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Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo passes away while still in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union of … of KwaZulu-Natal –UKZN) and national…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… people, a proud and historic Jubilee Year. The situation in Southern African is pregnant with the promise of … political control over the overwhelming…
BiographyNongqawuse
… evidence to discern who she actually was and why she in particular made the prophecies she did, let alone whether … familiar with Christianity. He returned…
BiographyJessie Yasmin Duarte
… was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) to Julie … her professional career as a Management…
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
… often spending vast periods of time on the road playing in small towns and villages as well as big cities. Carstens … Carstens was considered one of the top…
BiographyThomas Maclear
… Thomas Maclear was born on 17 March 1794 in Newton Steward, Ireland. He trained to be a medical … of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in…
BiographyBenedict Wallet Vilakazi
… Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was born on 6 January 1906 in Groutville, Natal . Vilakazi was appointed bantu languages assistant at the University of…
BiographyPetros Molefe
… Petros Molefe was born in Kroonstad and moved to Johannesburg and worked as a truck … on the night of the 16 December 1961 was a unit from Dube, in Soweto,…
BiographyConnie Mofokeng
… the uprising she was one of the hundreds detained. While in detention she was beaten and tortured in an attempt to gain information, but she kept silent…
BiographyChief Malebogo
… and close to the Soutpansberg Range. Malebogo became chief in 1880. He saw the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were … way of life and refused to have his…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
… slight physique since many beverages at the time were sold in a “¼ pint”. During the 1950s, Quarter was a member of the … to the major campaigns of that…
Chief Dingiswayo
… and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before Shaka brought them under his … life. Tradition has long insisted that…
BiographyOliver Kgadime Matsepe
… Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua … education at Phokoane United Christian…
Lucas Mangope
… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in 1951 commenced studying for the Higher Primary Teacher's … course, he entered the…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… 1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. The … the established unions. 1920 Fifty…
Chapter 6
… Regeneration of the All-African Convention: The Background In spite of all the forces ranged against the progress and … which contributed to the heightenÂ…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… 1 January Battle of Artois and Champagne in France begins. 31 January 1915 The German Army makes use of poison gas for the first time in an attack on the…
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…
BiographyFrank A. Pendla
… A. Pendla was the president of the Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended by A. B. Xuma in September 1942. Born in the Cape, he attended…
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
… Democratic Front (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served eight years on Robben Island. He died in detention on 11 April 1986, a day after he…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… Nceba Faku and regional leadership, Mrs Dideka Mhlaba in absentia, and Ms Nomawethu Mhlaba, daughter of Oom Ray, … the social, political and economic…
Khela Ngobese
… Ngobese was born in 1960 in KwaMashu but he later moved to Cator Manor Township outside Durban in KwaZulu Natal. He attended the Dumani Lower Primary School …
BiographyAnton van Wouw
… Anton van Wouw was born in Driedergen, Netherlands on 20 November 1862. He is … monumental statue of Church Square. During his time spent in the wilderness…
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…
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South African … nineteenth century. [5] Fanakalo ‘became the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… imposed by the white minority government. A case in point was the Non European Convention in Kimberley and the … people move in. Restrictions against the…
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…