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Geoffrey Hlabangane, chief executive officer and director of New Seasons Resources, Johannesburg, since 1999, is born in Middel
… Hlabangane, chief executive officer and director of New Seasons Resources, Johannesburg, since 1999, is born in …
General Lucas Johannes Meyer, later president of the New Republic (Nieuwe Republiek) established on territory received as rewar
… General Lucas Johannes Meyer, later president of the New Republic (Nieuwe Republiek) established on territory …
A national strike paralyses Zimbabwe. Bowing to growing demonstrations, the government gives up plans for new taxes to finance
… growing demonstrations, the government gives up plans for new taxes to finance …
Don Bradman scores 219 for New South Wales vs South Africa, in 234 minutes. It includes 15 fours.
… Don Bradman scores 219 for New South Wales vs South Africa, in 234 minutes. It includes …
Ivory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office, praising the economic austerity policies of his predecess
… Ivory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office, …
President Mandela signs the new Constitution, guaranteeing equal rights to all races. It incorporates the broad principles of t
… President Mandela signs the new Constitution, guaranteeing equal rights to all races. It …
The South African Indian Council (SAIC) unanimously rejects the government’s proposed new constitution, after two days of lengt
… (SAIC) unanimously rejects the government’s proposed new constitution, after two days of lengt …
The IFP have issued a new Mission Statement calling for a ‘social market economy’ following a three-day National Council worksh
… The IFP have issued a new Mission Statement calling for a ‘social market economy’ …
A new department of the T.U.C. (Transvaal University College, situated in Johannesburg), consisting of the arts and science cou
… A new department of the T.U.C. (Transvaal University College, …
State President P.W. Botha outlines a new economic policy in his opening of Parliament speech, centred on privatisation, deregu
… State President P.W. Botha outlines a new economic policy in his opening of Parliament speech, …
With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa.
… With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences …
BiographyThemba Godi
… politically aware when he was in his early teens at the age of 13. During one of visits to his father Godi found a … this contributed to his political…
BiographyVera Ponnen
… Canada, where she died the 1st of March 1979, at the age of 64. …
BiographyFrances Baard
… to live until her death in 1997. In August 1983, at the age of 74 she was one of the honorary patrons speakers that …
BiographyWilliam Kentridge
… Son of two anti-apartheid lawyers, he learned at an early age to question structural impositions. In 1976, he attained …
BiographyHelen Elizabeth Martins
… to fail her. On a cold winters' morning in 1976, at the age of seventy-eight, Helen Martins took her own life by …
BiographyFrederick Timpson I’Ons
… then went to live in Port Alfred for some months. At the age of 85, he died in Grahamstown. His works are seen as …
BiographyPhaswane Mpe
… Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo). At the age of 19, he left for Johannesburg to study African …
BiographyJuda Ngwenya
… in Vosloorus where he passed away five days later at the age of 65. A memorial service was held on 26 October 2016 at …
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… 1929, saw the world's economy go into recession as the New York Stock Exchange collapsed and saw shocked investors … Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York…
ArchiveOut of the Fire to Find New Fetters: The Violence of Poverty in a Shack Settlement: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1991
… Out of the Fire to Find New Fetters: The Violence of Poverty in a Shack Settlement: … Out of the Fire to Find New Fetters: The Violence of Poverty in a Shack…
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
… and was employed by the Chamber of Mines to come up with a new system of labour relations. The mining bosses were … and policies of the NEUM and became a…
BiographyCarol Moses
… Their daughter Khanyisa died in a car accident at the age of eight in 1995. Moses died at the age of 50 after a short illness following colon surgery. Her …
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… had eleven children and made them all go to church. By the age of fourteen or fifteen Solomon had become a street … interested in politics and began…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… at the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1903 at the age of 15. He was to discover that she had exceptional speed … but eventually retired from…
BiographyNkosiyakhe Amos Masondo
… to Johannesburg in stages,Masondo began school at the age of ten in Soweto.In the 1970s Masondo came under the …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… income by undertaking embroidery work. From an early age, Isaacs was fascinated with science and was engaged in … of oppression. This continued up to high…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… Limpopo, on the evening of 27th October, 2008 at the ripe age of eighty-eight. Mphahlele was the illustrious author of … Minister of Native Affairs, had…
BiographyJames Kantor
… did not like the thuggish behaviour and arrogance of the new Special Branch police. As a Jew, he was aware of the … on to have another daughter Lara, in 1968…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He …