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BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… He obtained his primary school education at the local mission school where the American Congregationalist missionary, Reverend S. C. Pixley, took an interest…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… a groom on the Emery estate. The relationship between Head’s parents was forbidden according to South Africa’s Immorality Act at the time. Consequently,…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… in South Africa that became the driving force for his life’s journey, marking him out as so different from 99% of the … treat you.” As an anti-Zionist Jew,…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… Something, it was true, had been done, but the people's wants had completely outgrown the antiquated system of the mission schools which no longer sufficed…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… to mutiny. 1738 The Moravian Church started their first mission station at Baviaans-kloof, now known as Genadendal in … The Moravian Missionary Society re…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… Superintendent of the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.), who was sent to the Cape in 1819 to put the affairs of … with them he kept directly in contact, as…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… King Cetshwayo’s place of birth was his father’s (Mpande) kraal of Mlambongwenya, near Eshowe. He was born … a very powerful command of the Zulu nation…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… in the affairs of the church as the leader of Women’s Manyano. Mogoba attended primary school education very … at Vlakfontein where he registered to study…
BiographyBilly Nair
… born to Parvathy and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, an engineer's assistant in a cargo vessel which transported sugar (SS … 1951 he became the full time secretary…
BiographyJames Edward April
… his mother stayed at home to care for the family.April’s father was a very politically conscious person. He was a … for Coloureds, which the South African…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… and Percy John Hodgson. An immigrant from Yorkshire, Jack’s father died in a mine accident. Having to fend for herself … At the age of 13, Hodgson started…
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… South Africa and assistance to struggle for freedom. Mr E.S. Reddy was born in 1924 to a politically active family in … Nations for 35 years. From 1963 to…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… that live far away. There would be no radio or television stations to entertain us, or movies to see. Society would … cameras... Only the future will tell…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in Nyasaland, now Malawi. After being educated at the Church of Scotland mission…
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… and went on to invent Pratley Putty in the early 1960's. Pratley Putty was used by NASA in 1969 on Apollo XI's … African product ever to go to the moon. The…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… a Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and stations manager, Al-Amin Khalifah Fhimah, who were … the only suspect found guilty of murder and was…
ArticleThe missionaries
… 1818 to 1867, allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a mission station within his kingdom. The missionaries were … in the west of the Mzimvubu River…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… in hand, and asks for a small piece of land to set up his mission station. At his heels hastens the trader, the … first arrived to beg land of the chief. Now…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… November 1977, Dr Mamphele Ramphele stands over Steve Biko's open casket in his home before the funeral, attended by … had been discovered after a brief…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… passes at home on the appointed date and gather at police stations around the country, making themselves available for … and that the PAC saw it as the first…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… Nelson Mandela from prison, in the midst of South Africa’s transition to democracy. Kolisi’s upbringing was characterized by poverty and he was raised ……
ArticleHigh Farce in the House
… forced to appoint a commission of inquiry into Rajbansi’s affairs. The report described him as ‘a mean-minded bully … his office to improperly grant the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… peril." (His emphasis.) The result of the Rev. Calderwood's communication was to prompt the Governor to inform the … "in the hope that they would protect…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… in. By the end of August police officers returned to their stations, but in November reinforcements had to be sent to … striking in revolutionary fashion. A…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… passes at home on the appointed date and gather at police stations around the country, making themselves available for … Congress surrendered themselves at…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
… Adams College is a Public School situated in Adams Mission which is 8 km inland from Amanzimtoti and 35 km South … liberate and develop Africa. Adams College…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… their grievances against the Apartheid state. Thus, Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) came to prominence, and … in fact they never boarded the plane…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… faith. There is very little known information about Josiah’s mother and his early childhood. Josiah had a younger … started his elementary schooling at the…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… *Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education … nationalist leaders and a number of public…