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BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
… by Michael Chapman Awards Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize (1962) – For his first three books Eugène Marais Prize (1967) – Vliegoog Perskor Prize (1974) –…
BiographyLeonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso
… and Nuremberg, West Germany. In 1972 he received first prize trip to Paris in the UTA Pavement Artist Competition, and in 1973 a prize at the Sao Paulo…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… Rule in Black South Africa, and the 1986 Wole Soyinka Nobel Prize tribute exhibition at Puck Theatre in Stockholm, …
BiographyAchmat Dangor
… Fruit (2003) Strange Pilgrimages (2013) Awards Booker Prize, Book Trust (England), 2004, for Bitter Fruit … IMPAC Dublin Literary Award – 2003 Herman…
BiographyAntjie Krog
… their past and future. Krog was awarded the Eugene Marais prize for the most promising young writer in 1973, she also got the Dutch/Flemish prize and the…
The Order of the Southern Cross
… or internationally renowned individuals including Nobel Prize winners. Individuals who have been awarded this medal include …
BiographyLucas Seage
… the Dada and Surrealist an movements. Seage he won first prize in the Haenggi Foundation National Art Competition in … : 1981: Haenggi Foundation National An…
The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl
… fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl …
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… African World Cup Committee asked South Africa’s three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu , former President F … was roundly criticised by…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
… Saint Mokoena). Awards: 1970: UCLA African Art Magazine prize. 1971: Black Artists from Africa exhibition prize. Collections: DAM;KC. …
BiographyAlfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo
… He also led the close harmony group Kings of Harmony, winners of many trophies. Both these choirs performed …
BiographyGideon Mendel
… recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s “Pollock Prize for Creativity”. Publications by Mendel Awards & … 2019 (Hope) 2016 Greenpeace Photo Award…
Petra Muller, South African poet, receives the Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans literature.
… Petra Muller, South African poet, receives the Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans literature. …
Denis Farrell
… of Nelson Mandela casting his vote, earning him a Pulitzer Prize nomination. …
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… to the liberation struggle in South Africa." Similarly, Nobel Peace Prize and former United Nations Commissioner for Namibia, …
BiographyPaul Michael Sibisi
… '73 Graphic art award. 1980: Art on the Mole'80 (third prize). 1981: Art on the Mole '81 Competition (first prize). Haenggi Foundation National Art…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate Message of Support for July 25 Rally (video)
… Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu voices his support … Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate Message of Support for July 25 Rally …
BiographyChris van Wyk
… and for which van Wyk received the Olive Schreiner Prize. Van Wyk had written over 20 books, including poetry … of America and Canada. In 1996 he received…
BiographySindiwe Magona
… the Arts; the Xhosa Heroes Award; and the UNdimande Grand Prize. The Hartwick College of New York conferred her with an … in 1993. She was shortlisted for…
BiographyCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
… Italy (Biennale - graphics). SA- tour. (SA Breweries Art Prize Exhibition). 1971: Cape Town (Republic Festival … JAG(Vita Art Now). Awards: 1960: Quadrennial…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy …
Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (Mikro), Afrikaans author, receives the Scheepers Prize for youth work.
… Kühn (Mikro), Afrikaans author, receives the Scheepers Prize for youth work. …
Etienne Leroux (67), Afrikaans author and Hertzog Prize winner, dies in a Bloemfontein hospital.
… Etienne Leroux (67), Afrikaans author and Hertzog Prize winner, dies in a Bloemfontein hospital. …
BiographyKabelo Sello Duiker
… first novel Thirteen Cents won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for first book, Africa Region. Thirteen Cents explores … The quiet violence of dreams won the…
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… He entered an essay on Islam for the ‘Archbishop’s Essay Prize’ and duly won. He then decided that this was to be the … whilst in America, Tutu learnt that…
BiographyVuminkosi Zulu
… Isandlwana' in 1982 for which he was awarded a sculpture prize. This piece is in the old KwaZulu parliamentary … (Hajee Suliman Ebrahim Memorial award). 1982…
BiographyHugh Lewin
… in Gauteng, in the 1990s. He won the 2003 Olive Schreiner Prize for his prison memoir Bandiet Out of Jail . While in … struggle against apartheid — was also…
BiographyElsa Joubert
… and internationally. She is the recipient of almost every prize for Afrikaans writing, many more than once. For Poppie … the CNA prizes). She was also…
BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
… British Artists Competition, Bourne mouth, UK (first prize). 1978: Awarded Wildlife Trophy on Art competition in … USA Oklahoma Wildlife of the World…
BiographyThabani Derrick Zulu
… genre paintings and still lifes. In 1981 he won first prize in Drawing and Painting at the University of Zululand …