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… South Africa’s first qualified veterinarian, was born in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary … facility. She received he Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1927 and went into private practice. …

… Matthews was a member of the clandestine SACP’s leadership in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He told the Cape Town based Russian researcher Irina Filatova in 2004 shortly before he died about attending central … to guerrilla warfare, through their membership of the SA CP ,itself resolved in favour of “armed struggle” at a …

… 1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the University of Texas. Teaches … literary honour), and the Geoffrey Faber and James Tait Black Memorial Prizes 1983 Awarded Booker and CNA Prizes for …

… and who, at deep levels, ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 feet in the bowels of the earth, sacrifice their lungs to the rock … of the African National Congress , describing the lives of black miners in 1914. On 12 August 1946 African mine workers … of struggle. Birth of the African Mine Workers' Union Black workers were introduced to trade unionism by the early …

… Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, … founder of Pretoria. He died on the 19th of May , 1901, in Potchefstroom. …

… Lucky Sibiya was born in 1942 in Vryheid, Natal. Sibiya was educated at St Peter's … He was given guidance by Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie. In 1974 he travelled to the USA, Paris and London. …

… a University of Zululand student was reported to have died in detention at the Johannesburg Fort after being detained … held under was undisclosed.Mr Mashabane had been involved in student politics at his university.Mr Mashabane's parents … he was told that a prisoner had tried to hang himself in his cell 'for his own safety' and the belt was taken away. …

… on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University … of Kagiso. He co-founded Kagiso Trust Investments in 1994 and had served as its executive chairperson since … of Imperial Holdings and a former chairperson of Telkom. In 1990, he joined the Kagiso Charitable Trust (Kagiso Trust) …

… Richard Bourke was born on 4 May 1777 in Dublin, Ireland. During his army career he was promoted to … the civil and judicial establishment of the Cape Colony. In 1828 he issued  Ordinance 50 , which now allowed … Hottentots to move freely without carrying passes and in law had equal status with the Whites and could also …

… African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in 1953 at a Coloured People's Convention in Cape Town. The … was to bolster White supremacy by undercutting potential Black political strength. And it sought to do so by segregating Black and Coloured political interests. The African Political …

… Smit’s work has been shown and lauded internationally in places as diverse as Rome and Milan, Italy (1991), the Sweeguan Art Gallery in Singapore (1993), Bonn and Wolfsburg in Germany (1994), the SA Embassy in Bonn (1998), Amsterdam (2004) and Cologne …

… known as the “Iron Duke”, was born on 27 January 1948 in Alexandra Township. He began his education at the Roma Mission School in Alexandra before attending Orlando High in Soweto.  He was a student at Fort Hare University (Alice, … [Accessed 17 May 2011]|Keyser A, (2002), Khoza appears in court on tax evasion charges from the Independent Online, …

… Tommy Motswai was born on 27 May 1963 in Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf he ultimately … portraying the world around him on paper with pastels. In his own words, “I like to draw happy people doing ordinary … things like travelling on buses, talking and singing, in places I know well, like Soweto.”  …

… first 12 free burghers settle along the Liesbeeck River in the Cape to cultivate land to provide ships stopping at … Mississippi River, becomes law. 1832 American Indian chief Black Hawk is captured after years of waging war on white … king of the Basotho, borders. 1838 American Indian chief Black Hawk dies in detention. 1867 Most of Moshoeshoe's land …

… was sent over from Britain during the  Anglo Boer War  in order to inspect the conditions in the concentration camps and then to give advice to the … British government.  Emily Hobhouse  was very important in getting this group put together, but was not part of the …

… Russel Botman was born on 18 October 1953 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). … “coloured” Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sending-Kerk (Church) in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) while his father completed his studies in theology at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). …

… needs. Indigenous population With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour … cases of missionary intervention on behalf of mistreated black workers on farms, sometimes even winning convictions … because of their fight for the rights of oppressed black Cape residents. In fact, one of the reasons for the …

… Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the Minister of the Johannesburg … He and his wife nursed Gandhi after an assault on him in 1908. Reverend Doke Edited  Indian Opinion  in 191,1 during the imprisonment of Gandhi and Polak. …

… on exhibitions arranged by the ELC Art and Craft Centre in major South African art museums. She is represented in public and private art collections in South Africa and abroad. …

… protesting against the extension of the pass laws to women in 1956. At the time, Gazo lived in Payneville, Springs, east of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now … who gathered there that day. She spent five years in prison for political activism for leading a local …

… Johannes Thelejane (55) was from Pabellong, Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in October 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mr Thelejane was killed at scene 2. He was shot 3 times by the police – twice in the back of his head and in his buttock. He left behind …

… leaders of the Natal Native Congress from its founding in 1900 -1901. He became its president in 1927 after a split in which he was allied with  J. T. Gumede  and  A. W. G. … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal]. As a … One of them was Chief Vuna Miya, who was first deposed in 1949 after being Chief for seven years, and then banished in September 1954 to “Chloe Native Trust Farm No. 943, …

… Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food … of the Eastern Cape Action Committee from 1954 to 1955. In 1956 she was a committee member of the South African …

… 1799-1802 Khoi - San rise up in an unsuccessful but protracted rebellion in the eastern … Circuit courts are introduced in the Cape Colony to which black employees are able to formally lodge complaints against … of master-servant relationship. In the so-called public "Black Circuit" court hearings and sittings, numerous white …

… same organisation of South Africa`s first Bill of Rights in 1923, which was 25 years before the adoption of the United … divisive past of racism and division. South Africans both black and white have accepted each other as compatriots and … of Arts and Culture, GCIS, Sports and Recreation, SA Tourism and other agencies that are part of a massive …

… your morning.I'm sorry that I cannot be with you in person but I'm happy that this satellite technology has … as a Knowledge Bank. The digital revolution, developments in telecommunications and the Internet are having a profound … USD3M to connect 2,000 schools to the Internet. Telkom SA will supplement this with another 1,000 connections. A …

… At a press briefing at the ANC headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg, the movement’s Secretary General, Kgalema … This took place at the height of discrimination against black legal professionals. He resisted the notion that black … he got involved in the re-organisation of the black consciousness movement and became the Chairperson of the …

… Doctorson  Khumalo also known as “16 Valve” was born in Soweto, Johannesburg on 26 June 1967. His father Eliakim “Pro” Khumalo, was a renowned footballer in the 1970s and 1980s. When Khumalo began his soccer career, … team as a professional player was with Swallows Reserves in 1984. He then went on to join the Kaizer Chiefs’ junior …

… banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), culminated in a fight in which 23 people were killed. A commission of enquiry …