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BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
… Eastern Cape home, will go down in the annals of South African music as one of the jazz pioneers who played a … tune has since occupied pride of place in the…
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. He … Mr E.S. Reddy was born in 1924 to a…
BiographyBabalo Mtshazi
… and three siblings. He financially supported his entire family. According to his mother: "He supported the family and bought food and other household…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… of her life, her parents moved to Upington . They were a family with ten members and they shared a house with one … being paid approximately R100 per month…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
… the human person to be treated as one. The facts of South African life were then presented in their stark reality, as … that had been made. Yusuf Cachalia,…
BiographyJohn Marinus Ferus
… soldier, was born on 8 February 1940. He joined the South African Coloured Peoples Congress (SACPO) at the age of 19. … Ferus died in a car accident in 1981…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his father earned two … political consciousness, later…
Subbiah Moodley
… the early uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was born in … (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents…
ArchiveMr Cyril Molefe of the Stoffelton and Stepmore complex of freehold areas addresses the press at the Natal Rural Freehold Communities Reprieval Campaign on 4 June 1990
… Molefe of the Stoffelton and Stepmore complex of freehold areas addresses the press at the Natal Rural Freehold …
Owing to a national oil shortage, speed limits of 50 km per hour in built-up areas and 80 km per hour on other roads are declar
… oil shortage, speed limits of 50 km per hour in built-up areas and 80 km per hour on other roads are declar …
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… common membership. The League took up issues on behalf of African women who were billeted with passes and suffered … Meer were arrested. Fatima worked…
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… resorted to running a shebeen in order to provide the family with livelihood means. Modisane wrote that: My mother … was published by Black Orpheus , was…
BiographyJames Mata Dwane
… over how the money was to be used.In 1885 Dwane and his family moved to Middledrift,where Chief Kama of the … to establish a link between the Ethiopians and…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban , Natal … the Anglican Board of Social…
BiographyAndreas Vlachakis
… He is currently a contributor to the highly regarded South African photojournalism agency "South Photographs". He … Press Awards 2000. Numerous Highly…
BiographyHeidi Saayman
… the outreach home care and training program in the rural areas and disadvantaged communities of Port Elizabeth. In … and at the Month of Photography in Cape…
BiographyJean Sinclair
… opposed to all forms of injustice, especially the Group Areas Act (1950) which enabled the apartheid government to enforce racial segregation in demarcated…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… Egypt and transferred to Italy. He took part in the South African assault on Monte Sole, after which the Allies broke … initiated a dialogue between the PP…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
… River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo family moved to Evaton, a township south of Johannesburg, … 1967, a school established by American…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… and India. Yet, there are scant accounts of India’s African Sufi community, their artistic inclinations and the Sufi saint Bava Gor, who was also of African…
BiographyAndries Ntsenyeho
… and in both thighs. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and five children. According … studies on hold to find a job in order…
BiographyJulius Tokoti Mangcotywa
… chest by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, five adult children, 3 young … My father’s death remains a painful…
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
… Pato, "My son played a pivotal role in supporting our family by buying food, providing school fees for the children of the family, including fees for his…
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… his shoulder and thigh. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife and 10 children, the majority … from the Commission of Inquiry…
The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Between two and three hundred South West…
BiographyKhaya Biko
… officer and later a clerk, and Alice "MamCethe" Biko. The family settled in Ginsberg township near King William's Town. … King William's Town. Khaya was…
BiographyJoseph Manana
… on various walls in the city. In a solo show held at the African Art Centre in Durban in 2004 Manana displayed an … women, and whiteness – political…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… The aim of The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was to be a national umbrella … unions. The Federation came into being after the South…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… age of 21 years old. In 1968, he was the Captain for the African Springbok Rugby playing against the SA Coloured … 8-5. According to Mark Alexander,…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency … was held in October 1919. Prior to its establishment South African commercial banks…