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EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
Manute Bol was born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both his parents were over two metres tall. Bol himself was 2…
EventZimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees
Three Zimbabwean intelligence officers were on trial in Harare, Zimbabwe for attempting to car bomb a house in Bulawayo, occupied by African National Congress …
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
On 12 July 1984, a car bomb exploded in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people. This car bombing was known as the "Jacobs" car bomb, according to an…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
List of exhibitors - South African Society of Artists
… Church, Freda Cole, Philip Tennyson Cork, Denis Santry Bom Cuairan, Florencio D De Jongh, MarthinilS (Tinus) …
Yusuf Omar interviewed by Bob Vassen (video)
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to Church Street in Pretoria and parked…
Three people are killed in a bomb blast
Africa Dancing with Nelson Mandela - Africannewslive.com
ArchiveSharpeville - March 21, 1960 by Petrus Tom
In 1960 before that terrible day of March 21 some workers resigned from work because they were preparing for that day.
BiographyConstance Stuart Larrabee
Constance Stuart Larrabee was born in Cornwall, England and came to South Africa with her parents when she was three months old. Constance’s interest in…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
Justice Arthur Chaskalson was born in Johannesburg on 24 November 1931. In 1952 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954…
EventLabram, manufacturer of ‘Long Cecil’ is killed by shell from ‘Long Tom’
George Frederick Labram, manufacturer of a cannon popularly known as 'Long Cecil' in the De Beers' workshop in Kimberley, was killed by a shell from a Boer …
South African Politics Since 1994 by Tom Lodge
ArchiveIn honour of Com. I B Tabatas birthday on 10
Address given by Jane Gool on I B Tabata's birthday. Presents his life history and the history of the Unity Movement.
EventSuspect in US embassies bomb blasts denies charges
The 26-year-old Tanzanian, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a prime suspect in the bombing of two United States of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es…
ArchiveMetal box workers: we demand our jobs back
Yellow, red and black poster. Black artwork of people holding a flag.
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured'…
BiographySaul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini
Sibusiso Mashinini was born to Johannes and Catherine. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he was very quiet and more helpful at home. He was remarkably…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
Kevin Woods, Michael Smith and Philip Conjwayo were arrested in Zimbabwe in connection with the bombing that killed the driver of the car transporting the bomb…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
William Ledwaba (16) was killed during a bomb attack on his home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. In evidence furnished before the Amnesty Commission of the Truth…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter, the Bo-Kaap’s origins date back to the 1760s…
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in 1984, which…
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…
BiographyMarius Schoon
Marius Schoon was born on 22 June 1937 in Johannesburg. He attended the University of Stellenbosch. Schoon moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue…
BiographyProfessor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu
Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu’s activism in the struggle began in the 1960s. Nengwekhulu alongside Steve Biko and others broke away from National Union of South…
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…