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BiographyNils Severin Andersen
Andersen came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family pressures…
BiographyKate O’Regan
Kate O’Regan was born in Liverpool, England. She grew up in Cape Town. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1978 and her LL.B. (cum laude)…
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989 …
Five Freedoms Forum - African National Congress, July 1989: Report of the Commission on the role of extra-Parliamentary politics (B2)
… Five Freedoms Forum - African National Congress, July 1989: Report of the Commission on the role of …
The South African government admits donating $35 billion in 1989 to support political parties opposing the South-West Africa Pe
… The South African government admits donating $35 billion in 1989 to support political parties opposing the South-West …
The Life and Death of Dr Abu Baker ‘Hurley’ Asvat, 23 February 1943 to 27 January 1989 by Jon Soske
… Abu Baker ‘Hurley’ Asvat, 23 February 1943 to 27 January 1989 by Jon Soske …
The Harms Commission, appointed in December 1989 by the F.W. de Klerk government to investigate into state involvement in polit
… The Harms Commission, appointed in December 1989 by the F.W. de Klerk government to investigate into …
In his second progress report on the implementation of the United Nations 1989 Declaration on Apartheid and Its Destructive Con
… report on the implementation of the United Nations 1989 Declaration on Apartheid and Its Destructive Con …
The Weekly Mail reports that allegedly twenty people have died in taxi feuds in 1989 and many more seriously injured.
… Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race … that allegedly twenty people have died in…
Press statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989
… [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989 …
BiographyBheki Mlangeni
… Sun City (Diepkloof Prison, Johannesburg). On 17 November 1989, prompted by the death row confessions of a police …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine children. Her…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
Professor Chris Barnard led the team which performed the first human-to-human heart transplantation operation at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. The son of…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
BiographySipho Gumede
Sipho Gumede was born in Cato Manor, a then mainly Indian area in Durban. From a young age he showed interest in music, playing on a homemade guitar. He was…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk was born in Vredendal, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
Neil Hudson Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, and when his…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date. George Cato (1854 - 56) Edward Snell and Savery Pinsent…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… to their sentence. Masemola was released on 15 October 1989. On the eve of his release, Nelson Mandela asked to have …
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
Isaac Bokala was born in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began working at Total, the…
BiographyErnest Methuen Mancoba
Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Turffontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng) on 29 August 1904. From 1920 to 1924 Mancoba trained as a teacher at the…
BiographySimon Moroke Lekgetho
Simon Moroke Lekgetho was born in Schoemansville near Hartebeespoort Dam in 1929. He was self-taught, despite lessons in drawing taught at the occupational…
Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege
This archive consists of Newspaper Clippings relating to the 1980 Silverton Siege
BiographyRicardo Rangel
Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a…
BiographyChris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the six children of…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary School…
BiographyRev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse
Helenard Joe Hendrickse (better known as Allan) was born on 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven children of Maria and Charles…
BiographyAllina Ndebele
Allina Ndebele (nee Khumalo) was born on 10 December 1939 in Ekuhlengeni mission, on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. Ndebele attended school in the…