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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 …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… 1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the … responded with unrestrained brutality. Across Soweto 18 Black people were killed and Mandela…
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…
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. …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group, … Workers’ Union of Africa (ICU), a cohort…
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…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the … effect on 27 April 1994. The system of “homelands” for the Black population was abolished…
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…
Theophilus Kgosikobo Musi
… Born in 1936, Theophilus Kgosikobo Musi was a clerk. He taught for a while in a primary school but then had to find employment in Johannesburg to support…
BiographyMafolisi Mabiya
… Mafolisi Mabiya (28) was from Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Mafolisi was killed at scene 2 after being…
BiographyMolefi Osiel Ntsoele
… 16 August 2012 Mr Ntsoele was killed at scene 2, shot once in the back by the police. He left behind his wife and 4 … financially supporting his elderly…
BiographyFezile David Saphendu
… Fezile David Saphendu (24) was from Mqanduli in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009, when he replaced his brother who had found another ……
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… (Extracts from an exclusive article published in Ebony. Reproduced with permission.) ...The solution to the … now. Greater latitude will be allowed to…
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Democracy and Renaissance in Africa: In search of an enduring Pax Africana Thank you … power from the people and place it in…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… Limpopo Province covers the Area that lies Northern most in South Africa , just South of Zimbabwe . It was first called the Northern Province, but this was…
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
… Businessman. Joined the Industrial and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress . … Leader of the Korsten…
BiographyMark Fish
… Mark Fish, or “Feeeeeesh!” as we know him, was born in Cape Town on 14 March 1974. He started his soccer career in South Africa, but has departed our shores…
BiographyDenise Darvall
… renown when on 3 December 1967, she became the donor in the world’s first successful human heart transplant, … hospital. Earlier that day she was very…
BiographyThembinkosi Gwelani
… Thembinkosi Gwelani (27) was from Makhwaleni, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 16 August he was not employed at … Gwelani, who was part of the strike…
BiographyBongani Mdze
… Bongani Mdze (28) was from Jabavu, Mataliele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2005. He was the first person in his family to work at the…