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BiographyFikile Magadledla
… but, when he left school in 1969, decided that he wanted to be an artist. Although he trained with renowned artist … iron. He also illustrated several books…
BiographyBill Flynn
… of a heart attack. That same day he was scheduled to act in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Johannesburg's Civic Theatre. Ryan Flynn - ……
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
… Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the … In 1959 she was banned from attending…
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… April. Every Sunday, families and groups of friends flock to the gardens in Newlands to watch their favourite bands play. The concerts are held on ……
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Walvis Bay, from … the German colony of South- West Africa. According to archaeological finds, the area…
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… an explorer. The travelling party first went northwards to Saldahna and St. Helena Bay, and then to present-day Calvinia, Sutherland and Tulbagh. They then ……
BiographyThomas Kgope
… and demonstrated basic techniques. Kgope continues to work as an electrician. Exhibitions: 1987: Waterkloof … Commissioned by Bruce Attwood of the…
BiographyBobby Hendricks
… awarded him posthumously for his exceptional contribution to the entertainment business. The award was accepted by his … In the same year, the municipality…
BiographySir Winston Spencer Churchill
… was born in Blenheim Palace, Oxford, in 1874. He came to South Africa as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the South African War of …
BiographySuliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie
… played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation in the … illegal procession. He later left…
BiographyStephen Tefu
… Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria … Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s, he…
BiographyJames Gavin Younge
… (Forest) Younge was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. From 1965 to 1968 he studied at the Witwatersrand Technical College … 1973 he lectured in graphics at the UN…
BiographyProfessor Raymond Suttner
… without trial under state of emergency between 1986 to 1988. He was restricted in 1988 but defied these and travelled to the Organisation of African Unity…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… led by Tsietsi Mashinini and Khotso Seatlholo , sought to transform the SSRC into a national liberation movement … 4 August 1976. On the same day, students…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… of the People “as of historic importance” in a letter to the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) … as Sisulu, despite the former’s cautious…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… British annexation of the Transvaal. The Boer opposition to British rule in the Transvaal. Henry Herbert, the 4th Earl … the British Secretary of State for…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… Many of those who bravely took that journey did not live to see a free South Africa, but died as young as they were on … of the struggles into which the…
Entering Namibia without visas
… for South West Africa. [1] It requested the Council to contact South African authorities to lay down procedures for the transfer of the administration ……
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
… Interim Constitution in 1993, when, together, we resolved to overcome the legacy of our violent and inhuman past. Our of that negotiation process emerged a…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass … challenge. No longer…
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker By at least the turn of the … zealous evangelism and fundraising…
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… astonishing variety of habitats from the Ubombo Mountains to Grasslands, Forests, Wetlands, Mangroves and ancient … along the Zululand coast from Maphelane…
6. Tonight, have your door open
… that on or about 9 months ago the young master ... came to the estate and I made his food for him and about 1 month afterwards Mr. Ramart came to the estate…
BiographyMabel Balfour
… her participation in the April Stay-At Home and sentenced to £20 or 30-days hard labour for "inciting non-white workers … (A-FCWU) in Transvaal. She was…
BiographyVictor Poto
… the Transkei . As leader of the official opposition to chief Kaiser Matanzima's ruling Transkei National … Poto stood for the principle of multiracialism…
BiographyJoan Hoskyn Davies
… at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to the Transvaal Archives Depot. In 1957 she was appointed … position until her retirement. She was…
Blessing Mabaso
… In 2000, amnesty was granted to Mathys Botha, Johannes Steyn and Laurence Wasserman for … objective. The families of the deceased were referred to the…
BiographyBenjamin John Peter Tyamzashe
… died and he later married Agnes Masango. He was invited to conduct a massed choir of 3000 school children at the … in Mthatha. In recognition of his…
BiographyWiseman Mbambo
… a teacher at the Vryheid Training College. He then went to Ndaleni Training College in Richmond, KZN to train as an art teacher. He taught art at a higher…
BiographyBerney Perez
… tutelage of photographer, Michael Barry. Perez continued to work as a freelance photographer, working mainly in and around the Karoo area in South Africa…