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BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
… 1886 in Pretoria from Dutch parents. Pierneef started his high school career at the Staatsmodelschool in Pretoria and it was here that he started his art…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
… in Paris in 1890, and arrived in South Africa with his father in 1902. He returned to study in London in 1911. Upon his return he briefly stayed in Natal…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… India. He was the last child of Karamchand Gandhi, his father and his father's fourth wife Putlibai. His … Gauteng ), South Africa offered him employment. He…
BiographyBen Mclennan
… Edinburgh, Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early schooling in Grahamstown , in the…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… by Allison Drew Document 47 - "Answer to Government's Apartheid Unions", The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956 "THE … WORKERS STRENGTH "The strength of the worker…
EventJames Kantor, a lawyer, is arrested for his involvement in Liliesleaf farm activities
… James Kantor was a lawyer who owned a law firm and employed his brother in-law Harold Wolpe. Unbeknownst to Kantor, Wolpe … arrested. Kantor was arrested…
PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
… be found. Qunu is the Village where Nelson Mandela spent his childhood and it is close to Mthatha, where the Nelson … Mandela herded cattle and sheep and…
BiographyWillie Esterhuyse
… in Laingsburg, Western Province (now Western Cape), on his father’s farm. From humble beginnings, Professor … and a half years in the Netherlands, he…
BiographyJabulani Sam Nhlengethwa
… (formerly Transvaal). Forced removals in the area made his family relocate to Kwa-Themba. He spent much of his childhood there as well as in Ratanda,…
BiographyNana Sita
… J.P. Vyas in Pretoria, to study book-keeping. Soon after his arrival, Gandhiji, then leading a Satyagraha, went to … grocer. He was active in the religious…
ArchiveMaisels and his ‘most famous client’ by Helen Maisels Trisk
… Trisk. H. M. (2020). Maisels and his ‘most famous client’ , from the South African Jewish … s://www.sajr.co.za/news-and-articles/2020/07/16/maisels-and-his…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to work very closely with him, and really got to know him, we … of the SACP’s Central Committee. In 1974…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… the streets to greet President Thabo Mbeki and the rest of his delegation. Mbeki was received in Abidjan by the … Mbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan,…
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament. He says it is time for … F.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… the young Bizos was at school in Kalamata, which was near his home town, Vasilitsi, where his father was a prominent citizen, having been the mayor at … to…
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
… born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a year old when the student riots … School, Meadowlands, from grade one…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… that Zambia extended to the ANC in the struggle against apartheid. It examines Zambia's support for the ANC within … Zambia, the ANC and the struggle against…
Max, a 180 kg gorilla, is shot in his neck and shoulder by a robber who got into his cage.
… Max, a 180 kg gorilla, is shot in his neck and shoulder by a robber who got into his cage. …
Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a
… corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a …
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… hanging from rusty pipes, a young black man is down on his knees. His feet are naked, his trousers rolled up to his … clothes, some standing, naked, trying…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
… Cape) on 19 May 1920. Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer, had been gaoled for supporting the … Afrikaner rebellion of 1914; but unlike…
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… Rose Makwane the National Administrative Secretary for her work in coordinating Congress arrangements. To the staff of … organisations, your presence here…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… and psychoanalyst and the author of Black Hamlet, to his informant, John Chavafambira, at the end of 1933. The … director of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… In sharp contrast to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's first wife was a … their three babies and helping with the cooking when his…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
… result of the white nationalist government’s imposition of apartheid on the country in the late 1940s. She saw the … for the rights of poor blacks, who were…
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… withdrew from active politics in order to concentrate on his legal practice, but he did participate in the Durban … African National Congress (ANC)…
BiographyAlfred Toto Metele
… kept a close eye on BCC members, especially Metele due to his devout membership to the African National Congress (ANC) … was detained for 90 days, he vowed…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
… by The Island in 1973. Sizwe Banzi is Dead addresses the apartheid regime’s restrictive pass laws while The Island is … played by Sutherland, in finding out…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… also worked for The Golden City Post in Johannesburg. His work, including “The Suit”, won several prizes, including the 1953 Drum award. His stories were…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… South African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils was born in the … and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet…