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BiographyEric Ngcobo
… Ngcobo was born near Melmoth, Zululand. He was educated to secondary school level at Inkamane. In 1953 he attended … Training Centre, Natal, studying there…
BiographyPaul Herman Robinson
… at the EP and Commercial Printing Company. In 1929 he went to England and attended the Bolt Court School of Process Engravings and returned to SA in 1930 and…
BiographyShaun Maclean Pollock
… was born on 16 July 1973 in Port Elizabeth and moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme … part of…
BiographyVukile Ntuli
… taught at schools in KZN between 1976 and 1977. From 1978 to 1983 he studied for a BA(FA) at the University of Fort … studies at the Royal College of Art,…
David Anderson
… 1977, submitting work for the Natal Witness . He went on to do work for most of the big newspapers in the country, … of Andy , and two children’s books. His…
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
… Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee Soweto in 1978 just before the matric exams. After … independent organisation called…
BiographySam Kahn
… of the National Liberation League. In 1938 he was elected to the central executive committee of the CPSA, a position he … career. A member of the Cape Town…
BiographyMohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
… in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to this, namely the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycotts. He was … his living as a butcher in Vereeniging…
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
… NMC legislation on 4 March 1983. Leinster Hall is now home to 'The Stack' – private members club and public brasserie. … a serious blaze just after The Stack…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… in the drafting of the Freedom Charter, but was unable to attend the Congress of the People held in Kliptown because … his restriction order. In 1963 Slovo…
EventKenya is granted independence
… a Republic. The campaign for independence in Kenya dates back to the 1940s before Kenyatta became the leader of the Kenya … birth of the Mau Mau rebel…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… Act of 1950. Some were banished away from their homes to the repression of the homelands where jobs were few. … at his newspaper. In fact, he bent over to…
BiographyGerrit Viljoen
… Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his … editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After…
BiographyMaggie Mikula
… in Durban and matriculated in 1959. She then went on to study for a Diploma in Commercial Art at the Durban … the first of her generation of South African…
BiographyGerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen
… Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his … editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After…
BiographyGwede Mantashe
… 1999. In 1995 Mantahse became the first trade unionist to be appointed to the Board of Directors of a Johannesburg Stock Exchange … Federation. On 30 October…
BiographyMavuso Walter Msimang
… He has worked for the UN World Food Programme from 1977 to 1984 in Zambia and in Kenya. From 1984 to 1987 he was Country Director for the World University …
BiographyBenedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy
… Bafana in 1997 against Netherlands, when South Africa lost to the visiting side by two goals. After this game, the … whose fame became more talked about…
BiographyHugh Lewin
… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, to English missionary parents. At university he joined the … this time he was approached by a friend who…
Theophilus Kgosikobo Musi
… He taught for a while in a primary school but then had to find employment in Johannesburg to support seven orphaned brothers and sisters. …
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971. Nine years later, Amin was overthrown, and Obote…
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was shot in the back and killed while covering an African National Congress (ANC) delegation visit to Katlehong near…
BiographyMogamat Taufie Bardien
… had little formal schooling. He ran away from home at 16 to join the Cape Coloured Corps and was conscripted to fight in Alexandria during World War II. ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) St Lucia, 4 July 1998
… most sincerely for this opportunity - too long delayed - to meet with the leaders of the peoples of the Caribbean. It … continent, we can say in truth that…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… A couple of days back I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of … Rip van Winkle waking up in a shell of a building trying to find what use to…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… on the African continent and abroad. Of particular import to the ideological formation of the OAU was the late 19th … centred on the belief that in order…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… Wrensch House The land on which this house stands dates back to the earliest grants of land by Jan van Riebeeck along the … This Property formed part of the…
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… The Alphen Estate was granted to Theunis van Schalkwyk in 1714. Its Historic Homestead is a … and a well designed front door, whose construction dates back…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when Portuguese explorers descended on the country. On their way to India, Portuguese explorers…
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… Diepkloof, Soweto. At the age of 15 his parents sent him to live in Bophuthatswana so could be safe from the political … by Kaizer Chief Scouts, who signed…