest, an 8 848m Himalayan peak, … expedition, which had reached the summit…
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… was Sam Nujoma. South Africa’s occupation of Namibia dates back to 1914 during the First World War. At the time of its … In his book, “Troubled Waters”…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… dispossessed by discriminatory land legislation dating back to the 1913 Land Act, was passed by Nelson Mandela and signed … of a Land Claims Commission and a…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… It helped enormously that I had a post to go to. Ronnie Kasrils was meticulous in requiring me to … Pretoria things began to fall out. It was exciting being…
BiographyMenzi Mcunu
… Durban. In 1987 he was awarded a bursary by the Daily News to study art Fine Art at the Technikon Natal. He 1985 he … and in 1992 a mural for Ilanga. In 1990…
Peter Papela Nthite
… Johannesburg. From St Cyprian's in Sophiatown he went to Adams College but left school at 16 to help support his family, working as a truck driver. … In…
BiographyBransby Ndobe
… Born 1927. With Elliot Tonjeni , Bransby Ndobe did much to organise African National Congress (ANC) branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and…
BiographySemi Jokanisi
… his five young children, as well as assisted his father to support his seven siblings, nephew and mother. His death … His father is also a miner working for…
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… the majority of which are still at school. According to his wife, Nokuthula Zibambele, "I am attending the Commission of Inquiry because I want to know the…
BiographyAmos Langdown
… in Port Elizabeth. Langdown’s first solo exhibitions led to him being awarded grants by the Government and the Cape Tercentenary Foundation to study abroad…
BiographyGordon Mulholland
… Cape Town, doing three shifts a day. Mulholland was sent to Nazareth House, a Catholic home for orphans and children whose parents couldn't afford to keep…
BiographyDr. Connie Mulder
… the party's Divisional Committee. In 1958, he was elected to parliament as a representative of the Randfontein … nicknamed Muldergate, by the English press…
BiographyGertrud Theiler
… University College in Grahamstown and from there went to the South African College in Cape Town, from where she … scientific papers on this research of which…
BiographyMakhaya Ntini
… around the Eastern Cape area introducing the game to rural boys. Ntini was given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College in King William’s Town, one…
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved to Johannesburg where Mathosa attended the St. Mary’s High … albums all did well. Some attributed…
Cornelius Petrus Mulder
… the party's Divisional Committee. In 1958, he was elected to parliament as a representative of the Randfontein … nicknamed Muldergate, by the English press…
BiographyJillian Edelstein
… she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She returned to South Africa the following year to study at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She later … Rand…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… and non-racial state. (B) Sovereignty shall belong to the people as a whole and shall be exercised through one … shall be delegation of the powers of the…
BiographyDr. Percy Yutar
… wanted the death sentence for him. Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage as a result of the trial. … one of murder and attempted murder as…
BiographyCecil Williams
… he worked as an English school teacher before switching to journalism during Second World War. Williams then worked … ordered Williams together with his…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… The 21.19 carat diamond that would come to be known as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young … River. The children often picked up rocks from the…
BiographyNelson “Nana” Mahomo
… Kroonstad High School in the late 1940s. Sympathetic to the Africanist group within the African National Congress … attempting a business venture with Joe…
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
… armoured vehicles of the security forces, in the day-to-day lives of Langa’s residents. Other examples chronicle … period were particularly imposing. This…
BiographyJackson Mbhazima Hlungwani
… worker, he had no formal training as an artist and learned to carve from his father who made utility items for his … lost a finger. Hlungwani’s earliest…