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BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
… who was married to his sister. He died in Pretoria on 16 July 1947. … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995).New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1 , …
BiographyEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
… Mqhayi. “Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika” was first recorded on 16 October 1923, in London, accompanied by Sylvia Colenso …
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… the GWU, a communist. The opposition reached a climax on 16 September 1948 when members of the Blanke Werkers …
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
… Afrcan Communist Party (SACP), Moses Kotane , whom the 16-year old Reg eventually took home to meet his parents. …
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
… D. He was released from Robben Island after serving 16 years in March 1984. When he was released he returned to …
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… served as Health Minister, South Africa was one of only 12 countries in the world that regressed in terms of reaching … 330,000 unnecessary deaths could have…
BiographyMoyisile Douglas Tyutyu
… to 25 years in prison and arrived on Robben Island on 16 December 1984. He remained in jail until he was granted …
Mary Margaret Ngalo
… in a major event in the women’s struggle for equality. On 16 March 1973, Ngalo unexpectedly died, leaving behind her …
Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty
… Prison in Benoni, East Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On 12 June 1986 he was detained at New Prison, Pietermaritzburg, …
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… in 1987 and 1988 to take up his scholarships. From 1971 to 1995 Farouk Asvat received numerous death threats from both … to this alliance. An attempt was…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… Division of the ANC's new Head Office structures. 1995: Appointed Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs (now known … the Commonwealth countries and Australasia…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… of the day. Outside the long narrow block of cells, about 12 feet wide, was an equally long exercise yard. Running down …
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… gleaned from a poem about herself published in Umteleli on 12 January 1924. She depicts herself as a fearless and …
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the …
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… at the request of his son. Kekana, however, died on 12 April 1887 in Leeukraal, to the north of Hammanskraal and …
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
… and the Select Committee on the Constitution in 1983. On 12 October 1978 Coetsee became Deputy Minister of Defence and …
BiographyAlfred Temba Qabula
… Alfred Temba Qabula was born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Bhalasi in Pondoland to …
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
… repairing it, he managed the make the 60-mile trip in 12 hours and with the help of Canon John Collins's Christian …
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… Tutu's speech "Fortieth Anniversary of the Republic?" 1984 16 October, Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in … sanctions against South Africa a …
Statement by Reverend Gabriel Seteloane at the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in Atlanta to pay tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979
… Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979 …
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
… Party of South Africa (CPSA) . In 1953, at the age of 16, Dinat left school to work in a family-owned bicycle store …
BiographyWolf Kibel
… Wolf Kibel was born in Grodzisk, near Warsaw, Poland on 16 December 1903. As a young boy Kibel was preoccupied with …
BiographyFholisani Sydney Mufamadi
… Allied Workers Union (GAWU) and participated in the June 16 stay-away of that year. His employer saw a newspaper …
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… sought revenge. In the Battle of Blood River on 16 December 1838 , 470 Voortrekkers, led by Andries …
BiographyPrince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu
… had an elder brother and a younger sister. From the age of 16, he sat in on discussions with people who came to discuss …
BiographyBasil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira
Basil D’Oliveira (Dolly) was born on 4 October 1931, in Signal Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s racial laws, he was…
BiographyZainab Ebrahim Asvat
… sing and cheer on the campaigners. On the night of Sunday, 16 June, white hooligans overran the camp, took away all the …
BiographySadie Forman
… . (Accessed on 16 March 2021) Mail & Guardian. (2014). Resilient in the … [online]. Available at: https://mg.co.za/article/2014-12-18-resilient-in-the…
BiographyLesley Lawson
… Africa: The Cordoned Heart , 1985 Speak Collective No. 16 Aug - Oct, 1987 Publications by Lesley Lawson Working …
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… established a Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in 1995 under a Chief Land Claims Commissioner and seven … Mar-97 14,298 81 19 1 1 43 n/a 14,254 Mar…