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BiographyJeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
… Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph was born in Pretoria in 1948, and was educated at Pretoria High School for Girls. … (including Goldie Zaidel, Philip Levy and Adolph…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
… of Blue Flag Beaches and hours of sunshine to enjoy them in. After a fun day out enjoy the fun and entertainment of … water sport lovers to Algoa Bay,…
PlaceMooivallei, Dairy Farm
… a cheese and butter producer based at Bonnievale , a town in the Breede River Valley in the Western Cape. Its name is Afrikaans for "beautiful … included…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 95th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2007
… country. We salute the millions of voters who turned out in the March 1st Local Government Elections once again to … our record in terms of the popular…
BiographyMgcineni Noki
… Mgcineni Noki (40), known as Mambush, was from Twalikhulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16…
BiographyHamilton Kraai
… Hamilton Kraai was born and educated at Peddie in the Cape, he went to work as a warehouse foreman in Johannesburg, where he joined the African National…
BiographyMilner Langa Kabane
… Milner Langa Kabane was born in the Transkei. Kabane studied at Healdtown. He was one of … the University of Fort Hare, earning a bachelor's degree in 1925…
BiographyEllias John Mqoboli
… E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first … as a speaker and writer, he played a prominent part in the…
BiographyMkhuseli Joseph Kettledas
… Joseph Kettledas joined the Pan African Congress ( PAC ) in 1961. He was arrested on 8 April 1963 for sabotage and sentenced to ten years in prison. He…
BiographyJames D. Ngojo
… James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection with the "bucket strike" of 1918 but the case ……
PlaceMamelodi
… Melodies. Mamelodi has a Population of 334 577, this was in the 2011 Census. Lucky Montana once a Resident of … origins of the many families that were the…
Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane
… by the minister of police Mr Tshazibane had been held in connection with an explosion at the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg and jailed at John Vorster Square…
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
… to 24 August 1958. During the 1920s Strijdom practised law in Nylstroom, now known as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province. He was a secretary of the National…
William Nomodi Tshwane
… students on 25 July 1976 and held at Modderbee prison in Johannesburg.Police said that he had been caught handling … police on 23 February 1977 said that Mr…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… his life is characterised by a turbulent political climate in the shifting tides of precolonial and colonial history of … Sarhili’s father and he was…
Jacob Abraham de Mist
… De Mist was born on 20 April 1749 in Voorburg near The Hague in the Netherlands. He went to school at Kampen, after which he studied law in Leyden from 1766…
BiographyAnneke Laurie
… Laurie was born in Zimbabwe, where her father was a missionary doctor. … Vanderbijlpark and Kimberley. Anneke has lived in the Vaal Triangle since she was 15…
BiographyElizabeth Mbatha
… Elizabeth Mbatha was born in 1950 near Rorke's Drift. Mbatha did not attend school. In 1974 she married Eric Mbatha , a potter at Rorke's Drift. In the early…
BiographyJeremiah W Dunjwa
… Jeremiah W Dunjwa was born in Cape Town. An organiser of the 1919 passive resistance campaign against passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal …
Samuel Chibane
… Samuel Chibane was born in Pretoria and became involved with the PAC as a student at Wilberforce Institute in Evaton, near Sharpeville . In 1963 he was…
BiographyRev. Mzwandile Maqina
… Rev. Mzwandile Ebenezer Maqina was born in 2nd of October 1937,New Brighton .He grew up in Port Elizabeth ,the son of two teachers,attended … the Anglican…
BiographyBarney Barnato
… Barney Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original … as a comedian. He followed his brother Harry to Cape Town in 1873 to…
BiographyLucy Mary (nee Mullins) Wiles
… Lucy Mary Wiles (Mullins) was born in Johannesburg, 1920. Wiles originally trained as a nurse. … art work were signed as Lucy Wiles until her marriage in…
BiographyStella Madge Damos
… Born in 1930, Damos was a trade unionist. During the government's … Committee of the Freedom Charter ( Eastern Cape ) in 1955. In 1954 she was secretary of…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 6
… for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the middle thirties a case came before the Courts in which a European man avowed that he would…
John Alfons Pandeni
… and imprisoned on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, he became the founding General Secretary of the … career was followed by an even more illustrious…
BiographyFrancis William Reitz
… Francis William Reitz was born in Swellendam in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the … Appeal Court. He became President of the Orange Free…
BiographyJohn Moshoeu
… John “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on 18 December 1965 in Diepkloof, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Shoes … wizard’ as he was popularly known for his…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… guests Comrades and friends, We have gathered in Kliptown to relive the historic moment in the history of … which constitute the new democratic state. Since…
BiographyIsaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
… Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His … family later moved on to Ntabazwe (Harrismith…