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Address by Nelson Mandela to the closing session of the 50th National Conference of the ANC Mafikeng, 20 December 1997
My President, Comrade Thabo Mbeki; My leaders: the Officials, members of the NEC, PEC's, and BEC's; Colleagues and comrades; Dear Guests. The time has come…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
Walter Gilbert Wiles was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five artist-sons of the sculptor Henry Wiles. Of all the five sons, he was…
BiographyNgoza Mvelase
According to documentation related to Ngoza Mvelase’s banishment, community conflict in the Msinga District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] in previous years…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
Programme Directors, Ntombazana Botha and Barbara Creecy, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Your Excellency, Vice…
SA reaches a historical milestone with more than 50% of the population receiving 6 000 free litres of water per month.
SA reaches a historical milestone with more than 50% of the population receiving 6 000 free litres of water per month.
President Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50 000 Asians with British passports to Britain within three months.
The cargo ship Ashdod is the first Israeli ship to pass through the Suez Canal for over 50 years.
The cargo ship Ashdod is the first Israeli ship to pass through the Suez Canal for over 50 years.
The cargo ship Ashdod is the first Israeli ship to pass through the Suez Canal for over 50 years.
BiographySusanna Helena Kok
Susanna Helena Kok was born in 1911 in Brandfort, Free State. Her father Frederik Johannes Kok was a school principal in Brandfort, where she matriculated in…
BiographyChief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi
Chief Bhambatha (sometimes spelled Bhambada) was born in Mpanza near the town of Greytown, Natal Colony. He was the son of Chief Macinga of the abakwa Zondi…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township, Red Location (near the railway line), in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Her…
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk was born in Vredendal, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
Gille de Vlieg was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth, England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing…
BiographyBiddy Partridge
Bridget June Partridge was born in 1950 in Kenya and raised in South Africa. Biddy Partridge first began work as a freelance photographer for the South…
Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Geneva, 19 May 1998
Director-General; Your Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen, Today's auspicious occasion is rich with the ironies of this latter half of the Twentieth…
BiographySam P. Sesedi
Sam P. Sesedi was born in 1895 in Kimberley and qualified as a teacher in 1916. He later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After…
BiographyThandi Modise
Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West. Her father, Frans Modise, a…
In Stinkwater, Hammanskraal, 2 200 families are given title deeds to land they had lived on for more than 50 years.
Twenty-five people are injured when 50 000 people attempt to squeeze into a 25 000-capacity soccer stadium in Antanan
APDUSA Views - Issue No 50: The Abandonment of the Children – An Analysis of the Teachers’ Strike of 1993, December 1993
The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London.
The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary. The celebration is the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with
Louise Mollet-Prinsloo (50) dies in a hospital in Nelspruit, two weeks after she shot herself in her guesthouse in Witrivier, M
BiographySitelega Meric Gadlela
Sitelega Meric Gadlela (50) was from Dvokolwako in Swaziland. He began working for Lonmin in 1989 and was with the company for 23 years. Mr Gadlela was killed…
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher in the Methodist…
Victor M Mgadi
Victor M Mgadi was a political activist with the African National Congress(ANC) during the uprising agaisnt the Apartheid regime. He was also an Umkhonto we…
BiographyThembelakhe Mati
Thembelakhe Mati (50) was from Ntabankhulu in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Mr Mati was killed after he was shot in the leg. Initially the state…