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BiographyIzak de Villiers
… was also a dominee, a published poet - considered by some to be the best mystical poet in Afrikaans - and a prolific … of the Dutch Reformed Church in the…
BiographyMandla Nkosi
… He then studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre Soweto from 1982 to 1983 under Cyril Manganye. In 1983 Nkosi won an OK Bazaars … has been shown in more than twelve…
BiographyZacharia Solly Shoke
… Director of Integration when MK, APLA and SADF were merged to form the SANDF. In 1995/1996 he completed the Senior … was the Director Personnel Acquisition…
BiographySokhaya Charles Nkosi
… Nkosi was born on 27 January 1949 in Durban.From 1974 to 1976 Nkosi studied painting, graphics, sculpture, weaving and ceramics at Rorke's Drift. From 1977…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
… him: He was left in solitary confinement from 19 August to 6 September. He was deprived even of the negligible rights … he might be feigning illness, and…
BiographyAllerley Glossop
… Glossop was born in Twickenham, England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in … (SANG Archival news cutting). Before 1925,…
BiographyElizabeth Drake
… in some wartime rhetoric, openly revealing his hostility to the "intelligentsia" and their "art tyranny" (The Cape Times, 30.7.1941). This seems, in context,…
BiographyRicardo Rangel
… police. In 1970, Rangel worked with four other journalists to found a weekly illustrated publication they called Tempo . The magazine was Mozambique’s first…
BiographyDeputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
… participating in anti-apartheid activity. He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, which he served on Robben Island. … in Johannesburg and Pretoria and…
The trade union movement and the burden of the future by Monique Marks
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … and colonialism. Very little attention has been given to what I would…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… Attempting to impose a working structure on a proposed new series of … System and a series of survey maps. His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act and The Road to Mecca . The former premiered at The Space, a theatre in … Lena at the Royal Court Theatre in London…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… democratic elections. Kumalo was the second Black woman to have won the title after Jacqui Mofokeng paved way for … queens in the country. Kumalo was born in…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… father a labourer, and he grew up poor. Molefe is married to Boitumelo Elizabeth Plaatjie and has four children. He is … in religious organisations. When…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… Britain and then returned home. They were both sentenced to 12 years in prison for illegal activities. I was … the National Security apparatus. Thereafter it…
BiographyOliver Kgadime Matsepe
… he received his education at mission schools. From 1942 to 1949 he received his primary school education at Phokoane … at Nebo. In 1945, however, his…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… times, and memories of Joe Rassool. The book takes us back to the late 19th century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, …
EventDennis Brutus is born
… in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to South African parents. His parents moved back to South Africa and settled in Port Elizabeth. He…
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… (DP), formed when factions from various opposition parties to the National Party (NP) merged, indicates that it … was officially launched on 8 April 1989 its…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… and Natal as well as landscapes. Bowler began teaching art to children to supplement his income and subsequently opened his own art … J.D Harding on a brief…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is also a Museum … in the two World Wars. It has…
BiographyPaul De Groot
… Bouwmeester. De Groot travelled with repertory companies to the Far East, especially through the Dutch East Indies. He … in Hollywood and in Berlin (Ufa). …
BiographyFatima Seedat
… on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those days. Together with her twin … from Durban . In 1945 she married…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… African choir’s tour, which began in Britain and continued to Canada and the USA was a case in point. While in Britain … seven different African tribes,…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… was born in 1908 in the port city of Libau, Latvia to a Jewish family. Growing up, he experienced notable events … as a photographer. Weinberg’s photography…
BiographyBaron Joachim van Plettenberg
… at the University of Utrecht, he left the country in 1764 to become a member of the Council of Justice in Batavia. In … 1767 he married Cornelia Charlotte…
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… North Carolina, and met Xuma, then a widower, on his visit to the United States in 1937-1938. She was at that time … at Atlanta University. In 1940 she…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
… ANC national executive committee. In 1955 he was elected to the executive committee of the South African Congress of … defendant in the Treason Trial for…
BiographyGraeme Williams
… photographer for the Cape Times during which he also began to take freelance assignments for local magazine publications … for Reuters in 1989 covering the…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
… account of the Passive Resistance Struggle from 13 June to 13 November 1946 We are Marching on Dr Y.M. Dadoo The … full support to them in the recent great…