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The impact of the collapse of the USSR on re-imagining African nations in the 1990s
… The impact of the collapse of the USSR on re-imagining African nations in the 1990s …
BiographyGibson Magwaza
… the main national road between Nongoma and Vryheid [both areas in KwaZulu-Natal] and it was easy for him to meet with …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… and white supremacy had become central aspects of South African policy long before Apartheid started. The notorious … Further separation was ensured by…
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… The South African Football Association (SAFA) was founded on 8 December … South Africa, was racially segregated. In 1902 the South African Indian Football…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… at the same company. By the time Shirish was born, the family had moved to a flat in Fordsburg near to the famous …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite … being taken seriously by the British and the South African government. The chief…
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
… van Onselen was born on 14 August 1944, in the South African town of Boksburg, Gauteng (then Transvaal).[i] van … Onselen has become one of the most widely…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African Defence Force commandos crossed the border into … of houses on the outskirts of Maseru where…
Address at the Meeting of Nigerian and South African Business 2 October 2000
… Mr Bumi Oni Ministers Nigerian Business Leaders The South African business delegation Distinguished Guests Ladies and … Centre in Abuja to address the…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… Nationalist government, but the drastic shortage of housing for Indians in areas close to the Johannesburg city … them.” Some of the earliest inhabitants…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… by the S.A. Indian Congress, Cape Malay Association, African National Congress, Communist Party, Socialist Party, … excluded. The Native Laws Amendment Bill,…
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
… Reynolds was nicknamed the “Grace Kelly” of South African tennis.[ii] She claimed the South African women’s singles titles in 1959 and 1961, and then she ……
ArchiveIn defence of the African image and heritage
… issued as a reply to the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party statement entitled The enemy under the same colour. From an African National…
EventSouth African Air Force bombs ANC in Maputo
… Following an African National Congress's 20 May 1983 car bombing of headquarters of the South African Defence Force in Pretoria, ANC bases in a suburb of ……
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
… in his brief and unrevised autobiography he wrote for his family and he credited him for instilling in him an informed … Two years later, he enlisted…
BiographyLloyd Spencer
… resources went into documenting the life of his young family. Digital photography was a kind of liberation for …
BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
… in Newcastle, Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the Transvaal. He … London, UK (solo). National Arts…
EventThato Madonsela, the South African rapper is born
… also included the diss track “Black Suit” aimed at South African rapper AKA.[iii] He released his debut album … The album featured collaborations for other…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit … Even in those pre-war years Balkema had…
EventSouth African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo
… A prominent White South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) member, Albie Sachs is … South African Lawyer and African National Congress (ANC)…
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a South African cricketer of note. In 2011, he succeeded Graeme Smith and became captain of the South African One Day…
EventHarry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… and bronze in the javelin. [iii] He dominated the South African athletic scene during the years 1926 and 1946, … (20 April 2017). ↵ [iii]David van Lill, Van…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… the “Comics Choice Award” at the first Annual South African Comic’s Choice Awards. Riaad also featured on the … acclaimed film “Material”, for which he won a…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… National Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. The day was previously known as … cultures, beliefs, and traditions that…
BiographyElsa Joubert
… both in the literary world as well as in broader South African society. In that novel, Joubert chose to portray … which deals with the story of the women of…
BiographyHelen Suzman
… Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel … imposed on Jews by Russia. She was brought…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… Young Asmal was raised in a vibrant, lower middle-class family. His mother was a home-maker while his father was a … responded by leading the school stay-at…
ArchiveStrategic priorities for building the African National Congress
… Speech delivered by Popo Molefe at the African National Congress Organizing Committee National … The paper discusses strategic priorities for building the…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… cost Elliott his job and he was also disinherited by his family. The marriage ended after five years and Mary and … during 1976 [xxiii] . Later she received…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… former Ciskei . Gumede subsequently studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare) at … two years. During this time, he came into…