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BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not … drudgery of schoolwork into his private…
BiographyAyesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
… Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester , Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an … Laws, especially the Group Areas Act and the Pass Laws . In…
BiographyAllister Sparks
… born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation … amongst Xhosa people. Sparks studied…
BiographyAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo
… as children off the coast of Mozambique . She was born in the late 1870s and grew up in Worcester. One day in 1884, a Christian lady by the name of Miss…
BiographyMtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana
… Pukwana was a renowned saxophonist born on 18 July 1938 in Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth . The young Pukwana grew up studying the … to play with the…
BiographyQaqawuli Godolozi
… Qaqawuli Godolozi was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he…
BiographyVera Ponnen
… Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she went to …
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… Luli Callinicos was born in Johannesburg, and is of Hellenic descent. She began her involvement in the struggle for democracy at an early age. She began her…
BiographyRobert Moffat
… Robert Moffat was born on 21 December 1795 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. His parents were not wealthy. He was father-in-law to the missionary-explorer…
BiographyJohannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape
… Stanza Bopape was born on 26 April 1961 in Mamelodi East. He began high school studies at Rebalelaka … League branch. After matriculating he became involved…
BiographyJackson Mbhazima Hlungwani
… Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwane was born in Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu. The son of a Shangaan migrant … items for his community. He spent time as a migrant…
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
… He was born at Nsengeni in the Vryheid district. He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the … Lower…
BiographyElijah Thomas Zondi
… Elijah Thomas Zondi was born on 22 October 1917 in Pietermaritzburg to Thomas Zondi, an evangelist and … Mchunu. He attended the Burnside Community School…
BiographyMax Gordon
… Max Gordon was born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University…
BiographyChris Kirchhoff
… Born in 1962 in Johannesburg, Kirchhoff spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg … Surveying at Wits University,…
Josias Madzunya
… Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931,…
BiographySibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977, Mbongwa…
BiographyCythna Lindenberg Letty
… Letty began her first work in the art field in 1925 when she began work at the Onderstepoort Veterinary laboratory. Here she had to record in detail the post…
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977, Mbongwa…
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… B. Xuma 's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African … (ANCWL) from 1943 until 1948. She was born…
BiographyShaka Zulu
… as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and … reign more than a hundred chiefdoms were…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… the author’s book, Soul of a Nation – Constitution-making in South Africa , Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1998. … South Africa’s Constitution was…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
… This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is … captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle…
BiographyPiet Retief
… Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape … Debora Retief. His ancestors were from Provence in…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… to win over even his enemies. Today we celebrate Madiba in all his capacities. We honour Madiba the revolutionary, … the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola…
BiographyHugh Masekela
… Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on 4 April 1939 in Witbank, near Johannesburg . Masekela showed musical … At Huddleston’s request, Masekela then received…
BiographySuliman “Babla” Saloojee
… Suliman "Babla" Saloojee was born on 5 February 1931 in the small town of Belfast in the then eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. Babla was compelled to leave…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. He was born ca. … African military leader after the Zulu…
BiographyGavin Jantjes
… Gavin Jantjes was born in Cape Town in 1948. He studied at the University of Cape Town's … received a DAAD scholarship to undertake a Master’s degree in the…
BiographyBheki Myeni
… Bheki Myeni was born on 10 October 1954 in Hlabisa, Natal. Myeni's parents died when he was a young … his brothers moved to Matyana, a village near Empangeni…