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BiographyJennifer Schreiner
Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner. Else and Deneys were…
BiographyEudy Simelane
Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first women to live as openly…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… Inkatha Freedom Party, the government of KwaZulu-Natal [KZN] and eighteen private individuals or interest groups. … on behalf of the two political parties,…
PlacePort Edward, South Coast
… rural and coastal hiking experience starting on the KZN South Coast and ending on the Wild Coast, showcasing … 140 endemic. The hike is organised through: '…
The 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment) later known as the Princess Alice’s Own Pretoria Regiment, but since 31 May 1961 again kn
BiographyJonathan Clegg
Jonathan ‘Johnny’ Clegg was born in Bacup, near Rochdale in England on 7 June 1953. His father was from England but his mother was from Southern Rhodesia (now…
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… The Apartheid Museum , in partnership with the KZN Provincial Governmen t, has created a Museum at the …
PlacePort St. Johns
… Casino and keep walking. It’s a natural extension of the KZN South Coast. Walking gives one a unique perspective! The …
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
Professor Pieter Steyn was born in 5 January 1940 in Vryburg in the North West. He is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… processes that shall unfold to elect a new Premier. The KZN ANC leadership will be expected to provide the National …
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
… Kilometers and includes a Coastline of 230 km! Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is the Provincial Agency mandated to carry out … Wetland Park, World Heritage Site. The…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… was appointed MEC of Economic Affairs and Tourism for the KZN provincial government, a position he would hold until …
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
… syrups, specialised sugars and a range of by-products. KZN sugarcane farmers barely hanging on- The bailout money … https://www.foodformzansi.co.za/kzn…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… a community tourism organisation by Durban Tourism and the KZN Department of Tourism. The aim of the organisation was …
PlaceKwaxolo Cave Adventures, South Coast
… Caves, located inland of Margate on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast, were once open-rock shelters for indigenous … tourism that gives visitors a unique…
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
Chief Justice Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi Zondo (popularly known as Judge Raymond Zondo) was born in the rural town of Ixopo, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1960…
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers was a linguist, writer, and educator. She born on 24 December 1900 on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier. She was the eldest of…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… reinforced by the ideological divide. In Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) the UDF’s most formidable foe, apart from security …
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… in this case, the majority of students were from outside KZN and therefore unlikely to be spared by the “warriors”. …
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
Ashlatha Moodley (nèe Rambally) was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1946 and grew up in the small town of Colenso. After completing her…
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
… and growth and pessimism during the civil war in KZN and ends with the final failed attempt to revive its …
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
Paul Weinberg was born in 1956 in Pietermaritzburg into a progressive middle-class Jewish family. His father was a lawyer and his mother a music teacher. He…
PlaceGriqualand East
… bird watching. Kokstad is one of the few places in KZN you have a chance to see all three crane species, the …
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… In the new Kwazulu-Natal Province, which incorporated the KZN homeland, the IFP won the most votes (the election was … lands, representing approximately 2.8…
PlaceeThekwini Municipality
… picture-postcard seaport of Durban . Yes it is all true. KZN promises an inexhaustible quota of things to do and …
PlaceKenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
… greenbul. The reserve is managed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and there is no accommodation within the …