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BiographyHarry Moyaga
Apart from interaction with artists such as Cyprian Shilakoe (qv.), Bill Ainslie and Fikile Magadlela, it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following…
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…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… strategist in 2001 where she worked mainly in debt capital markets, hedge funds coverage, and global macroeconomics … has written and lectured on topics…
BiographyWilliam Cock
In 1849, Cape Town lived up to its reputation for giving visiting vessels a rousing reception. But this was a reception with a difference; it was in fact a…
BiographyGovin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle…
BiographyCassim Saloojee
Saloojee was born in Krugersdorp, in 1935. Here his grandfather ran a shop next to Dr. Yusuf Dadoo’s father’s store. After he was married, Saloojee’s father…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
BiographyBilly Paddock
Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in the 1950s. He attended Glenwood High School in Durban where he excelled at…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
… [9] Bone, James. "The beginner's guide to stock markets" . The Times . London. Archived from the original …
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… Africans were now forced to sell their crops to colonial markets at lower prices that would in turn sell these crops …
BiographyChris Ledochowski
Chris Ledochowski was born in 1956 in Pretoria. He grew up in Johannesburg and from 1968 to 1974 he attended Waterford- Kamhlaba, a non racial boarding school…
BiographyPaul Stopforth
“Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist who works in oil, gouache, ink, charcoal,…
BiographyTracy Payne
Tracy Payne’s hyper real paintings evoke a sense of sublime sexuality in the art of constraint, even if she is painting a flower. She was born in 1965 in…
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…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… trade liberalization, “regulated” flexibility in labour markets, strict deficit reduction targets, and monetary …
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Walker and Tom Lodge. According to Lodge,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… back on our infrastructure programme. The response of the markets was clear. Money poured into South Africa - into our … in capturing the international…
BiographyGraham Goddard
Graham Goddard was born in 1956 in Woodstock, Cape Town. His parents were factory workers in the Woodstock/Salt River area. Goddard lived most of his life on…
BiographyLesley Lawson
One of the founding members of Afrapix, Lesley Lawson was born in Durban in 1952. She matriculated from Durban Girls College and attended the University of…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… agriculture in the interior. The emergence of large cash markets, stimulated by mineral exploitation, now provided an … opportunities posed by these rapidly…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… immigrants who came to work on the sugar cane fields. Markets, Mosques and Temples of their descendants, now add a …
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
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)…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
Samuel Alfred Long was born in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home when he was…
BiographyJohn James Issel
John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town. At a tender age, he worked on a vineyard, cleaning grapes…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the 118th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly: Cape Town, 13 April 2008
… assistant for technical cooperation, also said: "The markets are not working well. A few operators are controlling … farmers and guaranteed prices against…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
… his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a focus on Markets and Culture and a minor in Business. Almost halfway …