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Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Abstract : For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively unknown, … his life, his poems contain many themes of indeterminacy. [ii] Nortje…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… Papert and Dr Limbada. Very little is known about his life at Wits, except that he shared quarters with Amanullah … against him in a case which could have…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… 1956- armed with a dream to inspire children to succeed in life. In September’s first year of teaching, Elizabeth van … and also gained first hand experience…
BiographyShaka Zulu
… in war. Militarism was thereafter to be a way of life for him, and one that he was to inflict on thousands of … his military barracks at Dukuza. As the great…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Police James "Jimmy" Kruger requesting the easing of Steve Biko banning orders and as a consequence he was placed under … arrest. Woods was also placed under…
BiographyJabulile Nyawose
… workers’ education. There was little time for their home life, so the youngest of their children, a little girl, grew …
BiographyBabette Brown
… and early years practitioners how to use PDT’s unique life-size dolls to help children learn about empathy and …
Robben Island
… Initially the island was inhabited by a variety of wild life, including birds, penguins, seals and tortoises. Its … island began to be used as a military…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… fierce opposition to apartheid. His friendship with Steve Biko was still developing. The day that Biko’s death in detention was announced on September 13…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… for his outstanding contribution and dedicating his life to a free, just and democratic South Africa. …
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
… [10] . This was the beginning of the end of the political life of Patrice Lumumba. The Congolese National Assembly …
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… death and apologised for the tragic loss of a young life." …
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… books, and I have specialized chiefly in history and Bantu life." Although Killie acquired many unique items her library …
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… to find work to help support his family. His working life began at 12 as a shoe-shine boy and street vendor. At …
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
… shooting in 1960 was a major turning point in his life. From that time onward, Kotze’s analysis focused with …
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… characters displayed strong similarities to Olive’s own life and philosophy. Olive had rejected her parents’ …
BiographyJane Alexander
… in a new setting, carrying with it some of its earlier life and impact but requiring from us an adjustment to its …
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
… It was the most appalling experience of Kearney’s life. There were five people in the Diakonia delegation led …
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
… faith and his obedience to his God characterized his life. In 1883 he was elected president of the ZAR. He …
BiographyPaul Alberts
… National Electricity Regulator). Moving In Time: Images of Life in a Democratic South Africa, KMM Review Publishing …
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… multicultural, comprising of women from all walks of life – Black, White, Christian , Hindu , Jewish , and so on … a function hosted by the Iqraa Trust in…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… transformation in South Africa. SASO, established by Steve Biko, Barney Pityana and other black student leaders of the … doing ‘things for themselves and all…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… husband. However, Mandela’s busy political and academic life meant that the burden of care-giving and homemaking also … rarely saw his family because of his…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… plagued the music industry in his country. Eventually his life experiences influenced him to play music that reflected … Theatre that aimed to present the…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… influential artists and political activists throughout her life, including Langston Hughes, Paddy Kitchen and Randolph … because her mother was white and her…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… nobility, Selassie succeeded the Emperor Menelik II as ruler of Ethiopia on 3 April 1930. He immediately set … the throne, would haunt his reign for the rest…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… Convention (BPC), a political party of which Steve Biko was honorary president at the time of his death in 1977 … who helped to shape the liberation struggle…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it …
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in 1977. In a seven page decision of the Amnesty … policemen who applied for amnesty in connection…
ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… The memory of District Six, also known as Kanaladorp [ii] (kanala is a Malay word meaning ‘help one another’), is … Cape Town, District Six (Unpublished…