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Address to the National Health Summit, 19 November 2001
… Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang; MECs; Distinguished … important Health Summit. As I understand it, the purpose of this Summit is to review…
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
… Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly … the area to Mamelodi where his political life…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… 1895 and his mother, Eunice Warder James, was the daughter of English immigrants. Neither of Paton’s parents was highly educated, but his father was … his…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… has shown how working life changed for the millions of people who came to live on the Rand between 1886 and 1940. … revolutionised the economy, the society…
Press Conference In London by O. R. Tambo, 21 March 1984
… Ladies and gentlemen, May I begin by expressing the thanks of the African National Congress and of my own self to the Greater London Council (GLC), the … to…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in London, 21 March 1984
… Ladies and gentlemen, May I begin by expressing the thanks of the African National Congress and of my own self to the Greater London Council (GLC), the … to…
BiographyJan Gerritze Bantjes
… was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at … to Comdt.-Gen. Andries Pretorius, he kept…
BiographyStephen Bernard Lee
… his Master’s Degree in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. At the time he was a British citizen with dual British-South African nationality as a result…
BiographyBerney Perez
… technician while studying photography under the tutelage of photographer, Michael Barry. Perez continued to work as a … South Africa. He contributed to the…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the Eastern Transvaal, he graduated from St. Peter…
BiographyRashid Lombard
… the 1980s, Lombard worked in the audio-visual department of a large construction company in Cape Town. His love for … for national and international…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching diploma and a … way they depicted “”¦ the harsh and…
BiographyPaul De Groot
… He was subsequently employed by the Princesse-Tooneel of Cor Ruys in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and acted in films … ventures with his own company were a…
BiographyJohn Ronald Tolkien
… and escort to two Mexican boys in France. At the outbreak of the World War 1, Tolkien enlisted as a second lieutenant … academic at Oxford where upon being…
BiographyJune Rose Nala
… 1973. In September 1973 Nala was elected to the executive of National Union of Textile Workers (NUTW). However, as a result she was fired … Afritex three…
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… few words to bring this Special Congress to a close. Vote of thanks First a word of thanks. For myself, and on behalf of the new Executive you … the…
BiographyJeremiah Baden Leeuw
… Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists…
Victor M Mgadi
… as MK) operative, Umkhonto we Sizwe which means "spear of the nation" was the armed wing of the ANC. The establishment of this wing led to the ANC being…
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
… at the Cape from 1820-21. He named the burgeoning port of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his wife. He committed suicide at Southampton…
BiographyWim Botha
… is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town on the…
BiographyGeorge Christopher Cato
… Cato was born in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His … and trade at Port Natal, where a…
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
… Damelin College in Johannesburg and later the University of Natal. Clive started playing cricket for the Transvaal … Nuffield XI in 1967 and eventually…
BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
… privately with Cecil Skotnes and became a decorator of lamp bases at the Artlite factory. In 1973 he became a … Macmillan and Henry Moore. He attended the…
BiographyGisele Wulfsohn
… studied Graphic Fine Art at the Johannesburg College of Art, after which she joined The Star newspaper in 1979, … initiatives. In l999/2000, while working…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in advance…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… 1960s, following the sharpeville massacre and the state of emergency , there were more than 100 sabotage attacks … savage new security laws, the 90-Day Law…
BiographyNell Kaye
… training under Lippy Lipschitz at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at UCT in the 1950s. She was one of the few professional sculptors, aside from Ivan … with…
BiographyChief Dalindyebo
… Chief Dalindyebo, of the Tembus, was born in 1865. At the age of 14 years he was admitted into St. John's, where he … recalled him to study the aspirations,…
BiographyArthur Maimane
… Johannesburg, which was also known as the Black Eton of South Africa. Oliver Tambo taught Maimane Maths before becoming a lawyer and president of the African…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… I now turn to examine select aspects of SASO's organisation and its activities related to student … (Kotze, 1975: 183). Political work was said to entail the…