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BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
His Majesty, King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II was born on 2 May 1938, in the Village of Salang in the Mountain District of Mokhotlong in the…
ArchiveAddress by State President F W de Klerk, DMS, at the opening of the second session of the ninth Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Friday 2 February 1990
Address by the State President F W de Klerk, at the opening of the second session of the ninth Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Friday, 2 February…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… mine dumps in the 1960s, and their total removal in the 1990s, has fostered the establishment of a number of middle …
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936…
BiographyMargareth Baloi
Ma Baloi as she was fondly addressed, was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region of Dunn, in Ward fourteen. She was a very energetic woman. When…
BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
George Edward Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) in the 1960s. He was born in the…
BiographyJean van der Poel
Jean van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and she…
Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, dies in Germiston. His poetry was translated into English,
BiographyJohnson Dhlwati
He was born in the Clarkebury district of the Cape and educated at the Clarkebury Training Institution, where he later taught boot making. Dhlwati was a…
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
Dumisani Abraham Mabaso was born on 20 June 1955 in Soweto. He received his initial basic art training at the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) in…
BiographyBaleka Mbete-Kgositsile
Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban. She spent her pre-school years with her grandmother in the Northern Transvaal but…
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
Muzuvukile Curnick Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. After the demolition of Cator Manor and…
BiographyDavid Hartman
Dave Hartman was born in 1961 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) where he grew up in an English speaking liberal home. His mother was born…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at an ANC rally after the close of the National Consultative Conference, 16 December 1990
Yasmin Jessie Duarte, SA High Commissioner to Mozambique and previous Special Assistant to President Mandela in 1990, is born i
Electricity is cut off in Tumahole township because of a municipal and rent boycott. (Collinger, J. (1990). “Black out as provi
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… of Inkatha in Kwazulu Natal during the 1980s and early 1990s. The people of Moutse responded by organising mass …
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… to be wrong but also to be violating human rights. In the 1990s it was discovered that all people have a “mutual …
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
BiographyMenzi Mcunu
Mcunu attended Ohlanga High School. In 1985 he received informal training in art at the Community Arts Workshop, Durban. In 1987 he was awarded a bursary by…
BiographyBonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi
He then started work in order to support his family. Plummer was never a full time artist. He studied art informally at the Community Arts Workshop, Durban,…
BiographyProfessor Raymond Suttner
Raymond Suttner is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received…
BiographyEthel de Keyser
As a girl she had developed an interest in the arts, and in the 1950s married an up-and-coming actor, David de Keyser, a marriage that lasted 10 years. She…
BiographyFlorence Matomela
Florence Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising five children. In 1950, angered by new influx control regulations…
Wendy Schwegmann
Wendy Schwegmann was born in 1954 in Zululand, where she spent her youth. She has a diploma in Interior Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini, South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National…
BiographyMthuli ka Shezi
Mthuli ka Shezi was a leading Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) intellectual. He was also a playwright and a cultural activist. He was president of the…
BiographyMark Shope
Mark Shope, SACTU General Secretary Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an…
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
Julian Cobbing was born in 1944 in London. He studied at the University of London where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD…