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BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Kathrada’s political work began in 1941, at the early age of 12 when he joined the Young Communist League of South … , Nelson Mandela , I.C. Meer and J.N…
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… Government Gazette, also provided for the adoption of the new national flag. Die Stem and Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are … Sikelel' iAfrika was first sung…
BiographyArnold Selby
… of Africa." explained the liberation veteran. At the age of 62, in 1980, Selby found a new hobby - long distance running - and completed his first …
BiographyZweledinga Pallo Jordan
… and he followed in their footsteps. He started off at the age of seven by selling copies of Torch , a newspaper … year he also became involved in training…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
… of the first free elections. They lived in Long Island, New York, USA. Joel attained a position as an assistant … Jeanette Carlson passed away on 18 August…
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… He became increasingly politically aware and at the age of sixteen, while at AJ Mwelase Secondary School, … ANC members who later occupied senior positions…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
… in Grahamstown where he enjoyed a spell as head boy at the age of 13 in 1941. That same year he joined the Van Riebeeck … also writer and editor for journals…
BiographyCharles Kwelemthini Sakwe
… to the district council of Idutywa, and later, at the age of 29, he was appointed to the Transkeian Territories …
BiographyWelcome Mandla Koboka
… Welcome Mandla Koboka was born in Johannesburg in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim …
BiographySidumo Dlamini
… 1966. He moved to South Africa with his aunt at a young age. Sdumo Dlamini started schooling at the age of seven, in 1973, at Magugu Higher Primary in…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem
… S.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem … projects such as the Voelvlei Dam were…
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
… Ndlovu joined the African National Congress at the age of 20 in 1952 during the Defiance Campaign . During this … provincial legislature. Ndlovu died on 22…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 35 - "New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma's Address to … hope that they will present concrete…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… the Chairperson of the Implementation Committee of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, President Olusegun Obasanjo, in commending the New…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township , Red Location (near the railway line), … made up of both men and women…
BiographyJames Edward April
… (ANC) and distributed the progressive left wing paper, New Age . By the 1960s when people like Desai and September … (ZAPU) group were going to the south.In…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
… David sold the family store and on 15 September 1963, at age 33, he ventured out to work full time as a professional … Group Areas Act which forcefully…
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… for instilling in him an informed love of books. At the age of 16, he entered the Faculty of Medicine at the … To the team's dismay, the physician in charge…
BiographyDavid Livingstone
… Since his family was poor, David worked from the age of 10 to 26 at a cotton mill company and did his school … medical studies in 1840 in London, England…
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
… in Limpopo. Malema began his political career at a young age. He joined the Masupatsela (Trailblazers), a movement of … Ibid. ↵ [viii] Ibid. ↵ [ix] M. Merten…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
… he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. He later completed …
BiographyMark Shope
… he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. He later completed …
Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape
… KwaZulu-Natal) became invovled in politics at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 15 years old, he was a …
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
… his PHD from Lancaster University. In 1977, at the age of 33, Cobbing came to South Africa and became an active …
BiographyEllen Lambert
… . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the age of 19 in 1953. She subsequently became one of the …
BiographySaul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini
… remarkably intelligent, which was noticeable at an early age. According to his father, when Mashinini was three, a … his set of teeth told of his remarkable…
ArchiveChapter 22 Rainbow at the Cape - for a new South Africa by Lutz van Dijk
… Chapter 22 Rainbow at the Cape - for a new South Africa by Lutz van Dijk …
Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town
… Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town …
ArchiveThe new Inkatha symbol: the dawn of an era of hope in South Africa
… The new Inkatha symbol: the dawn of an era of hope in South Africa …
New light on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography by Stephen Ellis, 13 January 2014, South Africa
… New light on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography by Stephen Ellis, …