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BiographyWilliam Wellington Gqoba
… in the conversion of the Xhosa to Christianity and in the history of Xhosa literature. During his final illness, Gqoba …
BiographyShaun Maclean Pollock
… South African to take 300 Test wickets and the 19th in the history of the game. Pollock has won the ‘man of the match’ …
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… to one of its members judged to have rendered exceptional service to the community in his case, his service to the people of Soweto and his sense of…
BiographyHelen Suzman
… passes in both her major subjects, Economics and Economic History. Between 1941 and 1944, Suzman worked as a … Supplies Board. In 1944, she started lecturing…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… modern forms of communication from the development of a postal system right through to the cell phones that we use …
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… Thomas Mapfumo in Berlin. Mbuli also wrote and narrated a history of apartheid in South Africa for BBC Radio which was … sang to a crowd of protesters in…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Law and Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure and Civil Procedure and Roman-Dutch Law. In the 1970s and 1980s … Family. Gavin, after his schooling and two…
BiographyTrevor Andrew Manuel
… company for nearly 8 years. He was promoted to civil engineering technician, but decided to resign from his …
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… In the same year the Harms Commission heard evidence of a Civil Co-operation Bureau plot to assassinate him, firstly by …
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
… working hard and getting good grades, he told the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) during his interview for the deputy …
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… Bloc and Budapest. In 1953 Thompson spoke at a memorial service held in honour of Stalin at the Soviet Consulate in …
BiographyMuziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba
… from gender issues and sexual taboos to HIV/AIDS, recent history and the spiralling crime rate in post-apartheid South …
BiographySushila Gandhi
… and in the Shadow of the Mahatma (SAHO and Durban Local History Museum, 2003). Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, 'Sushila …
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… British Empire, focusing on the deployment of non-violent civil disobedience and rolling industrial strike action. … form the bulwark of Ghana’s leap forward…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed …
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
… left teaching because he opposed the way African history was presented. Mqhayi wrote seven stanzas to Nkosi …
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… massacre of 1960. They capture a moment in the band’s history when they were still young – in their teens and … if on a loop, each time we engage with South…
BiographyThemba Godi
… a B.A. (Paed) degree majoring in Education, Xitsonga and History in 1988. Godi returned to Bushbuckridge and obtained … High School in 1996. He worked there…
BiographyDennis Brutus
… scholar and honorary professor based at the Centre for Civil Society in the School of Development Studies. In 2006, …
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… during her studies. 1976 Tshabalala-Msimang begins her service as head of the Health Training Programme for National … attends a course in Public…
BiographyTsepo Tiisetso Letlaka
… to South Africa as a member of the Transkeian diplomatic service and was posted for training to Washington, D.C.In … T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to challenge…
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
… gifts. Professor Sangweni retired as chair of the Public Service Commission in 2009, a position he held since 1994. … of Sociology, member of the ANC and…
BiographyGeorge Mokate Ramafoku
… being revoked on 14 May 1952. Acting Chief Mokgatle Mabe’s service was terminated and Jeremiah Mabe was appointed Chief. …
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
… involvement. She dedicated much of her energies in the service of the National Council of Women (NCW)’s African …
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… in 1990. This strike was the first time in South Africa’s history that 11,000 workers, predominantly Coloured, … any ethnic division. He is keen to use…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
… a project organization set up to study the political history of South Africa since 1960. The Trust produced ten … of The Road to Democracy in South Africa ,…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… taught him his first lessons at school in West Africa. The service was never more impressive than on the morning when …
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
… the 29th Division which moved to the Dardanelles on active service. He was transferred to the Arabian desert and then to …
BiographyFrantz Fanon
… French, he spent time in French-colonised Algeria. For his service he was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the French … History of violence.com, Fanon, from…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… gutted, and there were three explosions at Die Goeiehoop (Goodhope) Primary School in Cape Town. Administrative … South African History Online, ‘UWC students…