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EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… a wagon maker and wool merchant, later moved with his family to Queenstown. When Bailey was only 7 years old, his …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… 1929 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) into a musical family. Thus, Nellie du Toit began her singing career at …
EventFidel Castro, president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008, is born
… Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, was born into a wealthy family in Cuba. He attended Catholic schools before pursuing …
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… of a travel agency to temporarily cover the expenses of a family holiday to Mauritius and when he was expected to repay …
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… Beyers Naudé was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… in the District of Amersfort in Transvaal where his family had relocated. After passing standard six at St Bedes …
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… that the special branch wanted to destroy the whole family, as Dweba's death was becoming a matter of public …
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown High …
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… and Castle, and remained in the hands of the Tunbridge family until 1905. In time the inn became known as …
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… often enough, by those of us in the United Nations family and by those who interact with you every day. We …
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… may visit the museum for assistance in tracing their family lineage. School groups and other interested parties …
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… Mkomazi Valley. However, the land remained in the Mndaweni family until April 1970. The Area was expropriated that same …
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… are also transcribed in Braille for the Blind. School and Family visits are Accommodated and the Museum is well used by …
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
… the border of Basutoland. When I was three years old, the family went to live in Thaba 'Nchu. During the Boer War, my … went with my father to fight for the…
Beyers Naudé: former General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview with Rupert Taylor, 4 February 2000, Northcliff, Johannesburg
… on our own, I mean if you think for instance of Steve Biko, and you think of the others, you know. They never … my mind Black Consciousness is - and the…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… traditions, religious beliefs and relatively stable family units.” [i] This was however not possible in the … River (approximately 35 kilometres from Cape…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… 2 Do you know anybody who lived in a homeland? (Like a family member, neighbour, friend or maybe somebody that works for your family.) Ask them about life in…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… subjugation of children their father or to the head of the family, and the rule of primogeniture. According to historian … women from being considered for…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family which was active in the Indian freedom movement. He … went to prison a second time. Almost…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… increasing cost of living that was unmatched by average family incomes. These causes included increased bus, train … to the workplace. Transport costs were…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… 21 January, 12 people who were guests at the Ntuli family home (family of a United Democratic Front member) are killed by …
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… of Christ; Our dear sister Kgatiso, the children and the family of Magagula and Mashile; Members of the PEC, many RECs … run my race. I have served my people…
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… uniting warring sons and holding together her political family, even if peace was maintained only in her presence. … preparing food to cleaning. In her large…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… inspiration not only to you but also to the children, the family and myself.' One day you'll relate everything to me … the last three months, 1979 has been a…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
… come out of prison into a free South Africa, and that my family would come back to join me in South Africa. What I wanted was to be with my family. I had not…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… migrant workers in single-sex hostels. The availability of family accommodations was so limited that the number of units …
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… the award for economic science in memory of Nobel. Nobel's family were surprised and upset that he had not left all of … was awarded to Wilhelm RÁ¶ntgen for…
The girl child
… because of marriage, HIV-AIDS, teen pregnancy and other family commitments. Poverty and School fees: Many …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… loneliness of his cell, worried about the survival of his family. He had left behind a mother, a wife and five … 1979 These expensive air trips must have…
PlaceMozambique
… Chisena or Cisena, which is part of the Bantu language family. The Sena language has many dialects, it is spoken by … was born in Mozambique in 1949 (or 1950…