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BiographySylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa
Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career in the 1970s when she joined Victor Ntoni’s…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
Dr Emmanuel Bonginkosi "Blade" Nzimande was born in Kwa-Dambuza, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 14 April 1958. In the 1980s, he was a member of…
Diana (Di) Bishop
Diana Bishop was born in Cape Town. She made her first political statement at age eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic. During the celebrations,…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to…
Ngeni Gaga
Mr Ngeni Gaga,aged 19,died under Transkei Proclamation R400 of 1960 on 9th May 1965 . Mr Gaga had been detained in the Transkei less than 24 hours earlier.At…
Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape
Dr. Maitshwe Nchaupe Aubrey Mokoape, a medical doctor at the King Edward VII Hospital, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) became invovled in politics at the…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… of Salisbury Park, Fairview and South End in the late 1960s, Zwide was declared in 1968 and Motherwell in 1982. In …
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland and grew up on the…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South West Africa). However, there were a number…
BiographyProfessor Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (Kole Omotoso)
Professor Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (better known as Kole Omotoso), novelist, playwright, journalist, scholar and actor, was born on 21 April 1943 in Akure, Ondo…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… who knew him since their student days at UWC in the late 1960s. He remembered former education minister Kader Asmal … people". For the young Gerwel, heavily…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede a former ANC…
BiographyFikile Magadledla
Fikile Magadledla, South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, on 13 December 1952. As a young boy…
BiographyLaduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela
He was an author, illustrator, sculptor, heaven-herd and philosopher. He lived in the Ceza district where he received training as an inyanga from both his…
BiographyNathaniel Impey Honono
Nathaniel Impey Honono (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree…
BiographyMargaret Singana
Margaret Singana was born Margaret Mcingana on 1st January in 1938 in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. In the 1950s Margaret moved to Johannesburg in search of…
BiographyTu Nokwe
Tu Nokwe was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band and her mother, Patty, was a soprano singer. When her father…
BiographyDorothy Joan Wright
Dorothy Joan Wright was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port Elizabeth…
BiographyBokwe James Mafuna
Bokwe James Mafuna was born in January 14,1937 in Mafikeng.He dropped out of school at 15,was a manual laborer,then spent four years studying for the Catholic…
ArchiveIndian South Africans in Struggle for National Liberation Evidence of Molvi Ismail Ahmad Cachalia in the South African Treason Trial, June 21-28, 1960, Edited by E. S. Reddy
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… significant effects of apartheid in South Africa in the 1960s, including censorship on political writing. Emery’s … divorce was the source. Head’s…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After working some time in a Durban textile plant,…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… a staff member of the University of Natal (1956 to 1988). 1960s In the wake of the Sharpeville Massacre and the …
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
Alcott Skei Gwentshe was born in 1920 in Tsomo in the Transkei. A shopkeeper in (Duncan Village township)East London, Alcott Skei Gwentshe played a key role in…
BiographyJustice Gizenga Mpanza
Justice "Gizenga" Mpanza was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to…
BiographyAmbrose Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in Soweto. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his…
BiographyMfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose
Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose was born on 7 August 1917 at Kwa Mdingi, in King Williams Town. He completed his primary schooling at Kwa Mdingi Lower Primary…