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BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
… John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC ……
BiographyRobert Cedric Wilcox
… continued to build APDUSA. He was also actively involved in the South African Council on Sport (SACOS) in developing the non-racial sports movement in South…
BiographyChief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
… Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter … London. He was minister of the Shepherd's Bush…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Asvat
… Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from … went to prison. He served three terms of imprisonment in…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in the Non European United Front (NEUF) and the Indian … 31 Africans, 11 whites, 6 Indians, 3…
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…
BiographyWilliam Philip Schreiner
… ‘civilised Africans'. William Philip Schreiner was born in 30 October 1857. He was the tenth child of Gottlob and … , but was forced to resign after the…
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
… Gomolemo Mokae was born in Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of … (now Chis Hani Baragwanath) and started a general practice in Soweto…
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…
BiographyM. N. Bhola
… M. N. Bhola was born and educated in the Cape Province . She was an organizer of the women's … African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s onward in…
BiographyErnest “Ernie” Theodore Els
… Theodore Els or “ Big Easy ” as he is affectionately known in the sporting circles was born on 17 October 1969, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the…
BiographyDora Tamana
… Dora Tamana (nee Ntloko) was born in 1901 in Hlobo, Transkei , the eldest of seven children. Her … on the many tasks demanded of a young girl growing up in…
BiographyLord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne
… Lord William Palmer, the second Earl of Selborne was born in 1859. He studied history at the University of Oxford. He … South Africa to succeed Lord Milner…
BiographyAutshumao (Herry the Strandloper)
… he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the English and returned to … to his people, and the European settlers…
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
… Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law degree from the University of the … African Indian Congress …
BiographyDoe Molefe
… Doe Molefe was born in 1950 in Dukathole, Germiston. Molefe began making highly original … for an exhibition of post-boxes held at the Market Gallery in 1986…
BiographyIsaiah MacDonald Maseko
… and elected to the ANC national executive committee in December 1952. He was expelled from the ANC in 1954 for allegedly organising a dissident left-wing ……
BiographyJulius Tokoti Mangcotywa
… Julius Tokoti Mangcotywa (61) was from Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2008. … 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being…
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
… Henry Mvuyisi Pato (35) was from Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after…
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… Thobisile Zibambele (39) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2009. On 16 August 2012 Thobisile was killed at scene 1…
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,…
BiographyIan Berry
… Born in Lancashire in 1934 Ian Berry moved to South Africa in 1952. Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had … travelling around Africa. He…
Elias Monare
… from ‘Dube Street 1935, Wattville Natives Town, Benoni’ in the Transvaal [now Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955 at the age of 31 to ‘Glen Red [Glen…
BiographyDavid H Mgugunyeka
… Born 1906. Commercial traveller. Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities. …
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…
BiographyMalesella Benjamin Moloise
… Malesella Benjamin Moloise was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was … 1985 at Pretoria Central Prison for his supposed role…
Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson
… former Methodist Minister was restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Christian Institute and … Beyers Naude and others. Reverend…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… on Torture and the Future. Torture has recently been often in the news because of the revelations of the use of torture … maintain the system. Our democracy…
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…
BiographyMakhosandile Mkhonjwa
… Makhosandile Mkhonjwa (28) was from Bizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2008. … 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after…