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BiographyMoses Ndlovu
… on 6 May 2004 at his home in Pietermaritzburg. A funeral service was held at the Holy Trinity Church in Pelham and he …
BiographyLloyd Spencer
Lloyd Spencer was born in South Africa in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed his own medium format photos using his father's antique cameras as…
BiographyBabette Brown
… against apartheid, racism and injustice of all kinds; her service to education and gender rights; her compassion for …
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… granted asylum in Britain in the 1980s and taught African history and culture at Nottinham University in 1989-91 before …
BiographyHarry Moyaga
… has to be directed to the past ”¦ to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who …
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… (she could not bear children) and injustice of human history (Colonialism/Apartheid and the patriarchal system was …
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… and the couple had two children. De Bruin had no known history, political activism as such, until her name surfaced …
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
… as one of the most important female figures in the history of South Africa. Her funeral provided an opportunity …
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… Oberlin College had adopted. Both men were considered civil rights activists, educators and writers. Washington … the significance of Dinizulu and his place…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… an important Historical and Architectural clement in the History of the Defence Headquarter and the Military History … Veterans who had come to South Africa…
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… in 1977; his doctoral thesis was titled Theory and History in Marxist Poetics. He held a research position at … intellectual contributions to South Africa’s…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… the wine industry facing the most serious crisis in its history, Kohler came forward with his life-saving proposal. … lay in state in the KWV's Cathedral…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… Technical Education was burnt. Explosives were found Goodhope Primary in Bellville South. In both incidents …
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… objectors had been jailed. In 1977, compulsory national service had been increased from one to two years, followed by … closely with the UDF. Silkscreen…
Faith Gasa
… ) from 1968 to 1972. She then went on to study History and Afrikaans in 1972. It was at the university that …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… that revealed secret information about Britain’s plans for civil defence and government in the event of a nuclear … Deal One of the controversial issues in…
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang. Mogoeng was born on 14 January 1961 in Goo-Mokgatha (Koffiekraal) village, north east of Zeerust, North West Province. He was…
BiographyLex Mpati
… Planning Committee, a sub-committee of the Judicial Service Commission. Rhodes University bestowed a Doctor of …
BiographyJabu Sithole
Jabu Sithole was born on 23 October 1949 in Lamontville, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where he attended primary school until age seven when he was struck…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… called for an expeditious programme to ensure that the civil service is more representative in terms of ethnic group and … action to reverse imbalances that…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… force led by Sir Charles Warren brought their history to a bloodless end. The expedition probably also marked the beginning of a formal postal infrastructure…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of … Africa and the Communist International : A…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik … Africa and the Communist International : A…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi , who has died , was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a … Zulu movement. He’ll also be remembered for the…
BiographyFrancis Wilson
… a chapter titled Farming 1866 – 1966 to the Oxford History of South Africa. The following year, Labour in the …
BiographyRebecca Malope
… becoming the fastest selling CD in the South African music history. In 1996 she lost her father, brother and sister in …
BiographyDora Taylor
… NEUM. Her contribution in the unity movement was mainly on history and criticism. She gave a materialist perspective on …
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… a blog on President Jacob Zuma entitled The End of History. He is survived by his wife Sarchen, daughter Ingrid …
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… time of his death he was working on the compilation of a history of the South African liberation movement in song. He …
BiographyShirley Gunn
… a non-profit organisation that focuses on capturing oral history and disseminating through multi-media. She is the …