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Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at the age of 70.
The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… He competed professionally in road racing in Germany in 1913-1914.[v] He also served in World War One, for which he …
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
BiographyT. J. Lemon
T. J. completed his "A" levels in 1977 at Mount Pleasant High School, Harare. In 1981 to 1985 he studied a Bachelor of Pharmacy II - IV but developed an…
BiographyMandla Nkosi
Mandla Nkosi was born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the Sekano Ntoane School in…
BiographySheila Cussons
Sheila Cussons was born at the Moravian Missionary Station near Piketberg, Western Cape. She matriculated at Hoër Meisieskool, Pretoria, Transvaal (now…
Bennie Bethuel Albert RaKhoapa Khoapa
Bennie Bethuel Albert RaKhoapa Khoapa was born in 1937,he grew up in Matatiela in the Transkei,He graduated from Adama College in 1956,and attended Jan Hofmeyr…
BiographyBee Berman
Bee Berman was born in 1949 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).After her schooling, Berman worked as a stage designer and actress at The Space…
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference 1973: Neo-apartheid and the sleeping the giant. Mbuso Nkosi …
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
The Honourable President of the University, Esteemed Members of the Convocation, Distinguished Members of the Faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 3rd National Council Meeting held in Port Elizabeth on the 2nd September 1973
Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the 3rd National Council Meeting held in Port Elizabeth on the 2nd September 1973, including handwritten page with draft…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
In this Freedom Day address Lutuli introduces the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political situation. Lutuli attempts to bridge the…
ArchiveThe struggle for land and housing in the East London Metropolitan Area: Report presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1993
The Struggle for Land and Housing in the East London Metropolitan Area: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 3 April 1993 discussing…
BiographyMichael Gagashe Zondi
Michael Zondi was born on 10 March 1926 in Msinga in Greytown, Natal. Zondi spent his childhood at a Swedish Lutheran mission station at Mtulwa, Natal. He…
Nqaba Memani
* some sources give the date as 1963
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town…
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this myth that MK is their highly trained,…
Reginald Mabuza
Died of natural causes in Angola on 11 November 1983
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… did not improve for Indians after union in (1910) and in 1913 a judgment was handed down in the Supreme Court in Cape … too became involved in the political…
BiographyDouglas Ramokgopa
The case of Douglas Ramokgopa illustrates various aspects of banishment: the issue of freedom of movement while in banishment and, in this instance, the sheer…
BiographyFikile Magadledla
Fikile Magadledla, South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, on 13 December 1952. As a young boy…
BiographyBokwe James Mafuna
Bokwe James Mafuna was born in January 14,1937 in Mafikeng.He dropped out of school at 15,was a manual laborer,then spent four years studying for the Catholic…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal Indian Congress Youth League as a teenager. After…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… of South Africa (TLSA). The TLSA was formed in June 1913, with Dr Abduraghman as an important driving force in …
Bonakele Mali Khana
Bonakele Mali Khana was one of 616 South Africans that died when the SS Mendi sank in 1917.
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