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Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… Nsibande. Sad and pained, we are bidding farewell to one of the most outstanding veterans, a unionist, a … Nsibande`s calibre. (18th Brumaire of Louis…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… put under UN trusteeship, according to the provisions of Chapter XII of the Charter. The Union of South Africa refused …
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book …
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
… In one image from “Ex-Offenders at the Scene of the Crime,” a … of ex-offenders in South Africa, which has long ranked as one of the most crime-ridden…
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… to the Transvaal Volksraad in 1885, he only attended one session because he decided to buy his father's farm, … swiftly mustered to suppress the revolt. It…
BiographyChris Hani
… fifth of the six children of Gilbert and Mary Hani, and one of the three that did not die during infancy. The name … of several assassination attempts,…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… of the South African Indian Congress . Kathrada was one of the 2 000 volunteers imprisoned in that campaign and … addition, he was awarded four Honorary…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… surrounding it. Like the ‘76 uprising stories, this is one more chapter in the book of the rainbow nation that sheds light on … the liberation struggle at a…
BiographyLothar Neethling
… scientist. He gained two doctorates in chemistry, one of which was from the University of California. His … In the 1980’s Neethling found himself embroiled…
BiographyAdam Small
… the University of the Western Cape (UWC) – of which he was one of the founders. Soon enough, Prof Small would find a … White people. Throughout his life, he…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
… Sara married a Khoikhoi man who was a drummer and they had one child together who died shortly after birth. Due to …
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… organisations in South Africa, Mayekiso was named as one of the party's 22-person interim leaders and the …
BiographyWolf Kibel
… Museum for R8 800 Exhibitions - 1931 Wolf Kibel's first one-man exhibition, Cape Town - 1936 Empire Exhibition, …
BiographySheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
… Out of the eight banned leaders, Lapinsky was the only one to see her banning order through to the end. When her …
BiographyOscar Dumisani Dhlomo
… the family business. The couple have three sons and one daughter. Dhlomo died on 29 August 2008. He is survived …
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
… State. His father, Johannes, was a printer, and had only one child with is wife, Josephine, nee van Zyl. He went to …
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
… and Human Rights on him. The Order of the Baobab is one of the highest awards given to citizens in South Africa. …
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… across the Thukela (Tugela) River. When Dingane killed one of the Voortrekker leaders, Piet Retief , the …
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… to day reality of ordinary people. Wilson is regarded as one of the heroines of South Africa's intellectual history. …
BiographyChris McGregor
… McGregor died in exile on 26 May 1990 in Ager, France. One of McGregor’s fellow student and friend, Bruce Arnott, …
BiographyBilly Modise
… across Southern Africa. While mobilisation began only in one institution, between 1960 and 1972, it grew …
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… was accused of treason in the 1956 Treason Trial . He was one of the first of Treason Trialists to be released. He was …
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… to the politics of the UDF and ANC during this time. One of her responsibilities at Black Sash was to work with …
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and was one of the founder members of the Federation of South African …
BiographyReverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
… Xundu was born on the 11 June 1934, at Engcobo, Transkei, one of seven children of Regina and Amos Xundu. He attended …
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
… landscape, often finding remnants of early man such as one of his most treasured possessions, a flint cutting stone … much time in the Crossroads squatter…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… Movement could be both north and south and provided one had the funds for steamship travel there was some … are competent scholars and researchers. In an…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… several civic organisations, which eventually merged into one umbrella civic organisation, the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee (CAHAC). CAHAC was one of…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… including The World, Sowetan and Sunday World. Mnguni was one of many that had to endure the torture of apartheid … who else was there to capture the…
BiographyBernard Mafiyeka
… of South Africa shop steward. Mafiyeka was gunned down by one of a group of four men who approached him as he walked to …