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BiographyMthuthuzeli Tom
… a battery assembling plant in East London. Tom was exposed to the union movement at a young age through his father, an … Democratic Front (UDF). Tom was…
BiographyDeton (Tito) Zungu
… I960 Zungu began selling the envelopes which he decorated to workers sending letters home. In 1966 he made his way to Pinetown, Natal, where he worked in a…
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
… at Mphambo High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg … his third year of study at the…
BiographyEdward Arthur Roworth
… was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war…
Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson
… Mayson, a former Methodist Minister was restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Christian … training and working briefly as an…
BiographyMphumzeni Ngxande
… and two children whom he supported financially. According to his wife, Nonkululeko Ngxande, "I strongly blame his employers for not listening to their…
BiographyIngrid Jonker
… Die Huisgenoot . The first collection of poems by Jonker to be published was Ontvlugting (Escape), in 1956. After … Small and Bartho Smit, who had taken it…
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… the 14 March - 9 days in total. England needed 41 runs to win at the close of the 9th day, but the match was drawn because the English players had to leave…
BiographyRobert John McBride
… exile and chose violent resistance. It introduced McBride to Coloured political activists such as James April , Don … his liberation. Through a friend,…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Voters went to the polls (7-11 November) to vote for a Constituent Assembly in the first all-race and …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… This timeline provides some historical background to the role of English in the Namibian public by tracing it … the inter-war period. These were practical…
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… Abroad Proclamation made it an offence for persons to conspire against, incite, or instigate violence in South … and Swaziland and Governor-General of South…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… a height of 18, 000 ft. (m). She was also the first woman to fly across the Irish Sea. Her most famous achievement was a solo flight from London to the Cape…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… burned their kraals and driven their wives and children to Vryheid as punishment for assisting a British raiding … commander, Field Cornet Jan Potgieter then…
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… shots, General De Wet sent a burgher with a flag of truce to the British commander. His message read that the station … by 1 000 men with four guns and he…
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
… and former police Captain Dirk Coetzee had worked together to expose the existence of a secret police unit based at … of the unit he once led. Fearing for…
EventDavid Kitson released
… sentenced and divorced his wife when he was imprisoned, to give her back her freedom. John Matthews was sentenced to fifteen years in the same trial as…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… what is now known as Walvis Bay. Dias was on an expedition to discover a sea route to the East round Africa. He gave the area the name Golfo de … Dias…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… and the resultant disturbances forced the authorities to declare a state of emergency. Nationalist leaders, amongst … without trial. In 1960, following his…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… Polokwane Museum is a fascinating and interesting place to visit, situated in Polokwane, across the way from the … The Museum is housed in an old Victorian…
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… Brigadier Swanepoel is notorious for ordering the police to shoot at protesting school children in 16 June 1976. The … Swanepoel told the TRC: "I made my…
BiographyInkosi Sigananda Shezi
… Yet, knowing the loss would be too great if the fight was to continue, Inkosi Sigananda surrendered and was immediately … health and quite communicative. Yet…
BiographyAlson Ntshangase
… did his secondary schooling at KwaZide High School; he had to leave school in Standard 9 due to lack of finances. He is largely self-taught as an artist. ……
BiographyMphangeli Tukuza
… financially supported his mother and father. According to his sister, Jamela Tukuza, “Since I heard there were many … the following morning I started looking…
BiographyBongani Nqongophele
… was paying school fees for two of his nieces. According to his wife, Nombulelo Ntonga, "I was very worried, … the news, I was so shocked and devastated that…
BiographyIsaac Mofokeng
… secondary school at Orange Farm. He was introduced to photography by his cousin, a freelance photographer, in … he matriculated and used the profits from…
ArchiveAmos 'Amla' Monageng interview by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty, The University of Pretoria, 2 May 2016
… of ANC Youth League. And from Youth League when I came to University of Pretoria, yes the Youth League and SASCO was … knowing the dynamics of UP. I had to…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… bid us go through the process of stocktaking. They urge us to make a review of the past, and this is the task I propose … namely, that an educational policy…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … for nearly forty years, it was only in 2013 that I got to work with him…
Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela
… at Hermanus , after which her family was forcibly moved to Middledrift in the Eastern Cape . She matriculated at … Front when it was formed. Her political…