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BiographyAlfred Temba Qabula
… in 1959 at the age of 17 when the troubles facing the African National Congress (ANC) became a regular talking … the meeting turned into a riot when a…
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… articles that they regarded as "objectionable”: the South African Students Organisation (SASO) Policy Manifesto and the … same year, he was elected the…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… his father ran a successful import-export business. The family was forced to relocate to Bloemhof, a nearby town, … (now Tanzania) which housed the exiled…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
EventSouth African artist, Maggie Laubser, is born
… On 14 April 1886, South African artist Maggie Laubser was born on … went on to become on of South Africa's most renowned South African painters. During her…
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…
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African convicted and imprisoned for espionage in Zimbabwe in … The release apparently came after a…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… South African photographer, trade unionist and political activist, … on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation struggle…
EventThe South African Air Force is established
… On 1 February 1920, the South African Air Force was established. This made it the first air … Director of Air Services. The origin of the South African Air…