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Benjamin Johnson Langa
… mother was a housewife who was also intensely involved in the church. There were seven children, five brothers and two sisters, in the family. From very…
Former Pres. P.W. Botha is found guilty by the Regional Court in George of omission to appear in person before the Truth and Re
… Former Pres. P.W. Botha is found guilty by the Regional Court in George of omission to appear in person before the Truth and Re …
BiographyAlexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'
… born in 1931 in Cape Town, Western Province. In 1950, at the age of nineteen, Boraine started his career as a … Later that year Boraine served as a Chaplain…
ArchiveStatement by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Media Release, 23 September 1999
… Statement by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Media Release, 23 …
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… Thobisile Zibambele (39) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2009. On … Thobisile was killed at scene 1 after being…
Blessing Mabaso
… Luvuyo Mgobozi and Mbongeni Zondi on 7 September 1986 on the N2 highway in Durban. The applicants were members of the South African Security … Sabelo's (an…
BiographyJudith Mason
… on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She matriculated from the Pretoria High School for Girls in…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… Programme Director, Mongane Wally Serote Chairperson of the Board of the Freedom Park Trust, Gertrude Shope Honourable Minister of … - the 10th anniversary…
South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission grants amnesty to apartheid death squad commander Eugene de Kock and other f
… South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission grants amnesty to …
In a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) revelation, General Georg Meiring is implicated with more than sixty officers an
… In a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) revelation, General …
Watson Mzwandile Majova
… Majova, Paulos Madiba, Aaron Makwe, members of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe … were killed on 28 November 1985. On 17…
Luvuyo Mgobhozi
… (ANC) members were executed in what became known as the "Quarry Road" incident near Durban on September 7, 1986. The men were uMkhonto we Sizwe operatives,…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… high school he began working with various drama groups in the New Brighton area performing in schools and community halls. In 1965 while working at the Ford…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
… Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini , South African Congress of … African National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by…
BiographyColine Williams
… on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape , South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her brother Ashley and ……
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
… in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and later an executive on the mines in South African and Northern Rhodesia, currently … that under his…
BiographyMannie Manim
… in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and entertainment industry in South Africa and globally. His involvement in the arts industry began…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching … other aspiring black journalists, who came to…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
… and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a sensitive and quiet, yet … Catholic himself, Waterwitch experienced…
BiographyDikkie Mxolisi Johannes Jacobs
… during a wider pre-June 16, 1976 security crackdown under the state of emergency. The prison authorities stated that he was found hanged in his … Jacobs,…
BiographyNorman Stewart Middleton
… 10. In 1940, after finishing school, he signed up to join the army. He was a soldier during World War II in North … Italy and was wounded by shrapnel in an…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
… in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of … Matthew Simelane. She graduated on 15…
BiographyHugh Lewin
… to English missionary parents. At university he joined the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). At about this time … approached by a friend who asked him to…
BiographyOhm Collins Chabane
… Transvaal). He attended Shingwedzi High School, and at the age of 17 he joined the ANC underground. Chabane was also a member of the … Road’s Agency…
BiographyMandla Langa
… Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza , a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province . He is the son of a preacher, and he grew…
BiographyJillian Edelstein
… year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She returned to South Africa the following year to study at the University of Cape Town ……
BiographyAmina Desai
… Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business. Political activist, Ahmed Timol , who died at the hands of the Security…
BiographyMbalekelwa Mngomezulu
… Mbalekelwa Mngomezulu was the induna (headman) of the Lindizwe Area, Ingwavuma District, Natal [now … KwaZulu-Natal]. It was alleged that he was involved in…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
… was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He attended … and became a unit commander several…
Truth or Lies? Selective memories, imagings, and representations of Chief Albert John luthuli in recent political discourses, by Jabulani Sithole and Sibongiseni Mkhize
… Truth or Lies? Selective memories, imagings, and …