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BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama was born in Bombay in 1870. After passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… of the police or the army activities, this went on to cover boycotts and any information relating to civil unrest …
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… of the police or the army activities, this went on to cover boycotts and any information relating to civil unrest …
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
PlaceOrlando Stadium
This was the site of the first stadium in Soweto, officially opened in 1959. For almost 50 years this was a famous home of soccer, associated with a host of…
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
Sodwana Bay National Park offers Africa's Southern most, Coral Reefs and outstanding Climate. Sodwana Bay is one of the World's premier sport diving…
PlaceLaingsburg, Karoo
A small, modern Karoo Village, Laingsburg lies at the confluence of two rivers, but is one of the driest parts of the Country. Laingsburg is 280 km from Cape…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… had been given a schedule of the areas we were supposed to cover. These included local and central government, health … gladly, with the help of a…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg, during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was imprisoned for six months…
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher in the Methodist…
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
BiographyJames Edward April
James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).He is the youngest of seven children…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… have been their standby for nearly half a century. To cover this loss it is suggested that the Native training … of the Acts referred to the expansion of…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… – and she immediately shouted out the National Geographic cover photo of the young Afghan woman. Steve McCurry’s …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… revealed that the security forces had created an elaborate cover up of their involvement. 8 March , Moses Mabhida , MK …
Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
… died, but because it was a legal necessity to sell it to cover all his debts. He could also not have died in 1696 … bought it for f1120. Apparently it was…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s…
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje was born in Bloemfontein on 25 September 1969 to Ewie and San-Marie Cronje. He attended Grey College in Bloemfontein, a…
BiographyAudrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
Audrey ‘Bobbie’ (her childhood nickname) Cobden was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) on 15 April 1923. She grew up in Johannesburg and…
BiographyThembi Shange Nobadula
A stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC) and the liberation movement, Thembi Shange Nobadula was born on 23 December 1927. She was a woman who…
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
Selloane Ethel Leisa was born on 22* February 1914 in Ga-Marishane, Northern Transvaal, (now Limpopo Province). Upon completing her schooling, she moved to…
BiographyBabette Brown
A tireless advocate for justice and equality in South Africa, the United Kingdom (UK), and all over the world, Babette Brown was born in 1931 in Johannesburg,…
BiographyMohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, (now…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… out in the papers we hate it. 'Liars, they are trying to cover up,' you hear. What they are saying about Soweto must … Guguletu, coming to a head on the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… that had to pass through Swaziland into South Africa. To cover the urban areas of the Transvaal, there were separate political and military machineries. To…
51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends
… commitment. The movement revived and had to be extended to cover the effect of the Immigration Act on the Registration …
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… has books published as early as the 13th century, that cover such subjects as mathematics, physics, astronomy, … to them, bearing in mind that their scope of…
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… Government tyranny are close on 4,000, mostly women. They cover these categories: Treason Trialists, exiled people, …