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BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The system of management committees, or local…
BiographyEmsley Manne Dipico
Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, was born in Greenpoint, Kimberley. Emsley Manne…
BiographyAchmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor, an award winning novelist and poet, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He lived with…
BiographyJacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer was born in 1850 at Burgersdorp in the Cape Colony. He did his education at the South African College in Cape Town. After completing…
BiographyColleen Lombard
Colleen Lombard (previously known as Colleen Rayson), an anti-apartheid activist, former political detainee, and treason trialist, was born in Wynberg, Cape…
EventSA Boeing 707 crashes in Namibia
Pretoria, a Boeing 707 of South African Airways (SAA), en route to London and only in use for seventeen days, crashed and exploded shortly after take-off from…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
Peter Hlaole Molotsi was born in Steinsrust, a municipal location, in the district of Kroonstad, (then Orange Free State) on July 18, 1929. His father was a…
ArchiveEducation as an instrument for liberation.
This Address to a fund-raising banquet for the South African Students Organization in Durban, June 1973, discusses the traditional role of education, looks at…
EventMarlise Joubert, SA author and painter, is born
Marlise Joubert was born in Elim, Limpopo and grew up in Warmbath (Bela Bela). She studied at the University of Pretoria where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts …
ArchiveAn approach to the Democratic party
This article argues that the Democratic Party is a significant force over which the MDM can gain access and influence and the Democratic Partys election…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
"As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to take control over their own lives, art must teach people, in the most vivid and imaginative…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
Samuel Alfred Long was born in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home when he was…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
Richard Victor Selope Thema was born in Ga-Mamabolo, Pietersburg district, in 1886. Both his parents were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging to the…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry…
EventSA artist Sfiso Mkame is born
Justice Sfiso Mkame , South African artist, was born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at the Open School and the…
ArchiveWhat an Educated African Girl Can Do - Alfred Xuma
ArchiveIndentured Labour from India in the Age of Empire by Sunanda Sen
ArchiveTerro sal 24 jaar sit, Beeld, 7 December 1982
The battle of Adwa: an Ethiopian victory that ran against the current of colonialism
EventSouth African man sets record for world's deepest dive
South African engineer, Nuno Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind's deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes'318.25m plunge beat the record…
The SA Corps of Military Police (S.A.C.M.P.) is formed as an independent unit under Lt.-Col. R.D. Pilkington-Jordan.
Fransiscus Jacobus Ludovicus (Louis) de Vriendt, Dutch-speaking actor who played an important role in the SA professional theat
Business Day reports that SA is about to test an intermediate range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Gerard Bhengu (also Benghu Bengu), SA artist, is born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer distric
SA signs an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees governing the legal status, privileges and immunit
Gerard Bhengu (also Benghu Bengu), SA artist, is born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer distric
SA signs an agreement with Hungary on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
Dorothy Molefi is a mother who lost her child to violence. But what makes her story unique is that her child became an international icon of South Africa's…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The…