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ArchiveTotal onslaught against SA was `fiction`
… Total onslaught against SA was `fiction` …
ArchiveSA economy still on the decline
… SA economy still on the decline …
SA signs loan agreement with Lesotho.
… SA signs loan agreement with Lesotho. …
Sidney Goldblatt (60), SA painter, dies.
… Sidney Goldblatt (60), SA painter, dies. …
BiographyEzrom Legae
… Ezrom Kgobonyane Sebata Legae was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in 1938. He attended school at St. Cyprians and Madibane High … to Skotnes. Legae received…
BiographyLionel Rusty Bernstein
… Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein was born on 20th of March in 1920 Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) of European Jewish … brought up by relatives. He was educated…
BiographySibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu
… Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born on 8th of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years … of Education during…
BiographyFanie Jason
… was forced to move to the black township of Guguletu in 1960. Jason's interest in photography developed after borrowing a friend's camera as … the first…
BiographyGertrude Shope
… Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg , but grew up in Zimbabwe . She was trained as a teacher, and went on to … Internal Leadership Corps Task Force from…
BiographyAndreas Vlachakis
… is a professional photojournalist who has been involved in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His … agency "South Photographs". He…
BiographyZwelakhe Sisulu
… Zwelakhe Sisulu was born in Soweto on 17 December 1950, to liberation struggle icons … to live with family while his father was an accused in the Rivonia…
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
… Zubeida Jaffer is a journalist who was active in the South African anti-apartheid and the trade union movements. She obtained a bachelor's degree in…
BiographyBafana Cyril Dlamini
… Bafana Cyril Dlamini whose nom de guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade … between 1977 and 1990…
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… fourth gold medal since re-admission to the Olympics in Barcelona 1992, adding to the two won by swimmer Penny Heyns in Atlanta and the marathon gold by…
BiographyProfessor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel
… Gert Johannes “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January 1946 in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now … model. After the…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… The 1970s period was a watershed for youth politics in South Africa. The South African Student Organisation … and openly hostile to apartheid and white…
Mandela Is Named President, Closing The Era Of Apartheid by Bill Keller (The New York Times), 10 May 1994
… Of Apartheid by Bill Keller (The New York Times), 10 May 1994 …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Banquet for the president’s award for export achievement Johannesburg, 24 November 1994
… award for export achievement Johannesburg, 24 November 1994 …
Rwandan President Paul Kagame is the overwhelming winner of presidential elections. The election was the first since the 1994 g
… elections. The election was the first since the 1994 g …
Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)
… Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999) …
BiographyPaul Mokabe
… the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe skipped the country to go into exile … the US. In 2003…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Introduction Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was … Africa , Volume II, Solidarity and Assistance 1970-1994, …
EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
… The first airmail ever in South Africa took place on 27 December 1911 when Evelyn … event meant that Muizenberg post office became the first in Africa to…
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam was born on 27 July 1935 in Sea View, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He had 12 siblings. He grew up in very dire circumstances…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… as a bookkeeper, Seedat entered the political struggle in 1938. He was elected secretary of the Communist Party of … (CPSA – now the South Afrian Communist…
Granny Maloko Temo of Mantata near Dendron, eldest person in SA and allegedly eldest in the world, celebrates her 130th birthda
… Granny Maloko Temo of Mantata near Dendron, eldest person in SA and allegedly eldest in the world, celebrates her 130th birthda …
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i
… The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i …
About half of the filling stations in urban SA run dry because of a country wide strike of workers in the chemical industry.
… About half of the filling stations in urban SA run dry because of a country wide strike of workers in the chemical industry. …
Josephus Suasso de Lima, editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, De Verzamelaar, is born in Amsterdam, the Net
… de Lima, editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, De Verzamelaar, is born in Amsterdam, the Net …
The match between the SA rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie, with both sides scoring 6 points in Port Elizabeth.
… The match between the SA rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie, with both sides scoring 6 points in Port Elizabeth. …